Galloway, NJ – Stockton University (10-7) pulled away in the second half for a 17-10 victory over Marymount University (10-10) on Saturday afternoon in the ECAC Tournament semifinals. The Ospreys gained a measure of revenge as they dropped a game to the Saints 9-7 on March 27.
Michaella Butrico (South Plainfield/South Plainfield) led the scoring with four goals on the day for Stockton.
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The Saints opened the scoring 2:32 into the contest before Stockton answered with four straight markers for a 4-1 lead.
Kristen Russo (Wayne/Wayne Hills) tallied two of the scores. The Saints outscored the Ospreys 5-2 during the next 12 minutes to forge the 6-6 deadlock with 8:09 left in the half.
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Stockton scored three times to finish the half, while holding the visitors without a tally. Butrico,
Danielle Graham (Cherry Hill/ CH West) and
Gaby Ojeda (Galloway/Absegami) gave Stockton a three-goal margin at 9-6 at the break.
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The squads traded a pair of goals early in the second half, with Stockton holding an 11-8 lead before the Ospreys put the game away with a five-goal outburst in just over 10 minutes for a commanding 16-8 lead with 8:22 remaining in regulation. Freshman
Nicole Jandras (Egg Harbor Twp./EHT) scored twice during the run for the Ospreys.
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Marymount hit the net twice more before Butrico added the exclamation point with her fourth goal of the day with 1:24 left to set the final score at 17-10.
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Jandras added three goals for Stockton while
Tamara Torales (Basking Ridge/Ridge) and Russo netted a pair of tallies each.
Abbey Yannacone (Manahawkin/Southern Regional) caused two turnovers to lead all players. Torales and
Melanie Patterson (Jackson/Jackson Liberty) led all players with five draw controls each.
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Freshman goalkeeper
Stevie Ader (Califon/Voorhees) made five saves in net for the Ospreys.
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The Saints were led by Jessica Crew and Kelly Campbell who scored four and three goals respectively. Goalkeeper Holly Reik made seven saves in the net.
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The Ospreys will host Marywood in the ECAC championship game tomorrow at 1pm. The Pacers downed Misericordia 17-8 in the other semifinal earlier in the day.  Â
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