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Women's Water Polo 2/16/2019 9:35:00 PM Josh Hill, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Gannon Women’s Water Polo Falls Short Against VMI, Iona on Saturday

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: VMI 15, Gannon 14
Records: Gannon (0-5) | Virginia Military Institute (2-0)
Location: Prep-Villa Events Center – Erie, Pa. (Laker Invite)
The Short Story: With the first win of the 2019 campaign within reach, the Gannon Lady Knights dropped a tough 15-14 contest with VMI on Saturday afternoon. The Keydets used a 3-0 second quarter to create just enough separation and withstand a final charge from Gannon.

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HOW IT HAPPENED

Gannon jumped out early, taking a 2-0 lead off goals from Julia Kredinger (Erie, Pa./Villia Maria) and Kelly Fehr (Erie, Pa./Villia Maria). VMI countered back to tie the score in the opening frame, but Gannon ballooned its lead to 4-2 with tallies from Campbell Ruh (Walnut, Calif./Lutheran High School of Orange County) and Sydney Fountain (Okemos, Mich./Okemos).
Fountain dished it off to Libby Tirak (Erie, Pa./Villia Maria), who fired one home to lift Gannon ahead 5-3. After holding a 7-6 lead through one quarter, VMI closed the second frame with three goals to snag a 9-7 edge heading into intermission.
The Keydets opened the third quarter with consecutive goals, but Gannon would not go quietly, answering with a goal from Nicole Wiemken (Napoleon, Ohio /Napoleon). Kredinger cashed in again at 2:07 in the third quarter before Ruh made good on a five-meter penalty chance with five seconds left in the frame as Gannon trailed 11-10.
From there, the teams traded scores in the final quarter. Gannon got goals from Kredinger, Ruh (2) and Fehr, and ultimately outscored VMI 4-3 in the final frame

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: Iona 14, Gannon 9
Records: Gannon (0-6) | Iona (3-7)
Location: Prep-Villa Events Center – Erie, Pa. (Laker Invite)
The Short Story: Iona took control early, opening up a 4-1 lead that had the Lady Knights playing catch up for the remainder of the game on Saturday night.

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HOW IT HAPPENED

Fehr worked her way open and took a pass from Kredigner to tie the contest at one in the opening quarter, but three goals from Iona had Gannon trailing 4-1 quickly.
Kredinger cashed in twice for Gannon in the second quarter, scoring both the Lady Knights goals in the frame at 6:10 and 0:49. The second goal came on the power play.
Trailing 6-3 to start the second half, Gannon surrendered five goals in the third quarter as the Gaels built their second half lead. Lauren Rinderle (Erie, Pa./Fairview) and Fehr each scored for Gannon in the third.
Fountain opened the scoring in the fourth, while Fehr added the final three goals of the matchup for Gannon at 5:57, 2:24 and 0:04 in the fourth.

GAME NOTES

With four WWPA teams competing in this weekend's Laker Invite, all conference teams have opened the 2019 campaign.
The Lady Knights fired in a season-high 14 goals in the first game of the day against VMI.
Fehr found the net six times in the second game of the day, accounting for 66% of the Gannon offense against Iona.
Neither team had much success on the powerplay, as Gannon and Iona combined to go just 2-for-13 with the extra attacker.

UP NEXT

Gannon wraps up the Laker Invite tomorrow (Sunday) against La Salle and Bucknell in Erie.
Live video will be provided for both matchups, courtesy of Mercyhurst athletics.

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