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women's lacrosse
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press release
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West Chester Recap
Sports Information
Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: April 9, 2008
GANNON FALLS AT WEST CHESTER IN
BATTLE OF NATIONALLY-RANKED TEAMS
CHESTER, Pa. - The Gannon
women’s lacrosse team dropped its second consecutive road match to a top-five
team Wednesday afternoon with a 24-7 setback against fourth-ranked West Chester.
The Lady Knights are ranked seventh in NCAA Division II.
West Chester opened the match with four consecutive goals, before Mary
Eshenour (Waterloo, N.Y./Waterloo) stopped the run with a goal at the
24:40 mark. The Rams quickly responded with six consecutive goals, increasing
their advantage to 10-1 with 10:37 left in the first half.
Antonia Cianfrocco (Chittenango, N.Y./Chittenango) found the back
of the net with 9:51 remaining until halftime, but West Chester ended the
half with five more goals and went to the intermission with a commanding
15-2 lead.
The second half was battled on more even terms. West Chester out-scored Gannon
9-5 in the final 30 minutes en route to a 24-7 victory.
Colleen Dixon (Lafayette, N.Y./Lafayette) and Kayla Nelson (Oswego,
N.Y./Oswego) led the Gannon offense with three points each. Dixon had
two goals and one assist while Nelson produced one goal and two assists.
Taryn Millerd (Shortsville, N.Y./Midlakes) added one of each.
Eshenour, Cianfrocco, and Christina Blasi (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-LaSalle)
completed the scoring with one goal each. Shauna Hutchinson (Islip
Terrace, N.Y./East Islip) faced 53 shots, turning away 19 and allowing
24 goals. West Chester out-shot Gannon 53-13.
Gannon dropped to 6-3 while West Chester improved to 9-1. The Lady Knights
return to action Monday, April 14 against Indiana (Pa.) at Gannon University
Field. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m.
A complete box score from Wednesday’s Gannon-West Chester women’s lacrosse
match can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/women/LACRO/wlax10.HTM.
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updated 4/9/08 by: drt
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