The Ursuline College lacrosse team dropped its season opener against visiting Gannon University on Monday afternoon in a game played at Gilmour Academy in Gates Mills. 

Gannon started the scoring in the first minute on a goal by Courtney Young that made it 1-0. At the 22:43 mark, Jaclyn Gilmore scored the Arrows first goal to tie game 1-1. 

The Knights scored eight unanswered goals and built a 9-1 lead before Emily Polivick scored to make it 9-2 with 6:28 to play in the first half. 

Gannon held a 13-2 lead at the break. 

The Arrows offense started the second half by scoring four consecutive goals. Jillian Guiles scored her first goal of the season followed by back-to-back goals from Gilmore and capped off by the first goal of the season from Victoria Madray. 

Ursuline was outshot 45-16 in the game but only 15-7 in the second half. The Arrows turned the ball over 12 times while Gannon had nine. The Arrows were 13-for-16 on clear attempts while the Knights went 8-for-8. 

Emily Hall made 14 saves in goal for Ursuline. 

The Arrows will travel to Ashland on March 3 to take on the Eagles in a non-conference match-up at 4:00 PM