ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• This game will be featured as an NCAA Showcase Game as part of the NCAA's "hybrid model."
• The No. 9 Millersville field hockey team is coming off a 2-1 home victory against No. 6 Kutztown on Oct. 9.
• The Marauders enter Tuesday's match with an overall record of 6-3 and a 2-1 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) mark.
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Erica Tarsi leads the Marauders in goals (8) and points (21). Tarsi,
Kyra Brakefield and
Sol Ortiz-Kreiner are all tied for first on the team and second in the conference in assists (5). Tarsi is ranked fourth in the PSAC in points, tied for fourth in goals and is eighth in shots (41).
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Autumn Peters leads the team with 21 saves. She boasts a 1.17 goals against average (GAA) and a .808 save percentage.
• Millersville ranks sixth in the conference in goals scored (25) and fifth in goals allowed (12).
LAST TIME IN ACTION: Millersville 2, Kutztown 1
• After the Golden Bears opened the scoring in the sixth minute, the Marauders responded with a goal of their own in the eighth minute.
Kyra Brakefield took a penalty corner and sent the ball to
Erica Tarsi who was stationed at the top left of the circle. Tarsi rocketed a shot towards the left side of the goal and Brakefield was there to tip the ball over the leg on the lunging goalkeeper to knot up the score.
• Millersville then took the lead in the 11th minute.
Sol Ortiz-Kreiner sent a penalty corner pass to
Jordan Goddard at the top of the circle. Goddard fired off a hard shot that made it into the back of the cage. It was the first goal of her collegiate career.
• Kutztown out shot the Marauders 10-7 and held a 7-4 edge in penalty corners, including five in the second half. However, the Marauder defense held strong and
Autumn Peters made four saves in the cage to preserve the lead.
• The Golden Bears had allowed only one goal and four shots in their last five games prior to this matchup.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. Shippensburg: 34-48-8
Series Streak: Shippensburg, 3
First Meeting: 1945 (W, 5-0)
Last Meeting: 2017 (L, 1-2)
Last 10 Meetings: 5-5
Shelly Behrens vs. Kutztown: 8-15
• The Raiders have outscored the Marauders 14-11 in their last 10 matchups.
• These two teams have met in four PSAC playoff games, including two championship matches, with Millersville winning all four.
• They have also faced off in three NCAA Tournament games, with Shippensburg winning two out of three.
THE LAST MEETING: Shippensburg 2, Millersville 1 (Oct. 25, 2018)
• The Raiders were ranked No.1 in the NFHCA poll prior to this match, while the Marauders were No. 3.
• Mary Spisak broke a scoreless tie and gave Shippensburg a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute.
• In the 44th minute, Ally Mooney left her cage and
Kyra Brakefield sent a pass towards
Aliza Mizak who took advantage of an unoccupied goal to tie up the game.
• Emily Barnard scored the game-winning goal in the 58th minute. While cutting across the circle from the right side, she fired a rocket into the back of the cage to give the Raiders a 2-1 lead they would not surrender.
• Shippensburg out shot Millersville 20-7 and held an 11-2 advantage in penalty corners.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• The No. 5 Raiders enter Tuesday with an overall record of 8-3 and a 2-2 mark in PSAC play.
• The two-time reigning national champions are coming off their own victory against Kutztown, a thrilling 3-2 overtime road win on Oct. 12. The Golden Bears tied the game in the final minute of regulation, but Adrienne McGarrigle scored off her own rebound just two minutes into overtime to give Shippensburg the victory. McGarrigle also scored the first goal of the game and Jazmin Petrantonio scored the third Raiders goal. Molly Herigan, Rosalia Cappadora and Jenna Sluymer each recorded one assist while Ally Mooney made eight stops in the cage.
• Petrantonio is the conference leader is goals (15), points (33) and shots (79). Sluymer is tied for second in the PSAC and leads her team in assists (5), is ranked ninth in shots (41) and is tied for third on the Raiders in goals (4) and second in points (13). Megan Green is second on Shippensburg in goals (5).
• Ally Mooney is fifth in the conference in saves (48) and boasts a 1.83 GAA and .727 save percentage.
• The Raiders are second in the PSAC in goals scored (38) and only trail East Stroudsburg for the conference lead by one. Shippensburg is eighth in the PSAC in goals allowed (21).
STREAMING OPTIONS
• The game will be streamed online through the Millersville Marauders' Facebook page (
facebook.com/millersvilleathletics), the Shippensburg Raiders' Facebook page, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Network (
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/psac/) and the NCAA Division II Facebook (
https://www.facebook.com/ncaadivisionii) and Twitter (
https://twitter.com/ncaadii) pages.
• The match will also be tape delayed on the Pennsylvania Cable Network and air Oct. 16 at 9 p.m. ET and Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. ET.
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