Lions Fall to Grove City and Mercyhurst Sunday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's water polo team fell to Grove City and Mercyhurst in day two of the CWPA Regional Tournament 3.

Scores

Grove City 12, Penn State Behrend 11
Mercyhurst 11, Penn State Behrend 3

Game 1

* Behrend fell to Grove City in game one, 12-11
* The Lions fell behind 2-0 quickly in the first but were able to score two straight by Kayla Scarpaci (Cypress, TX/Langham Creek) and Emily McNaughton (Wexford, PA/Pine-Richland) to tie it up
* Behrend ended the period down 4-3 as the Wolverines scored with just five seconds left
* The Lions continued to be behind, down 7-5 at halftime
* In the second half, Behrend quickly caught up, tying the game 8-8 midway through the third with goals from Brooklynn Mocny (Sunnyvale, CA/Homestead), Scarpaci, and Angela Laier (Lansing, MI/Holt)
* They ended the quarter down 11-10 after an attempt at a last second shot
* Grove City and the Lions each scored one in the final period for the Wolverines win

Game 2

* The Lakers took down Behrend in game two, 8-1
* The Lions fell behind 7-1 by the third quarter
* Behrend's Laier scored a goal with three minutes left in the third period, assisted by Sarah Mancebo (Tulare, CA/Mission Oak)
* The Lions scored two more goals by Scarpaci in the final period, but were unable to overcome the deficit
* Chloe Dodgen (Riverside, CA/Hillcrest) tallied seven saves in goal 

Up Next
* Penn State Behrend returns to action on April 10^th to take on Grove City and Washington & Jefferson in the CWPA Regional Tournament 4 at home.