Baltimore, Md. – Kayla Bain (Lancaster, Pa./J.P. McCaskey) scored three goals and added an assist while Breanna Paulson (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood) added a pair of goals and a helper to lead Keystone College to an 8-0 victory over Notre Dame of Maryland University in the Colonial States Athletic Conference field hockey opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon.  The Giants level their record at 3-3 (1-0 CSAC) on the season after recording the team's third consecutive shutout victory.     
 
Bain opened the scoring just 3:06 into Saturday's contest by scoring off an assist from Paulson before Paulson doubled Keystone's lead just 1:12 later by finding the back of the cage off an Ayana Crawford (Washington, D.C./Elizabeth Seton) assist.
 
Shelby Croasdale (Nicholson, Pa./Lackawanna Trail) extended the Giants' lead to 3-0 with an unassisted goal in the 18^th minute before Bain gave the visitors a four-goal advantage in the 26^th minute with Rebecca Dempster (Boonton, N.J./Boonton) assisting on Bain's second goal of the afternoon.
 
April Llewellyn (Plains, Pa./Coughlin) got into the act 2:29 into the second half, tallying her first collegiate goal off a Bain assist.  Bain then completed her hat trick with an unassisted marker in the 44^th minute to give Keystone a commanding, 6-0 lead.
 
Paulson netted her second goal of the contest moments later before Crawford tallied the first goal of her collegiate career in the 49^th minute to close out the scoring.
 
Emily Hawkins (Glenside, PA/Cheltenham) made one save in the first half to pick up her third win of the season in the first half while Megan Novak (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Coughlin) was not forced to make a save in the second half.  Llewellyn added a defensive save in the second half to preserve the shutout for Keystone.
 
De'Ja Martin made 12 saves for Notre Dame, who fell to 1-4 (0-1 CSAC) on the season with the loss.  Erika Deppenschmidt and Hanna Moresman added defensive saves in the loss for the Gators.
 
The Giants held a commanding 26-2 advantage in shots for the game while collecting 13 penalty corner chances to four for the Gators.   
 
Keystone returns to action on Wednesday night with a non-conference game at King's College starting at 7:00 p.m. in Wilkes-Barre.