THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: Gannon 7, Daemen 1
Records: GU (7-1-0, 0-1-0 PSAC), Daemen (0-9-0, 0-3-0 ECC)
Location: McConnell Family Stadium  |  Erie, Pa.
The Short Story: Gannon ignited an offensive attack just 14 seconds into Monday's rescheduled match with the Daemen Wildcats. Ben Andrews (Saxonburg, Pa./Knoch) scored on a misplay by the Daemen goalkeeper to quickly put the Golden Knights up 1-0. Andrews would add another goal later in the first half as he and four other Knights combined for six goals for Gannon. Gannon's sixth goal of the match was an own goal by the Daemen goalkeeper.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Ben Andrews (Saxonburg, Pa./Knoch) scored his first goal of the game on a misplay by the Daemen goalkeeper. Andrews shot the ball into the net near the right post to put Gannon up 1-0.
• The Wildcats scored their lone goal of the match a few minutes later at the 5:49 mark on a penalty kick. Pontus Lundin sent the ball into the low right of the net past the Gannon goalkeeper.
• The Knights went on to score four more unanswered goals before the end of the half. Joe Knox (Gold Coast, Australia/The Southport School) and Lennox Crews (Offenbach, Germany/Leibnizschule) scored less than two minutes apart to give the Knights a 3-1 lead.
• Alex Lee Yaw (Jamestown, N.Y./Mercyhurst Prep) struck next for Gannon at the 39:55 mark on an assist from James Randall (Brampton, Ontario/Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School). Lee Yaw beat the goalkeeper who charged to block the shot giving Lee Yaw an open net.
• Gannon took a 6-1 lead before the half after an own goal scored by Daemen. A defender played the ball back to the goalkeeper who failed to chase it down resulting in a Gannon goal.
• Sergio Del Castillo (Madrid, Spain) scored the first goal after the break to put the Knights up 7-1. Anthony Marafioti (Melbourne, Australia/Penleigh & Essendon) sent the ball into the box on a cross where Castillo was to head it into the net.

 
GAME NOTES

• The Knights seven goals in Monday's match is the most they have scored in a game since their 2016 8-1 win over Daemen.
• Gannon fired off 39 shots for a season-high and held the Wildcats to just four shots, two of which were on goal.
• Andrews had a career high two goals in tonight's match. He scored the two goals on three shots.
• Knox finished with five shots, three on goal, and one goal, while Lee Yaw finished with seven shots, four on goal, and one goal scored.
• Castillo and Beknur Nurlanbek each added four shots, while seven other players each added multiple shots.
• Twenty-two Gannon players recorded time in the match.
• Chandler Hallwood (Halifax, England/Woodhouse Grove) and Georgios Koutroulis (Monchengladbach, Germany/Bischofliche Marienschule) split the match in goal for the Knights each having played 45 minutes. Both goalkeepers made one save in net.
• Pontus Lundin took both of Daemen's shots on goal, while Craig Buchanan and Eman Wajed tallied the other two Wildcats shots.

 
UP NEXT

• Gannon returns to action this Wednesday vs. Slippery Rock.
• Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. at McConnell Family Stadium
• The Knights will continue to participate in the PSAC Sportsmanship Week with a pregame handshake with the visiting team.
• The Rock leads the all-time series 23-16-2. Gannon won last season's match up 4-0. Say and Andrews each with a goal in the win.