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May 2, 2007

#2 Eastern 19, #3 Gwynedd-Mercy 12
Griffins net season-high in goals in PAC win

Box Score

ST. DAVIDS, PA - Third-seeded Gwynedd-Mercy lost in the semifinals of the 2007 PAC Women's Lacrosse Tournament to second-seeded Eastern, 19-12, Wednesday afternoon.

The Griffins (12-5) will now await a possible ECAC Tournament bid, which will be announced early next week.

The Eagles (14-2) netted five-straight goals to open the second stanza breaking an 8-8 halftime deadlock. Gwynedd was held to just four goals in the period in the loss.

Junior Megan Volz (Warminster, Pa./Archbishop Wood) led the Griffins with four goals. Seniors Kaitlin Pope (Warminster, Pa./Archbishop Wood) and Melissa Burks (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) each added a goal and an assist for GM.

Gwynedd came out firing, scoring three-straight goals in the first six minutes of the game to stake a 3-0 lead. Eastern's Jessie Basch finally tied the game with just over four minutes in the half. Erin Reimel gave EU its first lead of the game with a score with 1:35 left but a late goal from Pope with just ticks left knotted the teams at eight apiece at the half.

Basch led all scorers with 11 points (four goals/seven assists). Teammate Kate Hoy added four tallies and three assists.

GM goalie Lauren Monte (Perkasie, Pa./Christopher Dock) recorded a season-high 18 saves. Jenn Van Ness recorded 10 stops for Eastern.

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