GREENSBURG, Pa. –  The Gannon softball team took game one of the PSAC Semifinals against Seton Hill  before falling to the Griffins, forcing a winner take all game three set Tuesday afternoon.
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Records: Gannon (28-14, 23-9 PSAC), Seton Hill (31-12, 25-7 PSAC)
• Location: SHU Softball Complex | Greensburg, Pa.

 
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GAME 1
 
Final Score: Gannon 8, Seton Hill 6
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a scoreless first inning, Gannon hopped on the board after capitalizing on an error to take a 1-0 lead.  Back-to-back singles into right field by Lyndsey Lakatos (Allison Park, Pa./Shaler Area) and Jules Ryan (Collegeville, Pa./Spring Ford) brought Lindsay Schmidt (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillian) to the plate.  The runners advance 60-feet on a wild pitch before Schmidt reached on a fielding error to score pinch runner Olivia Evans (Horseheads, New York/Horeseheads Senior High).
• SHU took the lead as Alexis Vargas recorded an RBI double to even the score before Samantha Estupinian hit into right to put the Griffins ahead, 2-1.
• The Golden Knights used two solo home runs to take their second lead of the game as Maria Taliani (Cheswick, Pa./Deer Lakes) blasted a shot into opposite field before Ryan sent out her third homer of the season.  SHU immediately responded with two runs after taking advantage of a throwing error to make it 4-3.
• Kaity Stocker (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe) put Gannon back on top with her 37^th-career home run scoring Taliani from first after she singled up the middle.  Kristina DeMatteis (Boyers, Pa./Moniteau) and Lakatos each walked before Ryan singled to load the bases.  DeMatteis came home on a wild pitch to extend the Knights lead to two but a fly ball into right field would end the threat.
•  The Griffins evened the score at six all with a two-RBI single but was answered with two runs for Gannon to take an 8-6 lead in the top frame of the seventh. Kristina DeMatteis (Boyers, Pa./Moniteau) singled to right before moving to second on a sacrifice bunt by Lily Gfeller (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia).  Ryan hit up the middle to put runners on first and second before scoring on back-to-back singles by Hannah Neal (Woodhaven, Mich./Woodhaven) and Megan Dietrick (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon).
• Gannon used nine pitches to shut SHU down 1-2-3 to secure the game one victory.

 
GAME NOTES

• GU outhit Seton Hill 12-9 with seven RBI.
• Ryan set a new season-high going 4-for-4 at the plate with one RBI followed by Taliani with two hits.
• Stocker hit her 14^th home run of the season while Taliani hit her 11^th.
• Game one marks the seventh time this season that Gannon had three home runs in a single game.
• Kennedy DeMatteis (Boyers, Pa./Moniteau) (14-8) earned her 40^th career victory in the circle allowing six runs (five earned) with three walks and three strikeouts.

 
GAME 2
 
Final Score:  Seton Hill 6, Gannon 1
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Seton Hill opened scoring with a two-run single by Alexis Vargas to take a 2-0 lead but was responded with Nicole Bush's (Painesville, Ohio/Lake Catholic) first collegiate home run as the senior sent one out down the left field line to bring the game within one.
• Gannon's best look to even the score came in the fourth as Maria Taliani (Cheswick, Pa./Deer Lakes) doubled into right field avoiding the diving play of Jenna Osikowicz but two consecutive outs ended the threat.
• The Griffins doubled their lead with a two-run homer before Christiana Skrabak hit her own solo shot deep and out to make it 5-1.  A sacrifice fly into right would extend SHU's lead to five.
• Taliani led off the bottom frame of the seventh with a single through the left side before Kaity Stocker (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe) walked.  With one out, Lyndsey Lakatos (Allison Park, Pa./Shaler Area) hit into center field to load the bases but SHU's defense held the Knights to tie the series.

 
GAME NOTES

• Seton Hill's Logan Hartman limited Gannon to one earned run on five hits.
• Taliani led the team with two hits while Megan Dietrick (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon), Bush and Lakatos each totaled one.
• Rebecca Tatone (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe) (11-3) was credited the loss allowing five runs (five earned) on 10 hits through five complete innings.
• Gabi Vasi (Tonawanda, N.Y./Kenmore East) completed the game allowing one earned run on three hits.
   

UP NEXT

• Game three is set for 1 p.m. at SHU Softball Complex in Greensburg, Pa.
• The winner will go on to face West Chester in the PSAC Championship series on May 14.
• No. 3 seeded West Chester defeated No. 1 seeded Kutztown on Monday afternoon to claim the Eastern Division title.