ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The Millersville University men's soccer squad looks to snap a streak of four consecutive ties when it hosts East Stroudsburg on Sunday afternoon.
• The Marauders are coming off of their first conference matchup of the 2018 season. The Marauders have only scored one goal in each of the past four matches.
• Freshman
Spencer Shortt has recorded four assists on the season.
• It has been a different Marauder scoring each game of late:
Kyle Finsterbush against Seton Hill,
Aaron Skelly against Mercy,
McClain Smith against Saint Thomas Aquinas and
Chase Flickinger against Adelphi.
• In goal, junior
Darian McCauley has started all seven matches with a 2-1-4 record, a 1.12 goals against average and a .813 save percentage. McCauley is fifth in the conference for goals against average and fourth in saves with 39. He is leading the conference in saves per game with 5.57.
• While the Marauders are 0-0-3 on the road, they are 2-1-1 at Pucillo Field.
LAST TIME IN ACTION: MILLERSVILLE 1, SETON HILL 1 (2OT)
• The Marauders went to their fourth consecutive double overtime and ended with another draw against the Griffins.
• Finsterbush scored the first goal in the 11th minute before Liam Kettle of Seton Hill tacked on his own goal in the 34th minute to even the score. Seton Hill managed 12 shots on goal, but McCauley scooped them up except one.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. East Stroudsburg: 19-43-4
Series Streak: Millersville, 1
First Meeting: 1960 (L, 0-5)
Last Meeting: 2017 (W, 3-2)
Last 10 Meetings: 7-2-1, Ville
Steve Widdowson vs. ESU: 12-2-1
THE LAST MEETING: MILLERSVILLE 3, ESU 2 (2OT) (Sept. 24, 2017)
• Senior defender
Ahmed Qaisi scored a diving header off a corner to earn the overtime victory.
• Two out of the five Marauders (
Matteo Adiletta and
Jaxson Burns) who earned points in the victory are back on the squad.
• In the 87th minute, Burns streaked up the left side and crossed his pass into the box where Adiletta waited, fired a shot into the back of the net and tied the game.
• With the game tied, Millersville took control of the game and held ESU to zero shot attempts while recording two shots in the first overtime. Millersville attempted two more shots before Qaisi's header ended the sudden death overtime.
• The Marauders out-shot the Warriors 15-11 and put six shots on goal over ESU's five while earning two more corner kicks.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• The Warriors have already competed against two conference opponents, winning 3-0 against California (Pa.) and losing 1-0 to West Chester. This will be the Warriors' first conference matchup on the road for the season.
• Last season, East Stroudsburg finished 2017 with a 14-4-2 record while claiming the 2018 PSAC title against Gannon and earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament where it was defeated at West Chester, 2-1, in a double overtime battle.
• Eddy Enowbi leads the group with five goals. He has a two-goal game against Chestnut Hill and LIU Post early in the season. Two Warriors, Irvin Zuzic and Jordan Ellison, have a total of seven or more points with both scoring two goals.
• Goalkeeper Will Boerema is 3-2 in net and has allowed eight goals. Boerema appeared in five games and has totaled a 1.60 goals against average and a .619 save percentage.
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