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Royals End 2010 Campaign On Positive Note With 2-1 Victory in Overtime Against Goucher Saturday

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TOWSON, Md.—The University of Scranton ended its 2010 season on a positive note, erasing an early 1-0 deficit to pull out a 2-1 victory in overtime against Goucher College in Landmark Conference action Saturday afternoon.

Playing in the final game of her career, senior forward Kaitlyn Tirney (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) made it a memorable one, scoring the game-winning goal off of a penalty corner in the 71st minute as the Royals won their second straight game to end the season with a 7-12 record, including a 2-4 mark in the conference.  Goucher, which took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Sara Spadanuta in the 15th minute, fell to 5-12 overall and 1-5 in the conference.

Trailing 1-0 at intermission, the Royals finally tied it up in the 51st minute on a goal by sophomore back Corinne O'Kane (Springfield, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara).  She tapped in a rebound off of a scramble in front of the net for the first goal of her career.

Junior goalkeeper Alexandria Marandino (Granby, Conn./Northwest Catholic) made two saves to earn her seventh victory of the season.

Tirney, who led the Royals with a career-best seven goals this season, ends her career with 18 goals and nine assists for 45 total points, which is 19th on Scranton's all-time scoring list.  It was also the final game for seniors Corrie Szapka (Northampton, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic), Emily Deubler (Dallas, Pa./Lake Lehman), Liz Mauer (Eagleville, Pa./Archbishop Carroll)Tara Winter (Ossining, N.Y./Ossining), Beth McLaughlin (Middletown, N.J./Middletown South), and Roxanne Kuzio (Moorestown, N.J./Holy Cross).

--ROYALS--

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