No. 14 Millersville looks to stay hot against Slippery Rock on Homecoming Weekend

Friday, October 12

Millersville, PA

1:30 PM

Millersville University

Slippery Rock

No. 14 Millersville looks to stay hot against Slippery Rock on Homecoming Weekend

10/10/2018 11:44:00 AM | Women's Soccer

By: Ryan Small, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

MILLERSVILLE WOMEN'S SOCCER GAMEDAY INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	Live Video	Live Stats
Friday, Oct. 12	Slippery Rock	1:30 p.m.	Pucillo Field Millersville, Pa.	millersvilleathletics.com	Sidearmstats.com
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			Record: 10-2, 9-2 PSAC Roster \| Schedule \| Stats \| Coaches
			Record: 7-4-2, 5-4-2 PSAC Roster \| Schedule \| Stats \| Coaches

ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The No. 14-ranked Millersville University women's soccer team returns to Pucillo Field on Homecoming Weekend to host Slippery Rock. The Marauders are unbeaten in their last four games and sit on top of the PSAC standings with 27 points. The top seven teams in the standings are all within in five points of each other, making these few upcoming games crucial in the determination for conference tournament seeding.
• Millersville, ranked second in the latest United Soccer Coaches Atlantic Regional poll, is on a four-match unbeaten after posting a 1-0 victory at Mercyhurst on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies had been scored upon once in the previous three games.
• Reigning PSAC Athlete of the Week, junior Kay Liebl, is coming off a hat-trick performance against West Chester and she scored the lone goal in the Mercyhurst victory. Liebl has scored 12 of the Millersville's 26 goals. Liebl has totaled 12 goals this season and is on track to the top the program's single-season goals record of 18.
• Liebl is 13 points away from tying the most points in a season. In the career categories, Liebl is nine goals away from being the all-time goal scorer, and she is 28 points away from the career record.
• Following Liebl is sophomore Talia Grynkewicz. She has scored five goals and three assists, scoring her last point in the IUP victory with a goal.
• In goal, Erin Heimbach is 6-1 with a 0.45 goals against average and an .889 save percentage. She has recorded three shutouts with two coming in the last three games. In her four home appearances, Heimbach has saved 12 shots. She is third in the conference in goals against average and save percentage.
• The team defense has limited the opponents' goals per game to 0.67 while allowing an average of 7.9 shots per game. The Marauders' offense have excelled at pushing the attacks with an average of 20.1 shots per game and 2.17 goals per game.

LAST TIME IN ACTION: NO. 14 MILLERSVILLE 1, MERCYHURST 0
• Liebl's goal began with the ball coming over the top line of the defense. A charging goalkeeper misplayed the ball. Liebl collected the loose ball and scored.
• The Marauders had a chance to break the match open in the 77th minute when senior Delaney Meadows caught the post and then immediately headed a ball that was saved.
• Heimbach earned her third shutout, saving a total of seven shots.

SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. Slippery Rock: 5-18
Series Streak: Rock, 2
First Meeting: 1994 (L, 1-3)
Last Meeting: 2017 (L, 1-3)
Last 10 Meetings: 2-8
Matt Procopio vs. Slippery Rock: 1-2

THE LAST MEETING: SLIPPERY ROCK 3, Millersville 1 (Oct. 13, 2017)
• A foul by The Rock allowed Alyssa Antonelly to take a free kick. The midfielder sailed her free kick to the waiting feet of senior Stacie Hallinan who found the back of the net and broke Millersville's scoring drought.
• The Marauders out-shot their opponent 15-12, with both teams having eight on net.
• Maddy Tletski scored the first two goals for the Rocks.
• Liebl recorded six shots with two on net but was unable to convert.
• Goalkeeper Katia Mujica stopped five shots. The Rock's Kylie Downs saved seven shots and allowed only one goal.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
• Slippery Rock, ranked ninth in the United Soccer Coaches Atlantic Region poll, enters Friday's contest with a 7-4-2 record and a 5-4-2 mark in conference action. The Rock's 2-1 victory over Pitt-Johnstown on Wednesday saw them snap a four-game winless streak.
• Megan Sikora scored in the first half and Brooke Testa snapped a 1-1 tie with the game winner in the 79th minute in the win over the Mountain Cats. Jordyn Minda leads the team in scoring five goals for 10 points. She is tied for ninth in the league in goals and sixth in game-winning goals with three. Testa follows with two goals and five assists for nine points while Skye Kramer has same amount of points with three goals and three assists.
• Edge and Testa lead the team in assists with five which puts them in a tie for fourth in the conference.
• Kylie Downs has started eight games for Slippery Rock and has a 5-4-1 record while posting four shutouts, a 1.26 goals against average, and a .774 save percentage. She is 10th in the league in goals against average and sixth in shutouts. Emma Yoder has started the other four games and has posted a 2-0-1 record. She has not allowed a single goal all season.