Box Score

Senior Lindsey Kennedy set a single-game school record on Saturday with eight assists and sophomore Courtney Kennedy scored a career-high six goals as the Shippensburg University women's lacrosse team earned its first victory over Gannon since 1997, defeating the Golden Knights 13-8.

Shippensburg (5-10, 3-6 PSAC) kept its playoff hopes alive with the road victory but remains two games behind both Gannon (9-6, 5-4 PSAC) and Bloomsburg.

The Raiders cannot leapfrog the Huskies due to the head-to-head tiebreaker. However, if SU can defeat Millersville and ESU next week, and if Gannon loses to Mercyhurst and IUP, then the Raiders will sneak into the postseason.

Lindsey Kennedy's game Saturday was one for the ages. Her eight assists breaks the school record set in 1979 by Joanie Dotzman, who had seven in a game against Bloomsburg. It is one short of the PSAC single-game record (9) set two years ago by Lock Haven's Kayleigh Johnson. The effort also brings her season assists total to 34, which breaks the single-season record of 29 set in 2004 by Hillary Eckert. 

Lindsey also had a career-high nine draw controls, helping Shippensburg record a 16-7 advantage in the contest. She also finished with a goal, two groundballs and a caused turnover.

Courtney Kennedy had a hat trick in each half and assisted on Lindsey's first-half tally. She also tied for a team high with four groundball pickups in the game.

Sophomore Sheila Johnson netted her first hat trick of the season and third of her career in addition to a pair of groundballs and draw controls. Junior Bennett Widlake scored goals on both of her shots Saturday while junior Amanda Krok added a goal and an assist. Senior Roxanne Brown had an assist, four groundballs, a caused turnover and a draw control.

Freshman Ally Frymoyer continued her solid play in goal by making 12 saves. Frymoyer made six saves in each half, and perhaps more importantly, stopped all five of Gannon's shots on free positions.

SU took a 6-5 lead into halftime but took control in the second half, out-scoring the Golden Knights by a 7-3 margin. The Raiders matched its season-best effort for the sixth time this season in allowing just three goals in the second half.

Shippensburg will head to Millersville at 4 p.m. Tuesday for its pivotal PSAC showdown against Millersville.