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ERIE – Freshman Taylor Turner (Corning, N.Y./Corning West) netted a career high four goals and senior Carly Ball (Lansdale/North Penn) scored three times to power the No. 20 Bloomsburg University women's lacrosse team to a 10-8 victory on Friday afternoon at a frigid Gannon University Field.
 
The win is the fourth in a row for the Huskies who improve to 4-2 on the year and 3-0 in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference play. Gannon, meanwhile, falls to 3-5, 0-3.
 
Gannon got on the board first after over eight scoreless minutes to begin the game, striking on a goal from Illeyana Little for the 1-0 advantage.
 
Bloomsburg then got on a roll, scoring five unanswered goals, starting with Turner who found the net at the 18:50 mark to get the Huskies on the board. Turner scored again just over a minute later for the 2-1 lead, and netted a third goal with 11:30 to play in the half after Brigid Kyne (Newtown Square/Marple Newtown) and Ball has also scored in-between.
 
Gannon made it a 5-3 score after goals from Kaitie Babiarz and Kierstyn Haight, but Julie Falk (Millersville/Penn Manor) sent the Huskies to halftime with a 6-3 lead with her goal at the 3:31 mark off a free position shot.
 
Turner scored for the fourth time of the afternoon just over a minute into the second half for a 7-3 cushion, but Gannon rallied to trail by just one at 7-6 with still 25:48 to play following a score from Little.
 
Ball put the momentum back in the hands of the Huskies, however, scoring off an assist from Morgan Sherriff (Downingtown/Coatesville) with 23:55 remaining.
 
Bloomsburg then benefitted from a Gannon own goal when a loose ball rolled through a group of players to the right of the net where a Golden Knights player attempted to pick it up and accidently pushed the ball into the net for a 9-6 Huskies lead.
 
Allison Campbell (Pottstown/Owen J. Roberts) then found Ball who tallied another hat trick with her third goal of the day and some insurance, stretching the lead to four with 13:20 to play.
 
From there, the Huskies weathered another Gannon rally. Haight scored with 4:58 on the clock and then quickly tallied another goal with 4:26 to go, but the BU defense held strong in the final minutes.
 
Huskies goalie Brittney Hegarty (Rochester/Rush Henrietta) made eight saves in the win, including two in the final minute of play.
 
Kyne was dominant on the draw, earning five draw controls along with seven ground ball pickups and six caused turnovers in a tremendous all-around performance. Ashley Nelson (Hatfield/North Penn) also caused three turnovers on defense. Patrice Coleman (Media/Penncrest ) posted an assist and helped the Huskies in transition with consistently strong cut backs in the midfield.
 
Bloomsburg will look to keep its hot streak alive by hosting its home opener on Saturday vs. Kutztown at Steph Pettit Stadium. First draw is scheduled for 3 p.m.