Lakewood, NJ- The #4 seeded Philadelphia University women's lacrosse team (7-11, 6-6 CACC) saw their season come to an end in a 17-9 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament semifinal loss  to the #1 seeded Georgian Court University Lions (16-2, 12-0 CACC) on Saturday afternoon.   

The Lady Rams were led by sophomore attacker Taylor Peltzer's (Holland, PA/ Archbishop Wood) three goals.  Senior midfielder Kathleen Maurer (Rochester, NY/ Our Lady of Mercy) added a goal and two assists in the game. 

The Lions, who had already beaten PhilaU twice by large margins in the regular season- sprung out to a 4-1 lead in the first half after PhilaU sophomore attacker Taylor Boyle (Wilton, CT/Wilton) notched an early goal just 40 seconds into play.  Sophomore midfielder Kalin Hodel (West Chester, OH/ Lakota West) would drop in two of her own goals in the first stanza, but PhilaU trailed 9-4 at the break.

GCU ran off on a 5-0 spree to open the second half, leading 14-4 at 16:47.  The Lady Rams would play catch up for the remainder of the match, eventually falling 17-9. 

PhilaU senior goalie Kat Sullivan (Mt. Laurel, NJ/ Lenape) made 11 saves in her final game with the Lady Rams, while GCU keeper s Christine Latteri and Jennifer Molzon combined for 13 saves and will advance to the CACC Championship on Sunday (5/2) vs. Holy Family University (a 12-9 winner over Wilmington University).