Alexa Bower
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Sophomore Alexa Bower scored a career-high five goals on six shots Saturday afternoon at Millersville.
9
Gannon University GAN 5-11, 3-9 PSAC
13
Winner Millersville MILL 8-9, 5-7 PSAC
Gannon University GAN
5-11, 3-9 PSAC
9
Final
13
Millersville MILL
8-9, 5-7 PSAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Gannon University GAN 2 7 9
Millersville MILL 7 6 13

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

Gannon Women's Lacrosse Team Concludes Regular Season With Close Loss at Millersville

THE RUNDOWN
  • Final Score: at Millersville 13, Gannon 9
  • Records: Gannon (5-11, 3-9 PSAC), Millersville (8-9, 5-7 PSAC)
  • Location: Millersville, Pa. - Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium
  • The Short Story: The Gannon women's lacrosse team out-scored Millersville 7-6 during the second half, but was unable to overcome a 7-2 halftime deficit before closing out the 2017 regular season Saturday afternoon with a 13-9 setback at Millersville.

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Millersville came out of the gates on fire with six consecutive goals.
  • Gannon scored its first goal 23 minutes and 19 seconds into the contest, denting the scoreboard with sophomore Kat Martinelli (Airmont, N.Y./Suffern)'s unassisted score.
  • After Millersville scored on a free-position attempt, sophomore Alexa Bower (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) produced an unassisted goal to cut the deficit to 7-2 at halftime.
  • Gannon and Millersville played the final 30 minutes on even terms. The Lady Knights generated four of the first six goals of the second half. Senior Tessa Mitchell (Rochester, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta) and junior Leilani King (St. Albans, Vt./Bellows Free Academy) accounted for the first two. Bower later had back-to-back unassisted scores to claw within 9-6 at the 22:33 mark.
  • With Millersville leading 10-6, both teams netted three goals during the final 19 minutes.
  • Bower added another unassisted goal with 1:31 remaining, drawing an end to the scoring with her fifth score of the afternoon.

GAME NOTES
  • Millersville held slim advantages in shots (22-18), ground balls (15-11) and fewest turnovers (11-16).
  • Gannon countered with the upper hand in draw controls (14-10) and fewest fouls (5-13).
  • Bower headlined the Gannon scoring attack with a career-high five goals on six shots.
  • King finished with two scores, one assist, six draw controls and three ground balls.
  • Mitchell and Martinelli completed the scoring with one goal each.
  • Sophomore Micaela Capozzo (Medford, Mass./Pinkerton Academy) helped King in the middle circle with four draw controls.
  • Sophomore Amberlynn Kegler (Spencerport, N.Y./Spencerport) tied King for the team lead in ground balls with three.
  • Freshman Charla Tate (Valencia, Pa./Mars Area) made her 16th consecutive start in goal, recording four saves.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Saturday's contest represented Gannon's regular-season finale.
  • Millersville has won two straight matches against Gannon after the Lady Knights had won the first six match-ups since joining the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).
  • Gannon still holds a 13-4 lead in the all-time series.
  • King moved into 14th place all-time at Gannon with her 119th career goal, jumping Sarah Grzybinski (2010-12) and Joanna Culkin (2004-07).
  • Gannon won at least 14 draw controls for the eighth time this season.
  • Bower set a new career-high in goals, surpassing her previous total by two.
  • King won at least six draw controls for the 11th time this season.
  • Kegler secured a career-high three ground balls for the third time in 2017.
  • King finished the season with 81 points, tying Jen Simon (1998) for the 15th-highest single-season total in program history. Her 34 assists tied Rachel DerCola (2011) and Joanna Culkin (2005) for 20th place.
  • Tate's 103 saves ranked 19th among Gannon's single-season all-time totals.

UP NEXT
  • Gannon concluded the 2017 season with Saturday's match at Millersville.
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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
Amberlynn Kegler

#5 Amberlynn Kegler

MF
5' 9"
Sophomore
Undeclared
Leilani King

#23 Leilani King

MF
5' 10"
Junior
Mechanical Engineering
Kat Martinelli

#25 Kat Martinelli

A
5' 8"
Sophomore
History
Tessa Mitchell

#12 Tessa Mitchell

A
5' 9"
Senior
Sport & Exercise Science
Charla Tate

#00 Charla Tate

GK
5' 7"
Freshman
Athletic Training

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
Amberlynn Kegler

#5 Amberlynn Kegler

5' 9"
Sophomore
Undeclared
MF
Leilani King

#23 Leilani King

5' 10"
Junior
Mechanical Engineering
MF
Kat Martinelli

#25 Kat Martinelli

5' 8"
Sophomore
History
A
Tessa Mitchell

#12 Tessa Mitchell

5' 9"
Senior
Sport & Exercise Science
A
Charla Tate

#00 Charla Tate

5' 7"
Freshman
Athletic Training
GK