Admission for all rounds of the tournament is $10 for adults and $5 for student age. No admission charge for students who attend a PSAC institution.
MARAUDERS IN DEPTH
• The No. 22-ranked Millersville University women's soccer team takes on four-time defending PSAC champion East Stroudsburg in the Friday's PSAC Semifinal with a spot in Sunday's championship match on the line. The Marauders are looking for just their second-ever trip to the championship game.
• Millersville have been the one of the most dangerous offenses in the conference. Millersville has netted 39 goals and 34 assists on the year, recording 20.11 shots per game with a total of 362. The team is leading the PSAC in five offensive categories including assists per game (1.89), points per game (6.22), scoring offense (2.17), total assists (34) and total points (112).
• Junior
Kay Liebl and sophomore
Talia Grynkewicz pace the Marauder offensive attack with 67 points and double-digit goals each. Liebl has a team-best eight assists while Grykewicz and senior
Delaney Meadows have five assists. Meadows has produced the third-most points (11) on the team as she has scored four goals and assisted on another five efforts. Meadows was one of three Marauders named All-PSAC First Team.
• Liebl and Grynkewicz are coming off a goal and assist performance in the PSAC Quarterfinals which helped the Marauders earn the 2-0 victory over Seton Hill. Liebl needs one goal to tie the program's single-season goals and points records. She also needs an assist to break the single season assists number.
• Liebl is 10th in the nation with six game-winning goals and 17th in goals per game with 0.94. She also ranks seventh in the country in total points with 42 and 10th in total goals with 17.
• Two other Marauder have netted three goals on the season:
Alexis Spencer and Meadows.
• Sophomore goalkeeper
Erin Heimbach been composed and reliable in net since entering the starting lineup on Sept 21. Heimbach and the Millersville defense earned a 2-0 shutout in the quarterfinals--Heimbach's fourth of the season. Heimbach has recorded 0.759 saves percentage.
• The Marauders' defense led by
Paige Mancini,
Lauren Hoffman, and
Lauren Downey who have kept the opposing attack to a 1.12 goals per game. Mancini and Downey earned All-PSAC First and Third Team honors respectively.
PSAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• Millersville returns to the PSAC Semifinal for the first time since the 2003 season when they were defeated 5-2 by Slippery Rock. This marks the third appearance in the semifinal in program history. With a win, the Marauders would reach the PSAC Championship for the first time since 2002 when Bloomsburg won on penalty kicks.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. East Stroudsburg: 5-25-1
Series Streak: ESU, 6
First Meeting: 1994, (L, 0-5)
Last Meeting: 2018 (L, 0-1)
Last 10 Meetings: 1-9
Matt
Procopio vs. ESU: 0-4
• The Warriors has dominated the series since 2005 compiling a record of 16-1 including 10-straight victories from 2005-2010. Millersville ended that streak in 2011 with a 2-1 victory. The Warriors have won the past six matches against the Marauders, keeping Ville to four goals.
THE LAST MEETING (EAST STROUDSBURG 1, MILLERSVILLE 0) - SEPT. 23, 2018)
• The Warriors shutout the Marauders, but the Marauders dominated possession through the whole game, ripping off a total of 25 shots compared to the Warriors' five.
• The lone goal for the Warriors came off the foot of Jules Sicker whose initial shot was saved and the rebound was kicked into the open net in the 52nd minute
• Liebl and Grynkewicz had the most chances, both recording nine shots. Grynkewicz took a team-high six shots on goal.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• East Stroudsburg has won a PSAC-record four-straight first-place trophies.
• The Warriors advanced to the PSAC Semifinals with a 2-0 win over No. 2 seeded Kuztown. East Stroudsburg got on the board early in the first half with Jessica Woodbyrne opening the scoring. Alex Pickett added an insurance strike in the 65th minute. Freshman goalkeeper Mauri Jackson made seven saves in goal to secure her eighth shutout in 15 starts of the year.
• ESU has now knocked off the Golden Bears in four of the last five conference tournaments.
• The Warriors have held their opponents to just 0.95 goals per game and 11.5 shots per game. ESU has scored 22 goals in second half compared to 17 in the first half.
• The East Stroudsburg offense is led by Pickett's six goals and seven assists. Pickett earned an All-PSAC Second Team honor along with her teammates, Hannah Saggose and Hailey Stove. One point shy of Pickett, Monica Wood has found the back of the net eight times and has added two assists.
• Six Warriors have recorded four or more goals on the season.
• Jackson has become a stabilizing force between the pipes for East Stroudsburg after earning her first shutout on Sept. 12 against Mansfield. Jackson has recorded eight shutouts which ties her third in the conference. Jackson is heading into the semifinals with a 0.72 goals against average and a 12-3 record.
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