Gwynedd Valley, Pa. – (3/4/2026) – Gwynedd Mercy University (0-4) finally got out on their home turf as they hosted Elizabethtown College (3-0) for tonight's
Morgan's Message Game. The Red and Gold's strong second quarter kept the Griffins on par as a 6-2 (1:58) first-quarter spread turned into a 11-7 (0:05) halftime. Unfortunately, the same fight was not there in the second half as a 14-3, Blue Jay surge finished the game with a 25-10 final. Sophomore midfielder
Elena Colliluori (Gilbertsville, Pa.) recorded a team-high four goals, but senior midfielder
Kira Bradley (Langhorne, Pa.) was Gwynedd Mercy University's top performer with two goals, five assists, nine ground balls, a draw control, and a Griffin single-game record 10 caused turnovers.
Griffin Highlights
- Gwynedd Mercy University got on the scoreboard when junior midfielder Rebecca Gordon (Sicklerville, N.J.) broke Elizabethtown College's 3-0 opening run with a free position goal just after the seven-minute mark; 3-1, 6:59.
- Colliluori kept the spread at two goals late in the first quarter with an extra-player goal off a Bradley feed; 4-2 (5:32).
- Late in the second quarter, Gordon and Bradley got the Griffins going. The former set up the later, at 6:26 (10-5), before the later returned the favor at 3:04 (11-6) and found Colliluori for another extra-player score with just five seconds (0:05) remaining in the period.
- There were only three Griffin goals in the second half. With 11:05 remaining in the third quarter, freshman attack Olivia Buczacki (Lower Moreland, Pa.) netted her first collegiate goal with the Red and Gold's third extra-player score of the affair.
- Colliluori added two ground balls, three caused turnovers, and 10 draw controls to her four scores.
- Gordon finished six points (3 goals, 3 assists), while tacking on two draw controls, three ground balls, and a caused turnover.
- In net, senior goalkeeper Victoria Sloan (Philadelphia, Pa.) totaled five saves and two ground balls in the loss (0-4).
Gwynedd Mercy returns to action on Friday, March 6, when they visit Eastern University for a 3:30 p.m. contest.
