La Plume, Pa. – Cairn University scored the final three goals in a high-scoring Colonial States Athletic Conference women's soccer game on Saturday afternoon to defeat Keystone College 5-3.  The Highlanders improve to 6-10 overall and 4-6 in conference play while eliminating the Giants (5-9-1, 4-6 CSAC) from postseason contention.
 
Prior to Saturday's contest, Keystone honored the team's four seniors: Sarah Heintz (Glenside, Pa./Abington), Rebecca Lewis (Abingdon, Md./Aberdeen), Shauna Menzella (River Vale, N.J./Pascack Valley), and Jenna Moranski (Gardiner, N.Y./New Paltz).  
Cairn opened the scoring in the 13^th minute of Saturday's contest as Payton Emerick escaped behind Keystone's defense, settled a bouncing ball, and found the back of the net for the game's first goal with Natalie Lyon assisting on the marker.
 
The Giants leveled the contest in the 20^th minute as Moranski tapped a rebound into an empty net after Nisa Cortes (Schenectady, N.Y./Schenectady)'s initial shot was saved.  Moranski's tally was her sixth of the year while the assist was the fourth helper of the fall for Cortes. 
 
Riley Hayes (Alexandria, Va./Thomas A. Edison) put Keystone ahead in the 37^th minute by heading in a corner kick served in by Faith Shiffer (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove) for the first goal of her collegiate career.  Shiffer's assist was her sixth of the fall for the Giants, who would hold the 2-1 edge at halftime.
 
Cairn knotted the game back up at two-apiece 9:16 into the second half as Lyon headed in a rebound with Courtney Novak picking up an assist on the tally.
 
Keystone needed just 17 seconds to reclaim the lead as Kristen Hlavaty (Scott Twp., Pa./Lakeland) one-touched a shot home on a cross from Moranski to give the host a 3-2 lead.  Hlavaty's goal was her second of the season while Moranski's assist was her eighth of the fall, tying a mark she previously matched in 2015 and shares with Kari Potter (2000) and Kim Henrie (1997).
 
Lyon again tied the score up for the Highlanders in the 66^th minute with second goal of the game on a one-time volley off a corner kick served in by Novak to make it a 3-3 game. 
 
Cairn then took a 4-3 lead with 9:14 left in regulation when Sara Hayduchock ripped home a shot from close range after the ball was headed across the goal mouth by Katie Ruitto.  The Highlanders closed out the scoring in the 88^th minute as Sony MacBain stole the ball from a Keystone defender and a ripped a shot just inside the far post.
 
Mackenzie Paugh made nine saves in 71:21 of action to pick up the win in Cairn while Haley Tinney made one stop in 18:39 of action.
 
Heintz suffered the loss for the Giants despite making seven saves on the day.

Both teams attempted 19 shots apiece in the high-scoring affair with the hosts holding a 13-12 edge in shots on goal.  The Highlanders and Giants also had five corner kicks chances each for the afternoon.
 
Keystone will close out the 2017 season on Thursday night with a CSAC contest at Marywood University starting at 7:00 p.m.