BOX SCORE
Scranton, PA – Marywood University got a goal from Lisa Hanselman (Manheim, PA) in the 40th minute and an insurance goal from Marissa Ruda (Athens, PA) in the 84th minute as the host Pacers improved to 3-1 in PAC play with a 2-0 win over visiting Alvernia College Wednesday afternoon in Scranton.
Marywood (7-2) struggled in the opening minutes and Meghan Coyle (Endicott, NY) made several key saves to keep the game scoreless as Alvernia pressured the Marywood back line early. Hanselman finally broke the game open when she scored off a direct-kick cross from Shannon Hresko (Gibbstown, NJ) at 39:50 to put the Pacers up 1-0.
The score remained that way until 83:21 when Ruda finished a Meghan Brown (Oakridge, NJ) through ball for the insurance goal. Coyle finished with seven saves on the day, six of which came in the first-half. Alvernia fell to 4-5-1 (2-3 PAC) with the loss. Danielle Fitzpatrick (Old Bridge, NJ) made five saves on the day for the Crusaders, who were out-shot by the hosts 12-10.
Marywood returns to action Saturday when they host Neumann College at 1:00 pm.
