ERIE, Pa. – The Gannon University women's lacrosse team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 17-0 blanking of Edinboro on Wednesday afternoon, earning the program's fourth-ever shutout and second of the Fighting Scots in 2022. The Golden Knights improve their record to 5-8 overall (3-5 PSAC West) while Edinboro moves to 1-9 overall (0-6 in conference play.)
 
Freshman Caroline Stevens (Syracuse, N.Y./Liverpool) led the way in scoring on the day, putting home a game-high five goals to increase her season total to 31, tied with McKenna Woodworth (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads) for the team-lead. The total also ties her career-high, which she also achieved against Edinboro back on March 19. Woodworth scored a pair of goals in today's game, as did Skyler Parsons (Reading, Pa./Exeter Twp.) and Macy Hepditch (Waterloo, Ontario/Resurrection Catholic). Hepditch also assisted on two goals (giving her a team-high total of 14 assists in 2022.) Six other Knights put home a single goal—Hannah Mowery (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria), Alli Jacobs (Eden, N.Y./Eden), Grace Cunningham (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas), Rachel Tufts (Erie, Pa./McDowell), Lindsay Ball (Clarence Center, N.Y./Clarence), and Addey Bischof (Erie, Pa./McDowell). Mowery's goal was her first of the season and she also used her vision to facilitate on offense, dishing out a game-high three assists.
 
The Knights out-shot Edinboro 37-3 for the game—including 16-1 in the first quarter—and held Edinboro without a shot in the second half. Gannon also held advantages in ground balls (20-9), draw controls (16-4) and free-position shots (12-2). The team jumped out to a 9-0 lead after the first quarter and led 12-0 at the half.
 
Gannon now looks ahead to Saturday, April 16 and its next contest at McConnell Family Stadium against IUP (9-4 overall, 6-2 PSAC West) in which the Knights will celebrate Senior Night prior to the final home game of the spring. Game time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.