Franciscan 3, Geneva 4

Franciscan Starters 
Tania Davidson, Mary Wieszczek, Teaghan Elmore, Claire Salyer, Juliana Rubino, Emily Gerlach,  Gabriella De La Torre, Angela Postage, Abigail Parker, Bella Rubino, & Goalkeeper - Rebekka Dill

Geneva Starters
Shaffer, Daku-Treas, Beare, Musser, Woodrome, Hartman, Tallman, Marchand, Ulmer, Estep, & Goalkeeper - Farnsworth

How It Happened 
     The Barons traveled to Beaver Falls, Penn. to face the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes. The game was a flurry of offense that ended in a one goal loss for the Barons. Their first conference loss of the season. With one game left to play they sit less than one win ahead of second place Westminster. 
    7 goals were scored by the end of the game, but 5 of them came in the first 30 minutes. In the first 10 minutes of the game each team mustered only one shot each, but in a blink the game was at 2-1. Geneva scored first 10 minutes in, then Franciscan quickly answered with a goal from freshmen Mary Wieszczek assisted by Juliana Rubino. Two minutes later the Golden Tornadoes took the lead again. Thankfully coaches took a breather and the game returned back to a normal scoring pace with each team trading shots. In the 30th minute Geneva extended their lead to 2, but then Tania Davidson fired right back with a solo goal bringing Franciscan back to within one. 
    Mid-second half Juliana Rubino scored the tying goal. There was 20 minutes left to play and Franciscan looked to be in complete control. For 15 minutes straight the Barons hurled shots and took runs at the goal, but never got one to drop. In the 86th minute Geneva picked up the ball after a Davidson shot and quickly flipped the field. Their counter attack ended in a corner kick for the Golden Tornadoes. The Barons walled up for the corner and after the ball bounced around for 20 seconds it found its way to a Geneva forward who snuck it in past the goalkeeper. The Barons went back to a one point deficit. This time Geneva sank into a defensive formation and allowed 0 shots from the Barons for the remainder of the game.

Inside the Numbers  
-Tania Davidson's goal is her 18th of the season and 28th of her career. With the 28th goal she is now 1st in program history in career goals.
-Rebekka Dill recorded 3 saves
-Juliana Rubino's season point total is 32 after her 3 point effort last night
-The Barons out shot the opponents 8 SOG to 6.

Who's Next? 
Franciscan will conclude the regular season at Allegheny on Saturday. This will be their first matchup all-time against the new PAC member. It will be played on the Gators newer blue-turf field at 5pm for their Senior Day as well.  Allegheny still has three games left, as they are on the outside looking into the PAC playoffs at the moment. The Barons will then have to wait until PAC play ends on Wednesday October 26th to see their official seed for the playoffs. 

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