GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. -- The Griffins scored three unanswered goals to take down the DeSales University Bulldogs, 3-1, Tuesday night in non-conference competition. 

Allison Campbell, Kaitlyn Lutz, and Caitlyn Thornton all scored in the first half to help end a three-game skid.

DeSales got on the board less than four minutes into the game as Kylie Honnick-Payne worked her way around the Griffin defense where she as able to beat goalie Sarah Crane for the early goal.

GMercyU quickly answered less than two minutes later as Shannon Carroll found Campbell through traffic for the sophomore's first tally on the season. For Carroll, it's her team-leading third assist this year. Six minutes later, Crane was up to the task, denying Honnick-Payne in front of the cage.

Gwynedd's next goal came off a corner with 18:41 left in the stanza. After a few hits to get a shot on goal, Lutz knocked in her second on the year to give the Griffins the lead. On their third corner of the half, Gwynedd cashed in to go up two scores on a goal from Thornton, her first collegiate score, with less than 12 minutes before halftime. Maggie Walsh had the assist.

The second half went scoreless, but Gwynedd (5-4) almost put another point on the board with ten minutes left in the game as Carroll found herself on a breakaway but was thwarted by Polyviou with a diving save. 

The Griffins outshot the Bulldogs, 17-8, while the teams combined for 24 corners. Polyviou registered 12 saves for DeSales (4-7). Crane recorded four to pick up the win.

The team travels to Immaculata for their first-ever Atlantic East Conference matchup this Saturday for a 1 p.m. game.