PSAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• The Marauders make their third straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference playoffs. Their previous two trips ended with PSAC Championship appearances. The team's upperclassmen are looking to make the third time the charm after failing to hoist the hardware in their previous two playoff runs. Millersville has now appeared in the PSAC playoffs 10 times in 11 seasons under head coach
Steve Widdowson.
HOW THEY GOT HERE
• Millersville exceeded expectations after ranking fourth in the PSAC preseason poll. The Marauders began their season unbeaten for seven straight games while posting a strong out-of-conference record to boost their chances for an NCAA Tournament berth. The Marauders earned a national ranking for a significant portion of the season and ranked as high as ninth in Division II. Millersville finished with a 12-4-1 record and finished 8-3-0 in conference play. The Marauders earned the three seed in the tournament after falling against Gannon in the regular season finale. Gannon earned the two seed only after defeating Millersville.
• Seton Hill entered the season picked to finish fifth in the PSAC preseason poll. The Griffins went unbeaten in their opening three games before beginning conference play. Seton Hill put together two winning streaks against PSAC opponents but failed to maintain consistency and finished 5-5-0 in conference play. The Griffins enter the playoffs on a three game losing streak and a two game conference losing streak.
THE LAST TIME THESE TEAMS PLAYED
• Millersville opened conference play this season against Seton Hill on Sep. 22. Freshman
Matteo Adiletta was the hero of the day after his attempt in the 74th minute earned him his first career game-winning goal and Millersville's first victory in conference. Both teams played a largely quiet first half that saw three combined shots on goal. Millersville turned up the pressure in the second half and earned eight corner kicks and fired off 11 shots. Seton Hill's keeper kept the game from getting out of hand with four saves in the second half. The midfield and defense clamped down on Seton Hill after Adiletta's goal. The Griffins only mustered four shots while sophomore keeper Darian McCauley was called into action once to make a save. It was Millersville's third clean sheet of the season.
TALE OF THE TAPE
• Millersville finished the regular season with the third most goals scored in the conference (36) while allowing the fourth least amount of goals scored (20) and having the fourth best scoring margin (0.94).
• Millersville benefited from a committee of goal scorers. Junior
Chase Flickinger lead the team with 21 points and nine goals along with three assists. Flickinger ranked fourth in the conference in goals scored and total points. Adiletta and sophomore
Jacob Gosselin tied for second on the team with seven goals each while ranking tied for eighth in the conference in goals scored. Additionally, three of Goesslin's goals were game winners which ranked sixth in the conference. Senior
Marcus Frangakis finished second on the team with six goals while also leading the team in assists with four.
• The Millersville defense along with keepers McCauley and junior
Coby Breen combined for seven shutouts during the regular season. McCauley was credited with six shutouts which ranked second in the conference.
• Seton Hill scored 29 goals on the season which ranked fifth, but the Griffins also allowed 27 goals scored which ranked sixth.
• Seton Hill's offense runs through Henrik Berg who leads the team with 12 goals and three assists. Berg ranks tied for first in goals scored along while his four game winning goals also ranked first. Seton Hill will look to feature Berg early after the Swedish freshman went goalless in his final three games. Tom Urquhart is another dangerous goal scorer for the Griffins with three of his six goals counting as game winners. Alex Dyson and Louis Mason helped facilitate a large portion of Seton Hill goals with six and five assists respectively. Dyson ranks fifth in the conference in assists while Mason is tied for sixth in the conference.
