Admission 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.Â
ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The Marauders are heading into the conference tournament with a three-game winning streak after defeating Gannon 2-1 in the regular season finale which secured them a No. 2 seed in the semifinal round.
• Senior
Jaxson Burns is coming off the game-winning goal in the Gannon match which resulted in him in earning the final PSAC Men's Soccer Athlete of the Week award. Burns helped the Marauders clinch the No. 2 seed in the tournament. Burns recorded his sixth goal and fifth game-winning tally of the year.
• The Marauders have not been beaten since Oct. 3 when West Chester won 2-1 with a late goal with 19 seconds left. Millersville tied with Shippensburg on Oct. 14.
• Both freshmen goalkeepers recorded time in net at the end of the regular season.
Bobby Bosch and
Brady Hochman earned their first wins of their collegiate career in their debuts.
• Millersville has conceded three goals in the past five games. Balanced scoring has been the theme for the Marauders on the offensive end. A total of 14 different players have registered at least one goal.
• Senior
Chase Flickinger and Burns have totaled 32 points between them. Flickinger has six goals and five assists. Junior
Jacob Gosselin has scored four goals and four assists on the year.
• When the Marauders faced Seton Hill, the Marauders had the advantage of scoring with nine corners. That game included a team-high 11 saves for junior
Darian McCauley in goal.
• Millersville is outscoring its opponents 32-19 and allowing 1.12 goals per game. The Marauders have earned 104 corner kicks compared to their opponents' 62. The squad leads the conference in points with 95 and an average of 5.59 per game. Heading into the conference semifinals, the Marauders are second in assists with 31.
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HOW THEY GOT HERE
• Millersville faces Seton Hill in the PSAC Semifinals Friday at 11 a.m. The game will be played at top-seeded West Chester.
• The Marauders have been on a tear in October, recording only one loss and a tie in the month. In that span, the Marauders kept moving up the regional rankings and the Marauders were mostly recently tied for third.
• The Marauders earned a first round bye after finishing second in the PSAC in the regular season. The winner of Millersville-Seton Hill will face the winner of West Chester and East Stroudsburg in the championship on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. Seton Hill: 7-2-1
Series Streak: Ville, 2
First Meeting: 2011, (W, 5-0)
Last Meeting: 2018 (T, 1-1)
Last 10 Meetings: 7-2-1
Steve Widdowson vs. SHU: 7-2-1
THE LAST TIME THESE TEAMS PLAYED
• The Marauders and Griffins last met on Sept. 21 when they battled to a 1-1, double-overtime draw. That was part of a streak of four consecutive ties for the Marauders.
• Seton Hill out-shot the Marauders 20-14, and the Griffins registered 12 shots on goal to Millersville's four.
• The Marauders struck first with freshmanÂ
Spencer Shortt's corner kick finding seniorÂ
Kyle Finsterbush for the first goal of the game in the 11th minute.
• Both goals were scored in the first half.
PSAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• This is the 11th PSAC Tournament appearance in the past 12 years under the guidance of head coach
Steve Widdowson.
• 2011 was the last time the Marauders were PSAC Champions. That season stands as the lone conference championship in program history although the Marauders have reached the championship game three times under Bob Charles and four times under Widdowson. Millersville has played for the championship five times since 2008.
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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
• The Griffins are coming off a penalty kick victory over Gannon in the quarterfinals.
• Archie Lock broke a scoreless tie when he scored off a Henrik Berg assist in the 81st minute of the game to give the Griffins a 1-0 lead.
• Alex Bysen and Berg lead the team in goals with five while Dyson holds an edge over his teammate in points by two. Tormod Simonsen has been the table-setter for the team, recording eight assists. Simonsen is tied at the top of the conference in assists.
• In net, Austin Iddon has recorded a 1.15 goals against average with a 7-3-6 record. Iddon kept five of his opponents scoreless.
• The Griffins have allowed a 1.50 goals per game while averaging 1.44 goals.
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