ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The No. 9 Millersville field hockey team is coming off a thrilling, 2-1 double-overtime victory against Indiana (Pa.) on Oct. 6.
• The Marauders enter Tuesday's match with an overall record of 5-3 and a 1-1 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) mark.
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Erica Tarsi leads the Marauders in goals (8) and points (20).
Kyra Brakefield ranks first on the team in assists (5). Tarsi is ranked fourth in the conference in points and goals and is sixth in shots (40). Brakefield is tied for the PSAC lead in assists, while Tarsi and
Sol Ortiz-Kreiner are tied for second (4).
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Autumn Peters has started the last three games in the cage and leads the team with 17 saves. She boasts a 1.22 goals against average (GAA) and a .810 save percentage.
• Millersville ranks fifth in the conference in goals scored (23) and goals allowed (11).
LAST TIME IN ACTION: Millersville 2, Indiana (Pa.) 1 (2OT)
• In the second overtime period,
Erica Tarsi took a pass from
Sol Ortiz-Kreiner and cut across the circle, forcing the opposing goalkeeper out of the cage and slapped the ball while falling down into the wide-open goal to give the Marauders their first home and PSAC win of the season.
• Tarsi scored her team's other goal more than 80 minutes before her double-overtime winner.
Kyra Brakefield took a penalty corner and sent the pass to Tarsi who shot a rocket from the left side of the circle which went off the goalkeeper's foot and bounced into the back of the cage.
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Autumn Peters recorded two saves in the victory and
Aliza Mizak kept the game tied with a defensive save in the first overtime period.
•The Marauders out shot the Crimson Hawks 28-6 and notched their highest margin in penalty corners this season, 21-3.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. Kutztown: 26-30-3
Series Streak: Millersville, 9
First Meeting: 1975 (T, 2-2)
Last Meeting: 2017 (W, 1-0)
Last 10 Meetings: 9-1
Shelly Behrens vs. Kutztown: 9-8
• Prior to Millersville's nine-game win streak, the Golden Bears recorded an 18-game win streak against the Marauders.
• Millersville has outscored Kutztown 25-6 and shutout the Golden Bears five times during its nine-game win streak.
• These two teams have played two overtime games during their history, with the Marauders winning both.
THE LAST MEETING: Millersville 1, Kutztown 0 (Oct. 3, 2017)
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Kyra Brakefield scored the lone goal of the game in the 66th minute off a helper from
Emma Boutcher on the left side of the field.
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Kylee Bair made two stops in the cage to preserve the shutout.
• The Marauders out shot the Golden Bears 14-6 and held a 6-3 advantage in penalty corners.
• Eleven of Millersville's 14 shots were on goal.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• The No. 6 Kutztown field hockey team enters Tuesday with an overall record of 9-1, the best in the conference, and a 2-0 mark in PSAC play.
• The Golden Bears are coming off a 5-0 road victory over Seton Hill on Oct. 6. Kyra Wozniak scored two of the goals, while Mackenzie Fuhrman, Rachel Dusman and Trinity Ponton accounted for the other three. Katie Dotterweich and Grace Dow combined for the shutout.
• Wozniak is tied for the conference lead in goals (13), while Dusman is ranked third (10). Dusman and Fuhrman are tied with Brakefield for the PSAC lead in assists (5). Dusman is second in the conference in shots (51) and Wozniak is third (46).
• Dotterweich holds the lowest GAA in the PSAC with a .468 mark and leads the team with five saves while boasting a .556 save percentage.
• The Golden Bears are tied with East Stroudsburg for the fewest goals allowed (5) in the conference and are fourth in goals scored (31).
• Kutztown's lone loss this season came against Franklin Pierce back on Sept. 7, a 2-1 overtime decision at home.
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