ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• This will be the first meeting between these two teams since last season's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Semifinal round, which East Stroudsburg won 3-1.
• The No. 8 Millersville field hockey team is coming off a dominant 5-0 win over Mercyurst on Oct. 20.
• The Marauders enter Tuesday's match with an overall record of 7-4 and a 3-2 PSAC mark.
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Erica Tarsi leads the Marauders in goals (9) and points (23).
Sol Ortiz-Kreiner holds the team lead and is tied for second in the conference in assists (6). Tarsi is ranked sixth in the PSAC in points and goals. She is also ranked seventh in shots (50) and tied for fifth in game-winning goals (3). Ortiz-Kreiner is second on the team and ninth in the conference in points (14).
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Autumn Peters leads the team with 26 saves. She ranks fourth in the PSAC with a 1.30 goals against average (GAA) and eighth with a .765 save percentage.
• Millersville ranks fifth in the conference in goals scored (32) and is fourth in goals allowed (15).
LAST TIME IN ACTION: Millersville 5, Mercyhurst 0
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Aliza Mizak opened the scoring on Senior Day when she tipped a shot from the middle of the circle off a rocket from
Sol Ortiz-Kreiner from the right side in the sixth minute.
• In the 12th minute,
Erica Tarsi was awarded a penalty stroke and she fired the ball past the goalkeeper to double the Marauder lead.
• Ortiz-Kreiner scored the third goal of the game in the 42nd minute. She was positioned on the left side of the cage and deflected a pass from
Jordan Goddard.
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Georgina Wall scored her second goal of the season in the 50th minute. She was by herself on the right side and sent multiple shots towards the opposing goalkeeper while trying to fend off a Mercyhurst defender. One of her shots managed to sneak into the back of the cage, giving Millersville a 4-0 lead.
• The final goal of the game came in the 58th minute off the stick of
Emma Boutcher. Goddard sent a pass into a scrum in the middle of the circle.
Niamh Murphy-O'Neil managed to find Boutcher on the left side and slapped a pass towards her which she fired into the right side of the cage.
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Autumn Peters and
Katie Baker combined for the shutout, with Baker making four stops in under eight minutes of action.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. East Stroudsburg: 24-35-1
Series Streak: East Stroudsburg, 1
First Meeting: 1959 (L, 0-9)
Last Meeting: 2017 (L, 1-3)
Last 10 Meetings: 5-5
Shelly Behrens vs. East Stroudsburg: 9-11
• The Warriors have shutout the Marauders four times in their last 10 meetings.
• East Stroudsburg has outscored Millersville 10-9 in their last 10 matchups.
• The Marauders have not defeated the Warriors at home since 2015.
• These two teams have faced off in the last three PSAC Tournaments, with East Stroudsburg winning two of those matchups.
THE LAST MEETING: No. 2 East Stroudsburg 3, No. 4 Millersville 1 (Nov. 3, 2017)
• The Warriors got on the board first in the 15th minute. Melanie Shambaugh sent a pass from three yards out which Bailey Quinn deflected past the goalkeeper.
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Aliza Mizak tied the game just over three minutes later when she received a pass from
Kathleen Bishop and fired a rocket from the center of the circle into the back of the cage.
• Makenna Marhefka broke the tie just over two minutes later with a back-handed shot from five yards out. Sydney McCarthy was credited with an assist on the play.
• Quinn gave her team some insurance in the 38th minute when she was awarded a penalty stroke and fired the ball past the goalkeeper.
• East Stroudsburg out shot the Marauders 13-7 and held an 11-7 advantage in penalty corners.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• The Warriors enter Tuesday with an overall record of 11-2 and a spotless 6-0 mark in PSAC play.
• East Stroudsburg is coming off a 4-0 victory over Indiana (Pa.) on Oct. 20. Bailey Quinn scored two of her team's goals, with Grace Martini and Celeste Veenstra recording the other two. Makenna Marhefka, Karly Conway and Kristen English each registered an assist in the win. Maddie Richie and Margaret Fulton combined for the shutout, with Fulton making one stop in the cage.
• The Warriors distribute the ball well, as Conway, Quinn and Veenstra are all tied for the team lead and seventh in the conference in goals (7). Conway leads the team and is tied for seventh in the PSAC in assists (3) and is also the team leader and ranked eighth in points (17).
• Richie leads the team in saves (27) and holds the lowest GAA in the conference (0.56) and the fourth-best save percentage (.794).
• East Stroudsburg ranks second in the PSAC in goals scored (46) and has allowed the fewest goals in the conference (7). Their nearest competitor, West Chester, has allowed 12.
• The Warriors have allowed only two goals in their last seven games, both to No. 7 Kutztown on Oct. 17.
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