ERIE, Pa. –  The Gannon softball team completed the regular-season with a nonconference matchup with Tiffin, defeating the Dragons, 2-1, before falling, 3-0.
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Records: Gannon (24-12, 23-9 PSAC), Pitt-Johnstown (20-14, 12-6 GMAC)
• Location: McConnell Family Stadium | Erie, Pa.

 
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GAME 1
 
Final Score: Gannon 2, Tiffin 1
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a scoreless first inning, Taylor Whalen led off with a single for Tiffin before coming around the bases after capitalizing on a throwing error to take a 1-0 lead.
• Gannon answered in the third as senior Kaity Stocker (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe) dropped her 36^th career home run over the left field fence to level score.
• Lea Coffman (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell) singled to the infield avoiding a diving play by the Dragon's second baseman before advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt by Nicole Bush (Painesville, Ohio/Lake Catholic).  Maria Taliani (Cheswick, Pa./Deer Lakes) drove the ball out of the right fielder's reach to score Coffman for the game-winning run.

 
GAME NOTES

• As a team, Gannon tallied four hits with two RBI.
• Stocker set a new season-high with her 13^th homer of the season.
• Kennedy DeMatteis (Boyers, Pa./Moniteau) (12-8) was rewarded the victory limiting Tiffin to just one unearned run with two walks and two strikeouts.
• Rebecca Tatone (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe) earned the save with two walks and two strikeouts.

GAME 2
 
Final Score: Tiffin 3, Gannon 0
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Tiffin opened scoring in the third with a 1-0 lead using back-to-back doubles by Taylor Whalen and Laura Teunion-Smith. 
• The Dragons produced two more runs, holding the Knights until the sixth inning when Lea Coffman (Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell) record Gannon's only hit of the game with a single up the middle. 
• Maddie Krause (North Royalton, Ohio/Holy Name High) would walk to position runners on first and second but Tiffin's defense shut down the threat as the Knights went down 1-2-3.

GAME NOTES

• Game two marked just the second time the Knights were held to one hit.
• Gabi Vasi (Tonawanda, N.Y./Kenmore East) was credited the loss allowing two runs (two earned) on six hits through four innings.
• Katie Sidare (Rochester, N.Y./Victor Central) finished in the circle with one earned run and two walks.
   

UP NEXT

• The Golden Knights will make their 10^th consecutive appearance in the PSAC Tournament, entering as the No. 2 seed.
• Gannon will host No. 3 seed Cal in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, May 5 with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. at McConnell Family Stadium