Millersville, Pa. - Millersville received six goals from six players, five of which came in the first half and rolled to a 6-0 win over visiting Coker Monday afternoon in non-conference action.
Millersville improved to 10-5 overall while Coker fell to 4-5. The game was rescheduled from earlier in the season when Hurricane Florence prevented Coker from traveling. Millersville has won three in a row and four of the last five.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• Millersville out-shot Coker 23-4 and held an 11-1 advantage in penalty corners. The scoring started 7:12 into the game when
Lexi Robison scored her first goal of the season. It came on a penalty corner started by
Sol Ortiz-Kreiner and
Aliza Mizak.
• Freshman
Nadia Berardelli scored her fourth goal of the season off a pass from
Jaycie St. John with just over 15 minutes in. A little more than three minutes later,
Kyra Brakefield took a short pass from Mizak and scored her fifth goal of the season.
• With eight minutes left in the half, Ortiz-Kreiner ripped a back-hand shot over the right shoulder of the Coker keeper and into the upper-left-hand corner of the cage.
• Millersville's first half scoring was capped when
Emma Boutcher picked up the ball from 30 yards out, navigated down the left side, beat a defender to get back to the middle of the circle and shot a low, running shot into the cage. It Boutcher's fourth tally of the season.Â
• Millersville's lone goal in the second half came with just over six minutes to play when
Georgina Wall tipped in an
Alexis Gazzio pass.
COACH SHELLY BEHRENS QUOTES
• "Credit to Coker. They are good team. That's what I love about Division II. The teams that are coming in keep getting better. To do the things we want to do, I ask more of them mentally today. I continue to challenge them mentally. There are some set pieces we can do better and do better finishing. That has been a point of contention for me because I feel like we are one away. It was nice to see some set pieces come together and see other players score. Hopefully it helps us round some things out for our mission."
• "These non-conference games gives us some balance in how we play our roster. I appreciate the Division II coaches looking to make these games up. They wanted to play us. This can be a busy time of year, and it gives us an opportunity to give players some much-needed experience. Nothing is like a game. I'm happy with how things turned out."
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
• Ortiz-Kreiner totaled a goal and an assist. She has scored a point in three consecutive games and in 10 of the team's 15 games.
• Mizak tallied two assists--her first assists of the season.
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Autumn Peters got the start in goal and played the first 35 minutes. She made one save before being relieved by
Katie Baker (14:27) and
Rebecca Entwistle (20:33).
NOTES
• All 28 players on Millersville's roster received playing time in the game.
• Millersville scored its most goals in a game since the opening weekend when it scored seven in back-to-back games against Queens and Converse.
• Monday was Millersville's second consecutive shutout and sixth of the season.
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Erica Tarsi led the team with five shots but her run of four consecutive games with a goal came to an end.
• Three games remain in the regular season, and at 4-3 in PSAC play, Millersville sits in a tie for fifth with Mansfield. The top six teams in the standings reach the PSAC Tournament. Wednesday's game at Bloomsburg holds serious postseason implications as Bloomsburg sits one game behind Millersville. Millersville closes out its regular season with a home game against Mansfield and a road trip to Slippery Rock.
UP NEXT
• Millersville travels to Bloomsburg on Wednesday, Oct. 31 for a 4 p.m. start.
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