No. 6 Gannon Deals No. 3 'Hurst First Loss
from press releases
ERIE, Pa. - The last four Gannon-Mercyhurst
women's lacrosse matches have been decided by four goals or less
and all four went down to the wire. So, it was no surprise when
Saturday's battle between the two rivals came down to the final
three minutes again.
Acacia Cook (Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero North Syracuse) stood on her
head in the first half, turning away 11 shots in the first 30
minutes. No. 6 Gannon then held off a late rally by No. 3
Mercyhurst as Krista Schunk (Honeoye Falls, N.Y./Honeoye
Falls-Lima) iced a 13-8 victory with a hat trick in the final three
minutes of regulation.
Gannon jumped out to an 8-4 halftime lead behind Cook's 11
first-half saves. Colleen Dixon (Lafayette, N.Y./Lafayette) tallied
four goals in the first half, including one with two seconds left
to send the Lady Knights to the break with a four-goal
advantage.
Mercyhurst scored the first two goals of the second half, cutting
the deficit to 8-6. The Lakers held Gannon without a goal for the
first 21 minutes and 17 seconds of the final stanza, but could only
manage two scores during that time frame.
Taryn Millerd's (Shortsville, N.Y./Midlakes) second goal of the
match at the 8:42 mark ended the drought and put the Lady Knights
back up by three goals.
The visitors responded with two of the next three scores to cut the
Gannon lead to 10-8 on Jessie Horeth's third goal with 6:02 showing
on the clock. However, Schunk tallied her only three goals of the
evening in the final 2:58 to account for the final 13-8 score.
Dixon led the Gannon offensive unit with four goals. Schunk
recorded two scores. Millerd and Mary Eshenour (Waterloo,
N.Y./Waterloo) added two goals each. Kayla Nelson (Oswego,
N.Y./Oswego) and Rachel DerCola (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton)
completed the scoring with one tally apiece.
Nelson led Gannon in assists with three. Millerd contributed two
while DerCola recorded one. Cook finished the match with 15
saves.
Gannon improved to 9-3 overall and remained in Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference (PSAC) post-season contention with a 3-2 mark.
Mercyhurst dropped to 9-1 overall and 4-1 in conference play. The
Lady Knights return to action Tuesday, April 7 against Indiana
(Pa.) at Gannon University Field. Game time is scheduled for 4 p.m.
