On a day in which the Griffins honored nine of the senior members of the team, it was those seniors that carried the Griffins to a PSAC West win over Gannon.
Seton Hill got 18 points from its seniors as they won their ninth straight contest with a 20-8 victory over the Golden Knights. SHU is now 13-3 overall and 9-2 in the PSAC West standings.
The Griffins can clinch their second straight PSAC Western Division title with either a win at Edinboro on Wednesday or an IUP loss in one of their final two contests of the season. The PSAC Western Division champion will host the PSAC Final Four on May 6-8.
Just like the script writers would write it, the first five Griffin goals were scored by senior members of the team.
Jaclyn Frank and
Hannah Kelley each scored twice and
Lindsay Reho added one as SHU built a 5-1 lead with 6:40 to play in the first quarter. The Griffins scored five more times over the final five minutes of the quarter as they built a 10-2 advantage.
Megan Bunker scored twice with
Alaina TeSelle,
Hannah Thompson and Frank scoring the other goals.
TeSelle scored twice in the first three minutes of the second quarter as SHU extended its lead to ten goals. Gannon got one back to end the running clock but that running clock started back up after two
Piper Conlan goals gave SHU a 14-3 lead with 7:17 left in the half.
Carleigh Sutfin scored the final SHU goal of the half.
Frank opened the second half scoring for the Griffins.
Grace Agnello added a goal as SHU built their lead to 17-4 midway through the quarter. TeSelle scored the final two goals of the quarter for the Griffins as they led 19-4 entering the fourth quarter.
Emily Megonnell scored the final goal for the Griffins in the fourth quarter.
Frank reached the 100 point mark on the season with a ten point day. She finished with four goals and six assists. TeSelle put up a seven point afternoon on five goals and two assists. Reho added four points on a goal and three assists. Bunker, Kelley and Conlan each scored twice. Bunker finished with ten draw controls which gives her over 200 draws on the season. She is the first Griffins to go over the 200 draw mark. Megonnell added a goal and assist.
Kamille Ward made five saves in one half of action while
Kyleigh Hessian made two saves in the second half.
Makayla Kintner led SHU with three caused turnovers. Seniors
Colleen Roy and
Sarah Mazzur each added two.
SHU will close out the regular season on Wednesday afternoon at Edinboro.