Admission charges for all rounds of the tournament are $10 for adults and $5 for student age. No admission charge for students who attend a PSAC institution.
ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The No. 22-ranked Millersville University women's soccer team makes its first PSAC Tournament appearance since 2003 on Tuesday at home. Millersville earned the No. 3 seed--the highest-ever seeding for the program. The Marauders look to bounce back from a loss in the regular season finale against Gannon. It is just the third time ever that Millersville has played in the PSAC Tournament.
• Millersville finished the 2018 regular season with a 13-4 record. The 13 wins is one win away from tying the most in a single season in program history. The record was set at 14-6-1 in 2003.
• The Marauders ended the regular season leading the PSAC in shots (345) and assists (32) while ranking second in goals and points. The squad heads into the conference tournament with a conference-best 2.176 goals per game.
• Junior
Kay Liebl leads the offensive attack, contributing 39 points (16 goals and seven assists). Liebl is second in the conference in shots with an average of 5.88.
• Liebl is ranked second in the league in goals scored (16) behind Lock Haven's Marah Foltz with 17. She is also second in game-winning goals with six. Sophomore
Talia Grynkewicz enters the tournament with nine goals and 22 points.
• The Millersville defense along has posted five shutouts. The defense has kept opponents to a 1.12 goals per game average and nine shots per game. Heimbach was credited with three shutouts while earning nine victories.
• Heimbach (9-3) owns a 1.22 goals against average as well as a .745 save percentage. The last Marauder to have more than eight wins as a goalkeeper was Olivia Webber in 2014 when she earned a 9-6-2 record. Heimbach joins a group of seven Millersville keepers with more than eight wins in goal.
HOW THEY GOT HERE
• Millersville exceeded expectations after ranking 13th in the PSAC preseason poll. The Marauders began their season unbeaten for the first four games before falling at then-No. 16 Kuztown. In the month of October, the Marauders have only lost games against Slippery Rock and Gannon.
• The Marauders earned their first national ranking of the season and first since 2013 when the United Soccer Coaches recognized the them as the No. 25 team in Division II on Sept. 25. The Marauders kept rising up the national rankings to No. 14 after defeating No. 7 West Chester at home, 4-1. Going into the conference tournament, the Marauders are ranked No. 22 as well as No. 3 in the NCAA Regional Rankings, which will determine the NCAA Tournament field following the conference tournaments.
• The Marauders have been powered by Liebl, who has scored a point in all but four games games.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. Seton Hill: 1-3-2
Series Streak: Ville, 1
First Meeting: 2013, (L, 0-1)
Last Meeting: 2018 (W, 2-0)
Last 6 Meetings: 1-3-2
Matt Procopio vs. SHU: 1-2-1
THE LAST TIME THESE TEAMS PLAYED
• Millersville saw Seton Hill as the 20th-ranked team in the nation when the teams faced off on Friday, Sept. 21. The Marauders were able to score their first win over a nationally-ranked team by a 2-0 score.
• Early in the second half, sophomore
Talia Grynkewicz fired a shot that was saved by goalie and bounced out of the box, but freshman
Alexis Spencer collected the ball on the left side and converted it for the first goal.
• Millersville scored again three minutes later as Grynkewicz scored off a Liebl pass.
• It was the firsts time Millersville had defeated Seton Hill.
PSAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• Millersville's last trip to the PSAC Tournament ended in the 2003 semifinal in a 5-2 decision against Slippery Rock. The Marauders won a 2-0 quarterfinal game against Edinboro.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
• Seton Hill relied on a committee of goal scorers to reach the PSAC Tournament. Italia Biondi leads the team with 10 goals and three assists while Emily LoPresti has totaled 18 points (six goals and six assists). Seton Hill finished the regular season scoring 30 goals which ranks sixth in the conference.
• Seton Hill enters the tournament as the No. 6 seed and on a four-match winning streak. The Griffins took down the No. 8 Kuztown last weekend, defeating the Golden Bears, 1-0.
• Biondi's 85 shots in the regular season put her in third in the conference behind Millersville's Liebl. Biondi has also come through in the clutch situations, scoring five game-winning goals.
• In net, Seton Hill has relied on Jessica Neill. Neill owns a 0.86 goals against average, as well as an .874 save percentage that is third in the league. She has totaled 97 saves on the season. Neill earned six shutouts on the season with three coming in the last four matches.
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