GAME OVERVIEW• As the 2014 regular season nears its end, the Marauders still maintain their position in second place in the PSAC standings, one game behind West Chester. Millersville is coming off a 2-1 overtime win against East Stroudsburg on Tuesday. The Marauders take on Bloomsburg which is also coming off a 4-0 shutout of Seton Hill at home on Tuesday. Millersville has already clinched its third consecutive PSAC Tournament berth for the first time since 1992-94 but the coveted top seed currently belongs to West Chester. Millersville trails the Golden Rams by one game with three remaining. Bloomsburg, however, is going to miss the postseason for the first time since 1979 and it will post its first sub-.500 record since 1975.
• Coming into Saturday's game, Millersville goalie
Lauren Sotzin is one shutout away from claiming the school record. She is currently tied with Stacey Hollinger with 27. She is also on the verge of becoming the first Marauder keeper with two seasons of a goals against average below 0.80.
ABOUT THE SERIES• The series between these two teams dates back to 1975 where the Marauders shutout the Huskies, 3-0. Since then, the Huskies have been the dominant team during which they went on a winning streak from 1989 until the first meeting of 2012. In the second match-up of 2012 the Marauders began their winning streak and have gone 4-0 since. Three of those four wins and four of the last five meetings have been decided in overtime.
THE LAST MEETING (MILLERSVILLE 1, BLOOMSBURG 0 (OT) - SEPT. 17, 2014)• With the Wednesday's game at Bloomsburg on the line in overtime, Millersville field hockey called on its two-time All-American. Senior
Rachel Dickinson scored on a penalty stroke 1:41 into extra time, giving the Marauders a 1-0 win
CHAMP THE CHAMPION• Redshirt senior
Champayne Hess has been nothing less than impressive this season. She is second on the team with eight goals as well as second on the team with points. Hess scored both goals in Millersville's OT win against East Stroudsburg on Tuesday. The game-winning goal came with just four minutes remaining in OT off a redirect from
Rachel Dickinson. She also scored the overtime game-winner against West Chester.
GERHART GETTING STARTED•
Lauren Gerhart has totaled nine of her 12 points in the last seven games. She has two goals and five assists in that span and now ranks second on the team with six assists.
SCOUTING THE HUSKIES• The Huskies are coached by Nikki Rhoads who went 65-16 in her first four years with Bloomsburg. In its most recent outing, Bloomsburg's first three goals all came from senior Felicia Domenici. Domenici leads the Huskies this season with six goals. Bloomsburg has outscored their opponents 32-26 this season but have lost six games by shutout. The Huskies are led in goal by sophomore Lindsay Cassel. Cassel has a goals against average of 1.43 and a .768 save percentage.
