Sarah Fails, shown earlier this month, scored her team-high ninth goal on Saturday at Cal.
Bryce Dolak
Sarah Fails, shown earlier this month, scored her team-high ninth goal on Saturday at Cal.
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Winner Gannon GAN-W (10-2-4,9-1-4 PSAC-W)
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California (PA) CAL-W (5-8-2, 5-7-2 PSAC-W)
Winner
Gannon GAN-W
(10-2-4,9-1-4 PSAC-W)
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Final
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California (PA) CAL-W
(5-8-2, 5-7-2 PSAC-W)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Gannon GAN-W 2 1 3
California (PA) CAL-W 1 0 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Jeff Kirik, Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations

Gannon women's soccer team moves alone into first place in PSAC West with win at Cal

Fails, Gray, Boden score as Golden Knights move closer to clinching top seed for playoffs

CALIFORNIA, PA – As the Gannon University women's soccer team enters the final week of the regular season, it's in prime position to achieve a big goal.

Coach Colin Petersen's Golden Knights moved alone into first place in the PSAC West on Saturday afternoon with a 3-1 road victory against California University of Pennsylvania.

Having already secured a PSAC playoff berth secure, Gannon now has a good shot at winning the regular-season title and clinching the top playoff seed in the PSAC's Western Division.

Gannon (10-2-4 overall) improved to 9-1-4 in the PSAC West with 31 points in the standings. Later Saturday, IUP claimed a 2-1 win over second-place Mercyhurst (8-3-4, 28 points).

Gannon, which has two games remaining, will host Mercyhurst on Wednesday and Pitt-Johnstown on Saturday. If the Knights get a win or tie against either of those teams, they will secure first place and the top PSAC West playoff seed. Mercyhurst will play its regular-season finale against Gannon.

On Saturday, a familiar scoring duo struck for Gannon on the game's first goal. Sophomore midfielder Gabby Boden (Butler, Pa./Butler) found senior forward Sarah Fails (Girard, Pa./Villa Maria) with a nice pass, and Fails broke away to score her team-high ninth goal. Boden recorded the assist. It was third time this month that combination had connected for a goal.

Later in the half, Gannon took a 2-0 lead when freshman forward Holly Gray (Gold Coast, Australia) scored on a header off a corner kick by forward Sammie Dales (Conneautville, Pa./Homeschool). It was Gray's second goal of the season as Dales got the assist.

Cal scored later in the first half on a breakaway by Lindsie Galbreath to make it 2-1 going into halftime.

Gannon's defense took over from there, holding the fifth-place Vulcans scoreless in the second half.

Boden capped the scoring when she hooked a corner kick into the goal with just over 2 minutes remaining. It was her third goal of the year as she finished the game with a goal and an assist.

The Golden Knights' defense proved very stout. Gannon outshot Cal 18-4 and finished with a 9-2 advantage in shots on goals.

Kennedy Solymosi (Eastlake, Ohio/Lake Catholic) started in goal and played the first 64-plus minutes, allowing the Cal goal on the only shot on goal she faced. Jordan August (Morgantown, W. Va./Morgantown) played the final 25 minutes in goal and made one save.
 
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