ERIE, Pa. – The Gannon women's lacrosse team stayed relatively close to Seton Hill in the first half on Wednesday, but in the second half the Griffins showed why they are a PSAC powerhouse.
 
The Golden Knights trailed by four goals at the half before Seton Hill outscored them 12-1 in the second half to claim a 22-7 victory in a PSAC match at McConnell Family Stadium.
 
Gannon dropped to 2-6 overall and 0-3 in the PSAC West, while SHU improved to 5-3 and 3-0.
 
Seton Hill's Skylar Orlowski entered the game leading the PSAC in points. She only strengthened her lead with an eight-point game on seven goals and one assist. The 2023 PSAC West All-Star now leads the PSAC with 46 points and is among the leaders with 29 goals and 17 assists.
 
Her teammate, Piper Conlan, added a hat trick and one assist for four points.
 
Gannon was led by senior attacker McKenna Woodworth (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads), who scored three goals and had one assist. Charlie Hunter (Boston, N.Y./Hamburg) added a goal and two assists.
 
Macy Hepditch's (Waterloo, Ontario/Resurrection Catholic) goal with 9:20 left in the first quarter gave Gannon an early 3-2 lead.
 
However, the Griffins soon displayed why they are a favorite in the PSAC West title race again after going 12-0 in the conference last season.
 
SHU scored the final three goals of the period to take a 5-3 lead and outscored GU 5-3 again in the second quarter to take a 10-6 lead.
 
In the second half, Seton Hill scored 11 consecutive goals to take a 21-6 lead.