Millersville, Pa. - The No. 9 Millersville University field hockey team recorded its fifth-straight win and fourth-straight shutout with a dominant 3-0 performance over Mansfield on Saturday afternoon on Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium in its final home contest of the regular season. The Marauders out shot the Mountaineers 24-1.

Millersville improves to 12-5 overall and 6-3 in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) play, while Mansfield falls to 8-9 and 4-5 in conference play. 

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• Erica Tarsi opened the scoring in the 11^th minute. Kyra Brakefield took a penalty corner and sent the pass to Tarsi who was stationed just to the left at the top of the circle. She then fired a shot that made it past the Mansfield defense and into the back of the cage.
• Alexis Gazzio doubled the Marauder lead and scored her first goal of the season in the 49^th minute. Emma Boutcher took a penalty corner and sent the pass to Jordan Goddard. Goddard dished it to Gazzio on the left side who smacked the ball into the right side of the cage.
• In the 65th minute Millersville was awarded a penalty stroke which Tarsi took. She sent a laser just to the left of the diving goalkeeper for her second goal of the game.
• The only Mountaineers shot of the game came in the 66th off the stick of Meghan Griffin. She sent a shot from the middle of the circle which Autumn Peters saved. 

COACH SHELLY BEHRENS QUOTES
• "It's nice to win our final regular season home game. We did have some lulls today, but overall it was a solid team win. The energy was good considering we just played five games in eight days. We managed to beat a good PSAC opponent at home today."
• "I'm pleased with the execution of our penalty corners today. There were some that we didn't execute well, but we had some different people in different roles. Their goalkeeper is very good and anytime you can score three goals against her you had a good day."
• "Our strong defense recently starts with the strikers. We've had a very good team defensive mindset. We've had some people step up and everyone has been playing defense well. Autumn Peters did a nice job today. When called upon she has done her job."
• "Our bench did a really good job again today. We're not at full strength at the moment, but that gives us a chance to put some different people in different spots and they've responded well to that opportunity. I've said it all year, I like where we are, I like who we are and I like where we're going."

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
• Sol Ortiz-Kreiner led the team with six shots, three on goal. Erica Tarsi was right behind her with four shots, two goal. Aliza Mizak and Alexis Gazzio each fired off three shots.
• Autumn Peters made one stop for her second-consecutive shutout.

NOTES
• This is the Marauders' 10th-straight win and eighth-straight shutout over Mansfield.
• Millersville now leads the all-time series 28-14.
• The Marauders held a 13-3 advantage in penalty corners.  

UP NEXT
• Millersville concludes its regular season on Friday, Nov. 9 at Slippery Rock at 3 p.m. With a win, the Marauders would enter the PSAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed and host No. 6 Kutztown in the first round. 

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