Box Score

ERIE - Junior forward Sammi Jo Hughes scored the game-winning goal in the 75th minute, just three minutes after Gannon tied it, as East Stroudsburg University improved to 3-1 with a 2-1 win at No. 21-ranked Gannon in PSAC women's soccer on Friday afternoon.
 
Sophomore forward Hannah Gombos put ESU ahead 1-0 in the eighth minute, and the lead stood up until Gannon's Olivia Augustyniak scored on a free kick in the 72nd minute.
 
Hughes put ESU back in front just 2:30 later, scoring on an assist from sophomore forward Brielyn Hackett for the game-winning goal with 15:51 remaining. Freshman back Amanda Vojta assisted on ESU's goal by Gombos in the first half.
 
Freshman goalkeeper Jules Harris made six saves for ESU, which was outshot 20-10. Gannon had an 8-1 advantage in corner kicks.
 
Gannon (3-3, 3-2) entered with wins over Edinboro, Mansfield and Lock Haven and a 1-0 loss at Bloomsburg in its first four PSAC games.

ESU improves to 48-0-4 when holding a halftime lead since 2007 under eighth-year head coach Rob Berkowitz.
 
The Warriors will remain in Erie and face Mercyhurst on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Lakers (2-2-1, 2-2-1) are coming off a 2-1 loss to West Chester (5-0, 4-0) on Friday.


GAME NOTES
* ESU improves to 4-1-1 against Gannon since 2010. The Warriors are 3-0 against Gannon at home and 1-1-1 in Erie.
* ESU beat a ranked Gannon team for the 2nd straight year. In 2013, #15 ESU blanked #23 Gannon, 2-0.
* Gannon Jr. F Mani Brueckner, the 2-time PSAC Athlete of the Year, has 1 assist in 4 career games against ESU. She has 21 goals and 23 assists in her other 34 games against PSAC opponents.