THE RUNDOWN
Final Scores: No. 7 Gannon 11, No. 2 Fordham 16
Records: GU (17-3), FU (24-6)
Location: MAWPAC Championships  |  Lewisburg, Pa.
The Short Story: The Golden Knights stuck with the Rams through the first half of game three in the MAWPC Championships. Fordham led Gannon 4-3 at the break. Thomas Squeglia (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) paced Gannon in the third quarter with three goals, but the Rams pulled away with seven goals in the fourth quarter to edge the Knights 16-11.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• The teams made for a competitive first half as the Knights trailed by only one at the half.
• Joseph Agabs and Phillip Wang scored the first to goals of the game for Fordham. Robert Bolmanski (Erie, Pa./McDowell) and Jack Donnelly (Temecula, Calif./Chaparral) scored back-to-back less than a minute apart to tie the game 2-2, but Quinn Wagner would give the Rams a one point edge in the final 50 seconds.
• Defense stepped up on both sides in the second quarter, as the first six minutes failed to see a goal. Jake Miller-Tolt would strike first scoring Fordham's only goal of the quarter. Drago Marjanovic (Belgrade, Serbia/North Allegheny (Pa.)) got his first of the game with 1:30 left on the clock, and the Rams led 4-3 at the break.
• T. Squeglia scored three of Gannon's five goals in the third quarter keeping the Knights within three of the Rams, but Fordham's seven goals in the fourth quarter led them to a 16-11 win over Gannon.

 
GAME NOTES

• T. Squeglia and Marjanovic each scored three goals to lead the Knights.
• Donnelly added two goals, while David Gallion (Arlington, Va./Homeschool), Riley Hinkley (Meshoppen, Pa./Princeton), and Bolmanski each added one.
• Jacob Hollo (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) played a complete game in goal and made 10 saves for the Knights.
• Dimitris Koukias scored five goals for the Rams, while teammates Miller-Tolt and Wang each added four.

 
UP NEXT

• Gannon will play No. 6 Johns Hopkins Saturday at 3 p.m. The Knights trail 14-0 in the all-time series.
• Johns Hopkins enters tomorrow's game 10-20 on the year. They finished 3-9 in the MAWPC East.
• They are guaranteed one more game on Sunday, which will be announced following tomorrow's action.