GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Four Grove City College women's lacrosse players scored three times each Thursday night as the Wolverines earned a 17-4 home win over fourth-seeded Westminster at Don Lyle Field in the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament semifinals.
Top-seeded Grove City (15-3) will now host Chatham in the championship round Saturday. Second-seeded Chatham edged No. 3 Washington & Jefferson in the other semifinal held Thursday, 13-12.
Senior attack
Jackie Rowell (Laurel, Md./Reservoir) fired in three goals and added three assists as part of a six-point night for Grove City, which earned its 15th straight win. Junior attack
Gwen Shilling (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional), sophomore midfielder
Mia Mygatt (Silver Spring, Md./Brookewood) and freshman midfielder
Avery Anderson (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) also scored three goals each.
Junior midfielder
Tori Stevenson (Butler, Pa./Butler) also posted six points as she registered two goals and four assists. Junior attack
Taylor Blythe (Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima), junior midfielder
Jess Robinette (Mohnton, Pa./Twin Valley) and freshman midfielder
Addy Porter (Jenks, Okla./Jenks) added goals.
Robinette also assisted on three goals while Blythe assisted two scores. Shilling also chalked up an assist.
Grove City bolted to a 4-0 lead in the first eight minutes of the game. Rowell assisted Stevenson's goal 3:53 into the game, then scored an unassisted goal at 9:28. Shilling scored off a Rowell assist at the 7:37 mark and Robinette followed with a goal 13 seconds later.
Anderson scored Grove City's first two goals of the second quarter, pushing the lead to 8-1 with 11:29 left in the half. Mygatt scored a short-handed goal with 86 seconds left in the half. Blythe scored with 17 seconds remaining in the period and Rowell added another goal 11 seconds later as the Wolverines owned a 12-2 halftime lead.
Grove City finished the game with a 33-10 edge in total shots, along with a 23-9 margin in shots on goal.
Shilling led Grove City with six draw controls while freshman defender
Gabri Hallam (Buffalo, N.Y./Clarence) had five draw controls. Senior defender
Reese Hasley (Cheswick, Pa./Deer Lakes) led the Wolverines by causing five turnovers. Hallam and classmate
Sophia Happel (South Hamilton, Mass./Hamilton Wenham Regional) both caused three turnovers. Shilling caused two turnovers. Overall, the Wolverines coerced 33 Westminster turnovers. Grove City finished the game with 27 turnovers.
Stevenson picked up a team-leading six ground balls. Happel had five ground balls while Hasley and Shilling each collected four ground balls.
Senior goalie
Mia Gallagher (Mogadore, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban) made five saves to earn the win. Gallagher's 15 wins this year are a single-season program record.
Grove City defeated Chatham in the 2025 conference tournament title game, 11-7. The Wolverines won at Chatham this season, 9-3, during conference play April 1. Chatham enters the title game on a seven-game winning streak.
