LA PLUME, Pa. – The No. 3 seed Cedar Crest College field hockey team moves into the Colonial States Athletic Conference Tournament Championship Game after edging Keystone College in a 3-2 overtime victory in the semifinals on Wednesday afternoon.

After a scoreless opening quarter, the Falcons got out to a 2-0 advantage on back-to-back goals from junior Kiley Marone (Mohrsville, PA/Tulpehocken High School) in the 22^nd and 24^th minutes. With the two markers, she set the program's single season goals record with 17.

The Giants chipped away at the Falcons' lead, adding a single tally in the third and fourth stanza. Sophomore Maria Tomada (Buenos Aires, Argentina) cut the deficit to one on a 39^th minute goal and freshman Jessica Santiago (Allentown, Pa.) pulled Keystone even with the equalizer in the 55^th minute to make the score, 2-2.

Cedar Crest recorded the golden goal 4:22 into the overtime period with the game-winner being credited to junior Amber Cieri (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh). Freshman Lauren Jackson (Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon) was credited with the assist.

Freshman goalkeeper Brynn Rifino (Dover, Del./Smyrna) made eight stops in the win for the Falcons while Keystone's sophomore goalkeeper Casey Stratton (Elicott City, Md.) converted 11 saves in the loss.

Cedar Crest outshot the Giants, 25-17, while the Falcons had 25 penalty corners to Keystone's nine.

Cedar Crest (9-8 overall) advance to the program's first CSAC Championship Game and will square off against No. 1 seed Wilson College on Saturday, November 6 at 1:00 p.m. The contest will take place at Wilson. 

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