Scranton, PA – Keystone College earned an exciting, 4-3 victory at Marywood University on Wednesday afternoon in Colonial States Athletic Conference field hockey action, but Immaculata University got the final bid to the CSAC playoffs after the Giants, Pacers, and Mighty Macs finished in a three-way tie for fourth place overall.  Keystone ends the 2014 season with a 4-14 overall record after eliminating the Pacers (8-9) from playoff contention.   
 
Keystone, Marywood, and Immaculata all posted 3-4 records in conference this play fall, but Immaculata was awarded the final postseason spot after finishing with the fewest goals against in league play among three tied squads.
 
Marywood opened the scoring 4:21 into Wednesday afternoon's contest when Leanne McManus found herself alone in front of Keystone's cage and faked twice before pushing a shot past Keystone goalkeeper Emily Hawkins (Glenside, PA/Cheltenham) to give the Pacers an early 1-0 advantage. 
 
Keystone leveled the game at 1-1 just 2:21 later when Breanna Paulson (Mountain Top, PA/Crestwood) fired home a shot to the left side of the host's cage.  The Giants then took a 2-1 lead at the 8:34 mark when Gabby Gerschwiler (Leonardtown, MD/Leonardtown) found Paulson wide open on the weak side where the sophomore tapped in her sixth goal of the season.
 
A minute after Kaelyn Englert (Palmerton, PA/Palmerton) made a defensive save to keep Keystone's in front, Bianca Dolac (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca East) extended the Giants lead to 3-1 in the 14^th minute of play with an unassisted goal as the freshman stole the ball from Marywood's goalie before shooting it into the vacant net.  The Pacers cut their deficit to 3-2 in the 18^th minute when Gabriella Bower deflected a shot into the top of the cage.
 
The Giants would hold the one-goal edge at halftime despite being outshot by the Pacers 9-4 in the opening 35 minutes of play. 
 
Marywood was able to tie the contest at three-apiece in the 53^rd minute of play when Tori Jo Kakusian scored off of feed from Julie Kowalski on a penalty corner, but Keystone went back in front, 4-3, on Dolac's second goal of the game and sixth of the season, which came off the rebound of a Rebecca Dempster (Boonton, NJ/Boonton) shot, with 12:08 left in regulation.  The Giants defense, along with Hawkins, stood tall from there to deny the Pacers the equalizing goal.
 
Marywood held a 23-8 advantage in shots for the game and had 16 penalty corners to three for the Giants, but Hawkins made nine saves in Keystone's cage to go along with defensive saves from Englert and Justine Firmstone (Honesdale, PA/Honesdale), to give the Giants the season-ending victory.  Hawkins finishes her freshman campaign with 106 saves on the year, three shy of Keystone's single-season school record. 
 
Marywood goalkeeper Kayle Huey suffered the loss for the Pacers after turning aside three shots for the game.
 
Wednesday's contest marked the final game in a Keystone uniform for seniors Raisha Piper (Hanover Twp., PA/Hanover Area) and Haley Nathanson (Bethel, CT/Immaculate).  The Giants won their final two games of the 2014 season under first year head coach Ashley Irwin.