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Christine Uht scored in the third period against Sonoma State on Friday, April 28.

Women's Water Polo 4/28/2017 5:59:00 PM Levi Rex, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Lady Knights Head to Fifth-Place Match after Falling to Sonoma State at WWPA Championships

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: #3 Sonoma State 12, #6 Gannon 6
Records: Gannon (6-12), Sonoma State (10-18)
Location: Geneva, Ohio – Spire Institute
The Short Story: Gannon Women's Water Polo fell to Sonoma State in the opening round of the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Conference Championships in Geneva, Ohio, 12-6.

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HOW IT HAPPENED

Sonoma State jumped out to a 3-0 advantage before Gannon's Campbell Ruh (Walnut, Calif./Lutheran High School of Orange County) got the Lady Knights on the board with just 28 seconds remaining in the first quarter.
Alison Cooney (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) made it back-to-back goals for the Lady Knights with the first goal of the second quarter. Gannon trailed just 3-2.
Sonoma State took a 5-2 advantage into halftime.
The Lady Knights came out and scored two third-period goals from Christine Uht (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) and Liz Barr (Honolulu, Hawaii/'Iolani School). Sonoma State continued to lead 10-4 at the end of three quarters.
Cooney scored her second goal of the day to begin the final period. It was her 14^th-straight match with at least two goals and 16^th match overall this season.
Barr scored the final Lady Knights' goal with 6:25 remaining in the game that Sonoma State would take 12-6.

GAME NOTES

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

Barr had her 11^th multiple-goal match of the season. She has 32 goals this season, marking back-to-back seasons of 30+ goals.
Barr has 78 goals in her career, ranking 19^th on Gannon's all-time scoring list.
Alison Cooney (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) sits seventh on Gannon's all-time scoring list with 137 goals. Katelyn Jacobs (2011-14) is sixth with 168 lifetime goals.
Emily Rodriguez (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) ranks third at Gannon in all-time saves with 558. Janelle Bartman sits second with 599 saves.

UP NEXT

The Lady Knights will play on Saturday, April 29, against Mercyhurst in the fifth-place match of the WWPA Championships.
The match will begin at Noon.

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