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  press release
Westerns Day 2 Recap
Sports Information Department
Trevor James Hawes, Graduate Assistant

Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: April 19, 2008
 
GANNON CLOSES CWPA WESTERN
CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH LOSSES
 
GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Gannon University women’s water polo team (9-14) closed its final day at the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Western Division Championships and the 2008 season with a pair of losses to the University of Michigan and Mercyhurst College Sunday.
    
The Wolverines blanked the Lady Knights 21-0 (6-0, 7-0, 6-0, 2-0) in the morning match and Gannon lost 16-6 (2-2, 7-2, 2-1, 5-1) to Mercyhurst in the nightcap.
   
Niki Hoffa (Spinking Springs, Pa./Governor Mifflin) recorded six blocks against Michigan and seven against the Lakers.
   
Kendra Plackemeier (Bonsall, Calif./Fallbrook) scored three goals in the Lady Knights’ second match.
   
Annie Greenhill (Brea, Calif./Brea Olinda) closed the 2008 season as Gannon’s offensive leader with 62 goals. The tally puts Greenhill fourth among Gannon’s single-season goal scoring leaders. The sophomore is third among the Lady Knights’ all-time career goal scorers with 113.
   
Senior Val Adams (Erie, Pa./McDowell) sits seventh among Gannon’s career goals leaders with 84.
   
Gannon coach Don Sherman reached the century mark this season, achieving his 100th win on March 16 against Slippery Rock. Sherman has 103 wins overall.
   
 

Gannon Women’s Water Polo Box Score
Gannon vs. Michigan
CWPA Western Division Championships Day 2
Saturday, April 19, 2008

 
Team (1 – 2 – 3 – 4 Final)
Gannon (0 – 0 – 0 – 0 0)
Michigan (6 – 7 – 6 – 2 21)
 
Gannon Goals (0)
None
 
Gannon Goalkeepers
Niki Hoffa - 6 Blocks

Michigan Goals (21)
N/A


Michigan Goalkeepers
N/A

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Records
Gannon: 9-13 Overall, 3-4 CWPA
Michigan: N/A


Gannon Women’s Water Polo Box Score
Gannon vs. Mercyhurst
CWPA Western Division Championships Day 2
Saturday, April 19, 2008

 
Team (1 – 2 – 3 – 4 Final)
Gannon (2 – 2 – 1 – 1 6)
Mercyhurst (2 – 7 – 2 – 5 16)
 
Gannon Goals (6)
Kendra Plackemeier (3)
Val Adams
Annie Greenhill
Katelyn Hansen
 
Gannon Goalkeepers
Niki Hoffa - 7 Blocks

Mercyhurst Goals (16)
N/A


Mercyhurst Goalkeepers
N/A

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Records
Gannon: 9-14 Overall, 3-4 CWPA
Mercyhurst: N/A


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updated 4/19/08 by: tjh