MARAUDERS IN DEPTH
• The No. 15-ranked Millersville University women's soccer team, coming off a run to the PSAC Semifinals, turns its attention to the NCAA Division II Tournament this weekend with a first-round matchup on Friday at 2 p.m. against East Stroudsburg. This contest will be a rematch of the conference semifinals where ESU defeated the Marauders in double overtime to advance to the conference finals.
• Millersville is making its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
• The Marauders finished Friday's PSAC semifinal with a 14-5 overall record and finished 13-4 in the conference. In its quarterfinal match against Seton Hill, Millersville was able to see off the Griffins, 2-0, to advance to the semifinals.
• Junior
Kay Liebl leads the team in scoring with 42 points on 17 goals and eight assists. Sophomore
Talia Grynkewicz is second on the team with 27 points on 11 goals and five assists.
• Sophomore goalkeeper
Erin Heimbach has posted a 10-4 record and a .742 save percentage.
• Head coach
Matt Procopio was named the PSAC Coach of the Year last Wednesday taking the Marauders from a No. 13 preseason poll ranking to the No. 3 seed in the PSAC Tournament.Â
• In the month of October, every time the Marauders scored at least six points, they won.
• Millersville's defense is allowing just 1.16 goals per game.
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Talia Grynkewicz scored a goal in each of the team's two conference tournament matches. 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.
• In October, the Marauders are 4-1 when they have recorded 17 or more shots.
NCAA TOURNAMENT BREAKDOWN
• The winner of a first-round matchup between fourth-seeded Millersville and fifth-seeded East Stroudsburg will play host Bloomsburg on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. On the other side of the region, second-seeded West Chester receives the other bye and will serve as the host. The Golden Rams play the winner of the other first-round matchup between third-seeded Kutztown and sixth-seeded West Virginia Wesleyan on Friday.
• The top remaining seed from the Atlantic Region after this weekend's matches will host the Atlantic Regional final on Friday, November 16, with the winner of the Atlantic and East Regionals meeting on Sunday, November 18, for an opportunity to advance to the NCAA Semifinals which will be held at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh beginning on Thursday, November 29. The national championship game will take place on Sunday, December 1.
• This marks the first time in program history that the Marauders will be in the national tournament.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. East Stroudsburg: 5-26-1
Series Streak: ESU, 7
First Meeting: 1994, (L, 0-5)
Last Meeting: 2018 (L, 2-3)
Last 10 Meetings: 1-9
Matt
 Procopio vs. ESU: 0-4
• This will be the third time this season that the Warriors and the Marauders face off this season with both of those results going to East Stroudsburg. The Marauders are looking to end the Warriors' series dominance. The Warriors have compiled a record of 17-1 including 10-straight victories from 2005-2010.
THE LAST MEETING (EAST STROUDSBURG 3, MILLERSVILLE 2 (2OT) – NOV. 2, 2018) -- PSAC SEMIFINALS
• The Warriors earned a penalty kick by a call in the box and converted, sending the Warriors to their fifth-straight conference championship game where they lost against host Bloomsburg.
• Millersville started with an opening goal by Grynkewicz who scored from the right side into the top left corner. The Warriors erased the Millersville lead with a header.
• Liebl came charging up the field and was tripped inside the box, earning a penalty kick. Meadows converted Millersville's first penalty kick in the 40th minute.
• Right before halftime, East Stroudsburg tied the match up with another goal in the 44th minute.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• This marks the fifth season that the Warriors will be in the national tournament field.
• Since Oct. 14, the Warriors have taken on the three ranked teams. In that span, the Warriors went 4-3.
• ESU has held opponents to an average of 1.05 goals per game. The Warriors have only allowed eight goals in the first half throughout the entire season with one being from Grynkewicz in the semifinals.
• The East Stroudsburg offense is led by Alex Pickett's eight goals and seven assists. Pickett earned an All-PSAC Second Team honor. By her side on the Warrior attack is Monica Wood who scored the same amount of goals as Pickett while assisting in two.
• Against Millersville in the semifinal, Jessica Woodbryne scored a goal and facilitated two.
• In net, Mauri Jackson has been the rock of the defense for the Warriors earning 17 starts and eighth shutouts. Jackson has kept opposing attacks out of the goal with a 0.86 goals against average and a .830 save percentage. In the past six games, Jackson has allowed nine goals.
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