Millersville

The 2014 field hockey team holds a special place in the history of Millersville Athletics as the first women's program to win an NCAA Division II Championship. The team, led by PSAC and NFHCA Division II Coach of the Year Shelly Behrens, won a school record 20 games while leading the nation in shutouts and goals against average.
 
Each of the team's eight seniors started over 20 games and five earned All-America honors. The All-Americans included senior Sarah Bomberger, junior Megan Donlan, senior Rachel Dickinson, senior Champayne Hess, senior Lauren Sotzin, and senior Katie Zapp. The senior class also included Alicia Youtz, Randi Boyd and Hannah Whitman. Six of the underclassmen would be named All-America in future seasons. Many of the players on that 2014 team also starred on the 2013 team, which captured Millersville its first PSAC Championship in 27 years.
 
A dominant defensive team that continually found ways to win, the Marauders allowed 0.61 goals per game and posted 13 shutouts. They won eight games that were decided by one goal and went 6-1 in overtime. Two of those overtime wins came in the first two games of the NCAA Tournament. Hess scored the game-winner in both games, first topping Shippensburg in double overtime and then getting an assist from Zapp to beat West Chester in the national semifinals.
 
True to their identity, the Marauders won the national championship by winning a one-goal game and shutting out LIU Post—the nation’s top-scoring team. Freshman Olivia Hershey tipped in a shot from Dickinson with 24 minutes remaining. Goalkeeper Lauren Sotzin and the defense withstood 13 LIU Post shots. That season, Sotzin set a program record for shutouts, Zapp’s 16 goals were the second all-time and Lauren Gerhart’s 10 assists were one shy of the school record.
 
Outstanding on the field and in the classroom, the squad produced a 3.24 team GPA, earning an award from the NFHCA. The team also produced the NFHCA Division II Player of the Year (Rachel Dickinson) and the NCAA's Elite 89 Award winner (Margaret Thorwart).