Seton Hill continued PSAC West play on Saturday afternoon as they hosted Gannon at Dick's Sporting Goods Field.

The Griffins came alive in the second half after a slow start in the first half to pull away from Gannon in an 18-6 home victory.  The win is the sixth in a row for SHU to start the season.  SHU is now 6-0 overall and 5-0 in PSAC West play.  

The teams exchanged goals just 30 seconds apart less than three minutes into the contest to open the scoring.  Three straight goals from the Griffins gave SHU a 4-1 lead midway through the first half.  Elizabeth Tamasitis, Kate Kada and Jaclyn Frank scored for SHU in the three goal run.  

After a Gannon goal, Frank and Taylor Fox-Trudel scored to give SHU a 6-2 advantage with 13:18 left in the half.  Fox-Trudel scored the final goal of the half with 9:04 remaining to close out the scoring as SHU took a 7-3 lead into the halftime break.  

SHU outshot the Knights 21-7 in the first half and held a 6-5 advantage in draw controls.  SHU also forced 18 Gannon turnovers in the half.  

The second half was dominated by the Griffins as they outscored Gannon 11-3 in the half.  The teams traded goals to open the half with Fox-Trudel netting the SHU goal.  The Griffins then ran off eight straight goals to extend their lead to 16-4 with 13:32 to play in the contest.  Kristi Kada scored four of the eight goals during the run.  Hannah Thompson, Alaina TeSelle, Elizabeth Tamasitis and Kate Kada also added goals during the 8-0 run.  

Gannon cut the lead to 16-5 before Alyssa Ference and Fox-Trudel closed out the scoring for the Griffins.  

The Griffins finished the contest with 41 shots to just 13 for the Knights.  SHU won the draw control battle by a 15-10 margin.  SHU forced 29 Gannon turnovers in the win.

Kamille Ward and Kyleigh Hessian each played a half for the Griffins in cage and each recorded two saves.  

Kristi Kada led SHU with 5 goals.  Jaclyn Frank and Taylor Fox-Trudel each added six points with Fox-Trudel scoring four times and Frank scoring twice.  Tamasitis added two goals and two assists.  Kate Kada finished with two goals and an assist while TeSelle added a goal and assist.  

Makayla Kintner led SHU with six draw controls while Kristi Kada finished with five.  Kristi Kada and Tamasitis led SHU with a game high five caused turnovers.  Kintner added four caused turnovers.  

SHU returns to action next Saturday when they host Indiana (PA) in a PSAC West contest at 3 PM.