ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The 22nd-ranked Millersville University women's soccer team looks to upset No. 7 West Chester at Pucillo Field Wednesday at 5 p.m. The Marauders are coming off a 2-0 shutout victory against IUP.
• This game holds importance in the conference standings as the Marauders are one point away from first place East Stroudsburg. The Golden Rams are behind the Marauders in fourth place.
• Millersville, ranked 22nd in the latest United Soccer Coaches national poll, posted a 2-0 record last week, earning a 2-1 victory over Mansfield and a 2-0 win over Indiana (Pa.).
• The Marauders are 1-1 against nationally-ranked opponents, taking a 2-1 loss to No. 16 Kutztown and then winning 2-0 over No. 20 Seton Hill.
• Sophomore
Erin Heimbach earned the shutout in the IUP win and has now been scored on just twice in the last 360 minutes. Heimbach has combined for a 0.43 goals against average and a 0.867 save percentage with a 4-1 record and two shutouts.
• Offensively, junior
Kay Liebl leads the team, scoring eight goals and five assists. Liebl has scored six goals against conference opponents. Liebl leads the conference in points with the next best total three points away. Liebl is the only player in the conference averaging more than two points per game.
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Delaney Meadows scored the game-winning goal in the 85th minute against Mansfield and assisted the first goal of the IUP victory.
• The Marauders are averaging more than two goals per game compared to their opponents, 0.70.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. West Chester: 7-20-2
Series Streak: WCU, 4
First Meeting: 1994 (L, 0-4)
Last Meeting: 2017 (L, 1-3)
Last 10 Meetings: 2-8
Matt Procopio vs. WCU: 0-3
THE LAST MEETING: West Chester 3, Millersville 1 (Oct. 4, 2017)
• The game was 0-0 through the first half, but West Chester's persistence on offense paid off in the 54th, 67th and 79th minutes for a 3-0 lead.
• Liebl scored Millersville's only goal.
• West Chester recorded nine more shots than the Marauders (17-8). The Golden Rams kept the Marauders to only one corner kick.
• Goalkeeper
Katia Mujica had five saves.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
• The Golden Rams enter the contest with a 7-1-1 (6-1-1 PSAC) record, coming off a 1-0 loss to Bloomsburg.
• West Chester has played six games with a one-goal differential, including the last two.
• West Chester owns a 1-0 win over No. 11 Kutztown.
• West Chester's goalkeeper McKenna Mullin earned PSAC Women's Soccer Athlete of the Week Monday afternoon. Mullin recorded two shutouts including one over Kutztown. She totaled 12 saves last week and has allowed just two goals over the course of 804 minutes for a goals against average of just 0.22.
• Kendall Rich has scored a team-high five goals while Madison Baxter and Nikki Caffey have each scored twice.
