No. 7 West Chester Downs Gannon 21-3

ERIE, Pa. – Seventh-ranked West Chester held host Gannon scoreless after halftime while three players registered a hat trick as the Golden Rams topped the Golden Knights, 21-3, in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) women's lacrosse match Saturday afternoon.
 
West Chester (9-2, 5-1 PSAC) ran out to a 12-3 lead by the break, and then scored nine unanswered goals to put Gannon (2-8, 0-6) away for good in the second half.
 
Ryan McKinney (Downingtown, Pa./Downintown West), Emily Schulze (Harleysville, Pa./North Penn) and Tara Morrissey (Downingtown, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) all registered hat tricks to lead the offensive onslaught. Morrissey led all scorers with five points on the day. McKinney and Schulze each recorded an assist for a four-point effort.
 
McKinney and Tatum Altman (North Brunswick, N.J./North Brunswick) each potted a pair of goals during an eight-goal outburst in the first half that broke a 1-all tie and put the Golden Rams in command, 9-1.
 
Gannon's Erin Rotondo netted back-to-back free position goals near the end of the first half to make it 9-3. However, that was the last two times the hosts would score in the contest.
 
West Chester rattled off nine unanswered tallies to leave no doubt as to the outcome.
 
Julianne Clemens (Springfield, Pa./Springfield-DELCO) played the first half in the cage for the win and  was credited with three saves while Nicole Martins (Bethlehem, Pa./Saucon Valley) played the second half and did not allow a goal to preserve the victory.
 
West Chester returns home Wednesday to take on Shippensburg in another PSAC clash at 4 p.m.