ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The No. 21-ranked Millersville University women's soccer team returns to Pucillo Field for the final time in the regular season, facing Clarion on Senior Day. The Marauders will honor the careers of
Delaney Meadows,
Lauren Hoffman and
Bailey Kramer before Saturday's match. This is the first time that Millersville has taken the field since clinching a spot in the PSAC Tournament.
• The Marauders are one of three teams to have clinched a PSAC Tournament berth so far. Millersville sits in third place with 30 points, three shy of first-place No. 6 Kuztown with 33. With three games remaining, the seeding for the conference tournament is still up in the air.
• Millersville is 5-1 in the past six games against conference opponents.
• Millersville was ranked third in the first NCAA Atlantic Regional Ranking which determines the teams to earn a NCAA bid.
• Shippensburg and Slippery Rock's defenses kept Millersville leading-scorer
Kay Liebl from scoring. Liebl recorded nine shots in each game but was unable to convert those into goals. Liebl has totaled 12 goals and six assists on the season.
• Sophomore
Talia Grynkewicz has scored in each of the last two games, putting her season total to seven.
• In goal,Â
Erin Heimbach is 7-2 on the year with a 0.69 goals against average and an .838 save percentage. She has recorded three shutouts. Heimbach's 0.69 GAA ranks fourth in the conference.
• This year's goal total of 30 is the sixth time the Marauders have scored more than 30 goals in a single-season in program history.
• The Marauders have totaled 293 shots this season which marks the sixth time in program history that the squad has posted more than 293.
LAST TIME IN ACTION: NO. 14 MILLERSVILLE 3, SHIPPENSBURG 1
• The Marauders used a two-goal outburst early with scores by freshman
Calista Paolino and sophomore
Talia Grynkewicz.
• Shippensburg responded off a loose ball scramble in the box to score with 12 minutes remaining.
• The insurance goal for the Marauders came from freshman
Alexis Spencer from freshman
Cassie Blyth in the 81st minute.
• That win clinched a spot in the conference tournament.
• Goalkeeper
Erin Heimbach saved a total of six shots.
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SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. Clarion: 7-4-1
Series Streak: Ville, 1Â
First Meeting: 2001 (W, 7-0)
Last Meeting: 2017 (W, 1-0)
Last 10 Meetings: 5-4-1
Matt Procopio vs. Clarion: 1-2
THE LAST MEETING: MILLERSVILLE 1, CLARION 0 (Oct. 21, 2017)
•  Four minutes into the game, Liebl played the ball into the box and found an opening between the goalie and herself, shot it to the top left corner of the goal and beat the keeper.
• The Marauders out-shot their opponent 12-10, with Clarion firing five on net.
• Goalkeeper
Kate Phillips stopped five shots. Both Golden Eagles' goalkeeper recorded 45 minutes in goal. Krista Mosi saved one shot and allowed the only goal.
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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
• Clarion enters Saturday's contest with a 3-11-1 record overall and a 2-11 mark in the PSAC. The Golden Eagles defeated California (Pa.) by a 1-0 final. Â
• Clarion's lone goal in that game was scored by Rachel Giannangeli off a crossing pass from Dani McNally.
• The Golden Eagles have only scored seven goals while recording a 10.1 shots per game average.
• Mackenize Sheldon leads the team in scoring with two goals. Three Golden Eagles have recorded a goal and two assists.
• Mosi has started the last 11 games in goal for the Golden Eagles and has a 3-6-1 record. She is coming off back-to-back shutout performances with 0-0 draws against Daemen and California (Pa.). She has a 1.62 goals against average and a .810 save percentage. Brigid Stermel played in the first 475 minutes this season.
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