This week in Gannon Athletics:
 
Full Composite Schedule
 
Women's Lacrosse Continues Long Road Swing To Open Season
At Ursuline | Monday, February 24 | 1:00 PM | Gates Mills, Ohio | Gilmour Academy
At Palm Beach Atlantic | Saturday, February 29 | Noon | West Palm Beach, Fla.
 
Records: Gannon (1-0) | Ursuline (0-0) | Palm Beach Atlantic (2-2)
Ursuline Gameday Outlets: Live Video | Live Statistics
Palm Beach Atlantic Gameday Outlets: Live Video | Live Statistics
 
Gannon will return to the field just 48 hours after a season-opening 17-14 victory over Notre Dame (Ohio), heading back to Ohio for a nonconference matchup against Ursuline. The Knights picked up five goals apiece from Courtney Young (Pittsburgh, Pa./South Fayette) and Rachel Tufts (Erie, Pa./McDowell) and an impressive three assists, five ground balls and four caused turnovers from Jess Hudak (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-LaSalle) in their win. Monday will be Ursuline's season opener, and the Arrows are coming off a 4-12 campaign in 2019. Palm Beach Atlantic is already 2-2 on the season, with two lopsided wins and a pair of one-goal defeats.
 
Women's Water Polo Continues Opening Grind At Grove City Invitational
Grove City Invitational | Grove City, Pa. | Longenecker Pool
 
Friday, Feb. 28: Grove City, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 29:  Virginia Military, 10:30 a.m. | Wittenberg, 3:30 p.m.
 
Gannon will cap a run of four straight weekends at tournaments to open its 2020 season this weekend, making the short trip south to Grove City. The Knights went 3-1 last weekend at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational, netting 26 goals in a win over Wittenberg, then following that up with a pair of thrilling wins over WWPA conference foes McKendree (16-15) and Salem (14-12 in overtime). Kelly Fehr (Erie, Pa./Villia Maria) notched 16 goals last weekend, Nicole Wiemken (Napoleon, Ohio/Napoleon) added 14 goals and 12 assists, and Julia Kreidinger (Erie, Pa./Villia Maria) went for 13 goals and 10 assists.
 
Women's Wrestling Closes Regular Season With First Dual Against In-State Foe
Saturday, February 29 | 1:00 PM | Erie, Pa. | Hammermill Center
 
Records: Gannon (7-3) | East Stroudsburg (1-3)
Gameday Outlets: Live Video | Live Statistics
 
A late addition to the schedule, East Stroudsburg will come to the Hammermill Center for the final regular-season event for both teams. Gannon is coming off a short-handed defeat against Tiffin in the middle of February, but is still ranked seventh in the country in dual strength. The Warriors are in their first year of competition, and are coming off their first dual win, a 32-6 win over Springfield Tech. Gannon has four individuals — Chrystal Raine (Dallas, Texas/Liberty), Annabelle Helm (Vancouver, Wash./Union), Amara Devericks (Capistrano Beach, Calif./Corona) and Kendall McGarity (Spring Branch, Texas/Smithson Valley) — nationally ranked, while ESU boasts Tatyana Ortiz ranked.
 
Men's Wrestling Opens Postseason At NCAA Super Region 1 Championships
Saturday, February 29 | Session 1 – 10:00 AM | Finals – 6:30 PM | Erie, Pa. | Mercyhurst
 
Records: Gannon (1-0) | Alderson Broaddus (1-0)
Gameday Outlets: Championship Central | Live Video ($) | Live Results
 
Gannon makes the short trip across town to get its postseason started Saturday at the NCAA Super Region 1 Championships. The Golden Knights go into the tournament with nine wrestlers appearing in the final region rankings of the season, including six coming in the top three. That will be the magic number Saturday, as the top three placers at each weight will move on to next month's NCAA Championships. A full preview of the Super Regional will be available later this week.
 
Baseball and softball will get their spring break trips started on Sunday, March 1. Preview of those matchups will be included in next week's This Week At Gannon.