INDIANA, Pa. – Seventh-ranked West Chester University went on the road in its final regular-season contest to easily outdistance No. 25 Indiana (Pa.), 18-9, to win its second straight and 17th overall Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) regular-season title Saturday afternoon.
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West Chester (15-2, 11-1 PSAC) finished one game better than second-place East Stroudsburg and will host the 2019 PSAC Tournament semifinals and finals on Friday, May 3 and Sunday, May 5. East Stroudsburg, which was idle on Saturday, captured the other first-round bye and will join West Chester in the semifinals at the end of next week.
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Ryan McKinney (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) scored four goals and assisted on two others while
Tatum Altman (North Brunswick, N.J./North Brunswick) added a hat trick to lead the offensive charge.
Trisha Baud (West Deptford, N.J./West Deptford) added a hat trick and four points off the bench, and
Tara Morrissey (Downingtown, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) scored a pair of goals and assisted on a pair of others.
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IUP looked as though it might claim its second major upset on home turf this season when the Crimson Hawks took a 3-0 lead 10 minutes into the game. However, West Chester regrouped and put up eight unanswered goals to take a commanding, 8-3 lead. The Hawks responded with a pair of goals to close out the first half. But, that was as close as the home team would get.
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The two sides traded goals in the first 10 minutes of the second half when West Chester then busted out another deflating 8-0 run that put the game away. McKinney started the run in the first half with the Golden Rams' first goal at 20:31, and Morrissey opened up the second-half surge with a marker at the 20:26 mark.
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Julianne Clemens (Springfield, Pa./Springfield-DELCO) made eight saves to improve to 15-2 on the season in the cage.
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