Box Score
 SCHENECTADY, N.Y.Senior forward Brittany Cressman broke a 1-1 tie by scoring with 8:26 left in the first half then assisted on Union's first two tallies of the second stanza as the top-seeded Dutchwomen defeated Vassar, 5-2, in a quarterfinal game of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Upstate New York championship tournament at College Park Field.
The Dutchwomen, who improved to 17-2-1 on the season, will host the semi-finals on Saturday, November 13, as well as the championship, which will be played on Sunday. Union will play in the 12 o'clock semi-final game with the other match scheduled to start at 2:30. Sunday's championship will begin at 1 p.m. All four games will be held on the turf at College Park.
Junior Erika Eisenhut's ninth goal of the season gave the Dutchwomen a 1-0 lead with 32:35 left in the opening half. Vassar, which won the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association championship last weekend, tied the game with 13:59 as Sarah Combs found the back of the net. Cressman, who came into the contest with 41 points on the season and 132 for her outstanding four-year career, converted with 8:26 left in the game as freshman Caitlin Cuozzo picked up her second assist of the contest.
Union broke it open by scoring the first three goals of the second half. Cressman picked up assists on goals by Jen Ondash, which came with 39:26 left to play, and Bridget Duffy to give the Dutchwomen a 4-1 advantage with 15:25 left. Duffy again found the back of the net with 9:07 before Vassar's Claire Beitcher scored with 2:09 left to round out the final margin.
Sophomore goaltender Lisa Strumwasser had six saves for the Brewers, who end at 10-8-1. Union's junior netminder Julie Gawronski stopped two shots to pick up her 17th win of the season and the 42nd of her three-year career.
