SWARTHMORE, Pa.—A run of six goals to open Wednesday night's Centennial Conference game put Swarthmore College in good position to beat the visiting Muhlenberg College Mules. The Mules made things interesting with a run of their own in the second half, but the Garnet fought them off and won 14-9.

Swarthmore (7-4, 2-2 Centennial) had two players record hat tricks: Cam Marsh and Austin Chang. Marsh also dished out three assists and Chang dealt out two.

Freshmen Jake Ross and Nathaniel Johns punched in a pair of goals and Dylan Rittenhouse, Jimmy Eberle, Ryan Mulvey and Griffin Johnston all scored once.

Cole Fox recorded 12 saves in net for the win.

Swarthmore went 16-for-26 at the faceoff x. Stephen Ducey won 13 of those tries and collected five ground balls on his own.

Long pole Jack Belluche recorded a team-high six ground balls. Eric Levin notched three ground balls, two caused turnovers and two assists.

The Garnet led off with a goal from Johnston at 8:41 in the first. Just seven seconds later, after Ducey won the faceoff, the Garnet scored again as Ducey connected with Chang for the goal. Johns then notched back-to-back goals, and Ross and Marsh closed out the 6-0 opening run.

The Garnet were then caught in the midst of a 5-1 Muhlenberg outburst that carried into the beginning of the fourth quarter and pulled Muhlenberg within two goals. With 14:17 to play, Eberle corralled a rebounded shot and pushed in a goal off the ground ball. Rittenhouse broadened Swarthmore's lead to 9-5 with 11:56 to play.

After going scoreless in the third quarter, Swarthmore posted seven goals in the fourth, including two man-up goals to claim the 14-9 victory.

Swarthmore travels to No. 6 Dickinson College on Saturday.