A LOOK AT THE MARAUDERS
• After 11 consecutive road matches to open the season, Millersville finally appeared at Pucillo Gymnasium on Friday and has since gone 1-1. The Marauders swept Slippery Rock 3-0 on Saturday, hitting over .200 for just the third time this season and for the first time since Sept. 3.
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Erin Harman totaled 20 kills to just four errors against The Rock, coming within one of her career high. Harman's 3.57 kills per set ranks second in the PSAC. It isn't all about offense with Harman, though. The junior has recorded double-digit digs 10 times this season, averaging 3.4 per set and ranking second on the team. Only freshman
Katie Laughman ranks ahead of her, and Laughman ranks seventh in the PSAC. Harman now has 785 kills and 716 digs, putting her on track to be just the second player in program history with 1,000 career kills and digs.
• Millersville has out-hit its opponent just three times this season, and all three have turned out as wins. The Marauders rank 13th out of 16 PSAC teams in hitting percentage (.150) and 15th in opponent hitting percentage (.221).
SERIES HISTORY
• Millersville is 14-0 all-time against the Lightning in a series that dates to 2002. But the two clubs have met only once since
Brian Smith became the Marauders' head coach in 2010. The last meeting came in 2014.
Erin Harman made her collegiate debut against the Lightning and posted seven kills to two errors in Millersville's 3-0 win.
ABOUT GOLDEY-BEACOM
• Head coach Bob Trinsey is in his first season as a head coach. It is his first collegiate position after a long run as a club and high school coach. He inherited a program that went 7-21 in 2015.
• Three Lightning playerss have been named to the CACC Weekly Honor Roll already this season: Grace McCarthy, Lindsay Pryzwara and Olivia Florence. Florence is the team's setter and recently became the fifth player in program history with 1,000 assists. She ranks 80th in Division II in assists per set.
• McCarthy and Przywara have both totaled 100 kills already this season and average more than 3 kills per set. McCarthy is the team leader in service aces with 23.
• As a team, Goldey-Beacom averages nearly 2 kills per set more than its opponents but have totaled 25 blocks on the season while opponents have totaled 42.