Olivia Habicht's Hat-trick Lifts Marywood Past Keystone
Olivia Habicht picked up seven points on three goals and an assist in Marywood's 7-1 win over Keystone Thursday

Olivia Habicht's Hat-trick Lifts Marywood Past Keystone

Women's Soccer - 10/27/2011 4:48:00 PM

Box Score

Scranton, PA - Marywood University got three goals and an assist from Olivia Habicht and two goals and an assist from Siobhan Blancaflor as the Pacers improved to 8-1-1 in the Colonial States Athletic Conference with a 7-1 win over visiting Keystone on a rainy and cold Thursday afternoon in Scranton. 

Blancaflor started the scoring for Marywood 8:24 into the game as she took a feed from Alixandria Fiore and beat Giants' keeper Rebecca Dinelli for the game's first goal.  Habicht then scored when Blancaflor redirected a cross to her feet inside the box for the eventual game-winner. 

Keystone (6-10-1, 2-9 CSAC) made things interesting when they took advantage of a mis-played ball in the back and Samatha Littleford beat Emily Osborne to make it 2-1 in the 22nd minute.  The score would remain that way until Blancaflor finished a Habicht pass by sliding and beating Dinelli to the ball for a 3-1 Marywood lead with just 36 seconds remaining in the half. 

The second half would prove to be much different, as Marywood scored four times in the first 6:21 of the second frame to put the game out of reach.  Habicht scored her second just :37 into the half unassisted on hard-angle shot. 

Fiore then headed home a corner kick that came from the foot of Angela Heydt to make it 5-1 Marywood in the 48th minute, and Habicht completed her hat-trick unassisted at 49:36 before Emma Nye completed the scoring for the Pacers in the 52nd minute by tallying an unassisted goal as well.

Marywood fired off 35 shots on the day, 24 of which were on frame.  Dinelli made 17 stops for Keystone while Osborne was replaced by Meredith Moore over the last 34:30 after not making a save in the win.  Moore made one stop for the Pacers.

Marywood closes their regular season Saturday when they host Rosemont College at 1:00 pm.  Seniors Caitlin Light and Kaitlyn Hresko will be honored after the Pacers' game.  Marywood can clinch one of the top two seeds with a win Saturday.  Which seed they earn will also depend on the Neumann/Gwynedd-Mercy result tonight.
Print Friendly Version