SCHENECTADY,N.Y. Senior forward Brittany Cressman capped a brilliant career by scoring a pair of goals to lift Union to a 2-0 victory over Plattsburgh in the championship game of the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Upstate New York women's soccer tournament on College Park Field.
It was the first-ever ECAC title for the Dutchwomen.
Cressman, who had an assist in the Dutchwomen's 3-1 semi-final win over Rochester, was named the event's Most Valuable Player. The Duxbury, Massachusetts, native, who earlier this months was named the Liberty League's Player of the Year, finished second on Union's all-time scoring list with 49 goals, 43 assists and 141 points.Her 43 career assists are also a team record as is the 18 helpers she had this year. Cressman finished this year as the Dutchwomen's leading scorer with 16 goals and 50 points.
Cressman picked up her fourth game-winner of the season when she scored an unassisted tally with 2:58 left in the first half. She put the game away with 9:55 remaining in the season by converting Jen Ondash's pass.
Junior goaltender Julie Gawronski tied her own record (set last year) by picking up her 19th win of the season against two losses and a tie. The win was the 44thof her career while the shutout was a single-season standard of 15 and her record-setting 25th overall. The Dunkirk, New York, finished with five saves.
Senior Kaleen McCool had six saves for the Cardinals, who finished at 16-6-0.
