ERIE, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team won a snow-shortened Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division game Wednesday with a 13-3 victory at Gannon University after officials called the game with a full quarter to play.
 
The Rock jumped out to a 9-2 halftime lead and extended the advantage to 13-3 after three quarters while a heavy band of snow blanketed the field at McConnell Family Stadium. With the outcome of the game likely in hand and conditions deteriorating, officials decided to call the game before starting the fourth quarter, citing field conditions and player safety. By NCAA rule, since three full quarters were played, the game will be recorded as an official contest with SRU picking up the 13-3 victory and all stats recorded counting for the teams and individual players.
 
With the win, Slippery Rock improves to 6-3 overall and levels its PSAC West record at 2-2. Gannon slips to 1-8 overall and 1-3 in PSAC West games with the loss.
 
The Rock were in control from the early stages Wednesday, jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter and holding Gannon off the scoresheet for nearly 20 minutes to open the game. SRU led 9-2 at the break and outscored the Golden Knights 4-1 in the third quarter to put the game away.
 
Slippery Rock posted advantages of 27-9 in shots, 24-14 in ground balls and 13-6 in draw controls.
 
Eight different players scored at least one goal for Slippery Rock with Brooke Wisniewski, Krysta Frankowski and Lauren Searles all scoring two goals. Ida Modin scored one goal and handed out two assists for a team-high three points. Leora Owings and Sydney Ulmer each scored one goal and had one assist to round out the players with multiple points.
 
Olivia Fox and Charleigh Rondeau each scored one goal to round out the point scorers. Rondeau also grabbed a game-high seven draw controls to go along with four ground balls. Hailey Ohlsen led the defense with three caused turnovers, while Owings and Modin each had two.
 
Gillian O'Rourke allowed just three goals on nine total shots and was credited with five saves to pick up the win in goal, improving her record to 4-2.
 
Gannon got one goal each from McKenna Woodworth, Hannah Mowery and Alli Jacobs. Haleigh Manning took the loss in goal after recording 11 saves.
 
Slippery Rock will head right back to Erie Saturday for a second straight road game with a 3 p.m. PSAC West contest at No. 25 Mercyhurst.
 
 

 
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