BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Gannon women's lacrosse team continued its early season habit of falling behind early only to storm back and catch the opponent.

On Saturday, the deficit was too big for the Golden Knights to overcome as the Golden Knights trailed by seven goals midway through the second period and lost to PSAC opponent Bloomsburg 15-9 in a non-conference game at Steph Pettit Stadium.

In its first two games of the season, coach Jennifer Pawlowski's Gannon team trailed by three goals and five goals and regrouped to take the lead in eventual 13-11 and 13-12 losses to Georgian Court and Molloy, respectively.

On Saturday, Gannon again made a second-half charge. GU scored the first three goals of the second half to close the deficit 9-5 and later scored two in a row to cut the lead to 13-9. However, the Golden Knights could get no closer as they dropped to 0-3 and the Huskies improved to 2-0.

 
By the numbers:

• Junior midfielder Caroline Stevens (Syracuse, N.Y./Liverpool) led Gannon in goal scoring for the third straight game as she finished with four goals on five shots on goal. She also tied for the team lead with four draw controls, three ground balls, and two caused turnovers.
• Transfer student Madyson Schwartz (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Towne Charter) continued to contribute as she had a hat trick, scoring on her only three shots on goal.
• Charlie Hunter (Boston, N.Y./Hamburg) added Gannon's other two goals and she had four ground balls while tying Stevens with four draw controls.
• Goalie Haleigh Manning (Milton, Ga./Cambridge) had 11 saves and led Gannon with five ground balls.
• Freshman defender Aubrey Skerlong (Allison Park, Pa./Shaler) had four ground balls and three caused turnovers, and Emma Uhrig (Waterloo, Ontario/Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate) led GU with four caused turnovers and added three ground balls.
• Madison Coyle paced Bloomsburg's balanced scoring attack with four goals.

 
What's ahead:

Gannon will look for its first win on Tuesday at 4 p.m. when it hosts Daemen in its home opener at McConnell Family Stadium.