
Gannon scored three first half goals and went on to a 5-1 victory over the Pitt-Johnstown women's soccer team in Wednesday's 2019 PSAC-opener in Erie.
Mia Dirienzo accounted for Pitt-Johnstown's goal, but the Mountain Cats slipped to 0-2-0 overall and 0-1-0 in the PSAC Western Division.
The Golden Knights jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead on Emily Cekella's goal off of Megan McCartney's cross two minutes into the match, before Asesling McCullough finished Vanessa Coccurella's assist behind Pitt-Johnstown goalkeeper
Maria Mosquera 10 minutes later.
Gannon then got an unassisted goal from Molly Whaley in the 43
rd minute to put the Golden Knights in front, 3-0, at the half.
McCartney then added a goal of her own 11 minutes into the second half to increase Gannon's lead to 4-0.
Pitt-Johnstown got on the scoreboard in the 66
th minute when Dirienzo found the upper right corner of the net, but the Golden Knights answered right back in the 73
rd minute on a Hannah Hays that set the final at 5-1.
Mosquera faced 24 Gannon shots, made four saves, but allowed all five goals. Kennedy Solymosi earned the win in net for the Golden Knights after seeing eight shots, making one save, and allowing one goal.
With the win, Gannon improved to 2-0-0 overall and 1-0-0 in the PSAC West.
Pitt-Johnstown will make its 2019 home debut with a PSAC match against Slippery Rock on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Pitt-Johnstown Soccer Field, before hosting a conference match against Clarion on Wednesday at 4 p.m.