Scranton, PA – Julie Youngman broke a 1-1 tie with an unassisted goal with just 9:28 remaining in regulation to lift Marywood University to a 2-1 victory over visiting Keystone College in the first round of the Colonial States Athletic Conference women's soccer playoffs on Monday evening.  The Pacers now 9-6-4 this fall, advance to Wednesday's semifinal round where they will take on #2 Gwynedd Mercy University while the Giants finish the 2015 season with a 7-9-1 record.
 
Marywood, the #4 seed in this year's postseason tournament, nearly took a just three and a half minutes into Thursday night's game, but a long-range shot off the foot of Amanda Allikmaa banged off the crossbar and stayed out.  Chances were at a premium over the remainder of the first half, with the Pacers holding a 6-3 advantage in shots over the opening 45 minutes of play. 
 
Fifth-seeded Keystone had a golden opportunity to take a lead just seconds before halftime when Cassie Ehrhart (Stamford, NY/Stamford Central) played a ball overtop of Marywood's backline that Jenna Moranski (Gardiner, NY/New Paltz) ran onto for a breakaway chance, but her shot from the top of the 18-yard box went just over the crossbar.
 
The game remained scoreless until the 58^th minute when the hosts took a 1-0 lead on Brianna Bruster's third goal of the season.  Allison Warner played a pass out to Bruster at the right corner of box which Bruster collected and in a shot to the far side-netting to put the hosts in front.
 
In need of an equalizer, Keystone pushed numbers forward and were rewarded in the 71^st minute when Brittany Sugalski (Nanticoke, PA/Greater Nanticoke Area) collected a loose ball 25 yards from goal and launched a rocket that dipped in over the head of Marywood goalkeeper Aly Moyer to level the contest at 1-1.
 
The Pacers, who outshot the Giants by an 18-1 margin in the second half, regrouped after Sugalski's goal and began to pressure the visitor's backline and went back in front in the 81^st minute as Youngman dribbled through a pair of Keystone defenders before ripping a shot home to give Marywood the 2-1 edge.  The Pacers held Keystone without a shot the rest of the way to punch their ticket to the conference semifinals.
 
Marywood outshot Keystone by a 24-4 margin for the game including a 10-3 advantage in shots on goal.  The Pacers also generated three corner kick chances while holding the Giants without any endline restarts on the evening.
 
Moyer picked up the win in goal for Marywood after making a pair of saves while Katelyn Coon (Selden, NY/St. John the Baptist ) made eight stops in her final appearance in a Keystone uniform.
 
Monday's semifinal game marked the final collegiate games for Coon, Krissy Novak (Hurlock, MD/North Dorchester), and Amber Crews (Plainfield, NJ/Central Jersey College Prep ), who make up the winningest four-year class in program history highlighted by this year's CSAC playoff appearance.