MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The No. 1 Millersville field hockey team is set to face No. 6 Shippensburg for the second time this season in a PSAC matchup on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. on Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium.

The Marauders enter the game with a record of 9-1 and 1-1 in the PSAC. Shippensburg is 5-4 and 2-1 in the PSAC. The teams last met on Sept. 11 of this year when then-No. 4 Millersville handed then-No. 1 Shippensburg their first loss of the season on the Raiders home turf.
 
ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The Millersville roster hosts 17 goal scorers with as many as six different players scoring in a single game this season.
• Millersville has recorded 32 goals, 203 shots with 63 on goal and 125 corners in 10 games.
• Erica Tarsi leads the team in goals scored (7) and assists (4). Tarsi sits at third on the all-time career scoring leaders chart with 93 total points. She also ties for third in all-time career goals scored with 37.
• Emma Boutcher (4), Hannah Brown (3), Kyra Brakefield (3) and Asia Weaver (3) have scored multiple goals for the Marauders.  
• Annabelle Tierney and Brakefield are tied for the second-most assists on the team with three each.
• Autumn Peters has started in all 10 games and has recorded 535 minutes in the cage. She made a season-high 10 saves off 24 shots faced in the game against West Chester (Oct. 2).
• The Marauders have allowed 63 shots from their opponents this season with 34 landing on goal. 
 
SERIES HISTORY
• Series vs. Shippensburg: 35-49-8
• Series Streak: Millersville, 1
• First Meeting: 1945 (W, 5-0)
• Last Meeting: 2019 (W, 1-0)
• Shelly Behrens vs. Shippensburg: 9-16
 
THE LAST MEETING: Millersville 1, Shippensburg 0 (Sept. 11, 2019)
• Then-No. 4 Millersville faced then-No. 1 Shippensburg on the road for the Marauders' first away game of the season. It was the Raiders' first contest at home.
• The Marauders broke the scoreless tie with just under three minutes left to play in the third quarter. Off of a penalty corner, Tarsi and Brynne Ehrlacher put back-to-back shots on goal and proved a distraction for the Shippensburg goalie as freshman Kate Strickland scooped up the ball off of a rebound and pushed it low into the cage.
• The third quarter was all Marauders as they totaled nine shots to Ship's one and put seven on goal. Peters, who totaled seven saves, came up big in the fourth, fending off four shots including one off of back-to-back Raider corners in the final minute.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• Jazmin Petrantonio leads the Raiders in goals scored (13) and assists (5). She leads the PSAC in total points with 31.
• Shippensburg has 25 goals, 151 shots with 100 on goal and 89 corners in nine games.
• The team has held its opponents to just 10 goals, 88 shots with 52 on goal and 49 corners.
 
COACH SHELLY BEHRENS QUOTES
• "We're both different now from when we last faced each other. I know we're different and we keep evolving and same for them. Again, PSAC play prepares you for the riggers weekly. We see a very talented Shippensburg team, a very determined team. At the end of the day I think it is going to be another great game at home. Our schedule is very reflective of trying to play some of the best competition in Division II."
• "IUP was fantastic. It was a great match. We continue to play well and learn and give people some minutes. I think that's a positive. This is normal for us. The kids are looking forward to a match versus practice. It's an opportunity for us to have a solid competition before heading into fall break. I think it's going to be a really fun game to coach, as it always is with Ship. Hopefully, it will be a fun game for those that are able to come."
• "Teams grow from September to October. We're looking at the three-time defending national champions in field hockey, so of course we're going to get a great game. Regardless of if we have seen them once, twice, three or four times you're always going to get a great game when it's Shippensburg vs. Millersville. I'm looking forward to putting us in a position to compete and do the things that we can continue to get better at from the small game to the big game and from our attack to our defense. I think we're prepared and ready to go. We're looking forward to it."