Alexa Bower
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Sophomore Alexa Bower recorded her second career hat trick while producing a career-high four points.
11
Winner Lake Erie LECW 2-0
4
Gannon University GAN 1-2
Winner
Lake Erie LECW
2-0
11
Final
4
Gannon University GAN
1-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lake Erie LECW 7 4 11
Gannon University GAN 1 3 4

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Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Dan Teliski, Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations

Gannon Women's Lacrosse Team Drops Frozen Home Opener Against Lake Erie

THE RUNDOWN
  • Final Score: Lake Erie 11, at Gannon 4
  • Records: Gannon (1-2), Lake Erie (2-0)
  • Location: Erie, Pa. - McConnell Family Stadium
  • The Short Story: The Gannon women's lacrosse team fell behind 7-1 at halftime and was never able to recover during an 11-4 loss against Lake Erie Saturday afternoon in a frozen home opener at McConnell Family Stadium. The two teams battled through wind chills that dipped to five degrees at game time.

GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Lake Erie opened a 3-0 lead midway through the first half behind goals from three different players.
  • Gannon scored its first goal 19 minutes and 11 seconds into the contest, cutting the deficit to 3-1 on sophomore Alexa Bower (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton)'s score off an assist from junior Leilani King (St. Albans, Vt./Bellows Free Academy).
  • Lake Erie countered with four more goals during the remainder of the half and went to the intermission with a 7-1 advantage.
  • The two programs split four goals during the opening 13 minutes and 34 seconds of the second half.
  • Bower and freshman Kennedy Walters (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) sandwiched a pair of Lake Erie goals with scores of their own, leaving the Storm's lead at 9-3.
  • The visitors increased their lead to 11-3 with back-to-back tallies from Anastasia Crawford.
  • Bower chipped in one more unassisted goal at the 4:29 mark to account for the final 11-4 score.

GAME NOTES
  • Lake Erie held advantages in shots (25-15), ground balls (20-18), draw controls (10-7), fouls (17-7) and fewest turnovers (18-20).
  • Bower led the offensive unit with three of Gannon's four goals. She also had an assist and two ground balls.
  • Walters recorded the Lady Knights' other score.
  • King finished with two assists, two ground balls and two draw controls.
  • Sophomore Micaela Capozzo (Medford, Mass./Pinkerton Academy) and senior Katie Miller (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mariemont) topped the team in ground balls with three each.
  • Freshman Charla Tate (Valencia, Pa./Mars Area) made her third consecutive start goal, recording seven saves between the pipes.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Saturday's contest was Gannon's 2017 home opener after splitting a two-match southern trip during spring break.
  • The two teams played through winter-like weather that included a game time temperature of 20 degrees with wind chills of five degrees.
  • Gannon suffered its first loss in six all-time meetings against Lake Erie.
  • The Lady Knights had won their last 11 home openers prior to Saturday's match-up.
  • Gannon's last home-opening setback was a 13-10 loss to Lock Haven on March 26, 2005.
  • Bower recorded her second career hat trick while producing a career-high four points.
  • King moved into Gannon's all-time top 15 with her 48 career assist, tying Kimberly Neagle (2011-14) for 15th place.
  • Capozzo picked up a career-high three ground balls for the second consecutive match and third time during the last two seasons.
  • King became the second Lady Knight since 2004 to win 200 career draw controls. She joins Shannon Pagano (2004-07) who recorded 216 career draw controls.
  • Senior Ashley Mozingo (Fallston, Md./Fallston) moved into Gannon's all-time top 25 since 2004 with her 75th career ground ball.

UP NEXT
  • Gannon continues a four-match homestand Wednesday, March 15 against Roberts Wesleyan at McConnell Family Stadium.
  • The non-conference match is scheduled for 4 p.m.
  • Live gameday statistics will be available at http://www.sidearmstats.com/gannon/wlax.
  • Wednesday's contest will be the first-ever women's lacrosse match-up between Gannon and Roberts Wesleyan.
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Players Mentioned

Alexa Bower

#14 Alexa Bower

MF
5' 5"
Sophomore
Psychology
Micaela Capozzo

#6 Micaela Capozzo

MF
5' 7"
Sophomore
Pre-Physical Therapy/Sport and Exercise Science
Leilani King

#23 Leilani King

MF
5' 10"
Junior
Mechanical Engineering
Katie Miller

#16 Katie Miller

D
5' 6"
Senior
Psychology
Charla Tate

#00 Charla Tate

GK
5' 7"
Freshman
Athletic Training
Kennedy Walters

#15 Kennedy Walters

MF
5' 6"
Freshman
Criminal Justice and Psychology

Players Mentioned

Alexa Bower

#14 Alexa Bower

5' 5"
Sophomore
Psychology
MF
Micaela Capozzo

#6 Micaela Capozzo

5' 7"
Sophomore
Pre-Physical Therapy/Sport and Exercise Science
MF
Leilani King

#23 Leilani King

5' 10"
Junior
Mechanical Engineering
MF
Katie Miller

#16 Katie Miller

5' 6"
Senior
Psychology
D
Charla Tate

#00 Charla Tate

5' 7"
Freshman
Athletic Training
GK
Kennedy Walters

#15 Kennedy Walters

5' 6"
Freshman
Criminal Justice and Psychology
MF