MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – Emma Boutcher gave the Marauders an early advantage and finished the night with back-to-back unassisted goals for her first career hat trick to lead the No. 7 Millersville field hockey team to a 7-0 win against Seton Hill Saturday night at home. With the win the Marauders clinch a spot in the PSAC Tournament for the eighth-straight season.
 
Millersville improves to 12-6 overall and 4-6 in conference play, while Seton Hill falls to 1-15 and 0-10 in PSAC play.  
 
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• Just under three minutes into play, Boutcher inserted the ball for the Marauders' third-consecutive penalty corner of the game. Boutcher collected the ball from Kyra Brakefield on the right side dumping it behind the Griffins' goalie for the goal and the 1-0 advantage.
• Brakefield had her shot at the cage just three minutes before the end of the first quarter. The unassisted goal put Millersville up 2-0.
• Asia Weaver saw the only goal of the second quarter after a shot from Meredith Fagan and save by Elizabeth Armbruster caused chaos in front of the cage. Weaver came up with the rebound sweeping it past Armbruster for the third Marauder goal.
• As the clock ran out on the third quarter, Hannah Brown sent the ball flying from the right side of the circle through the Seton Hill defense and into the cage to give Millersville a 4-0 advantage going into the fourth quarter.
• Millersville tacked on three goals in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter to close out their second seven-goal game of the season. Peyton Thompson brought the ball into the circle from the right side and fought through the Griffins defense for her first goal of the season.
• Boutcher completed her hat trick with two goals in the last four minutes of play. Brown sent another attempt soaring toward cage that proved no match for Armbruster, but Boutcher quickly stepped in collecting the rebound and securing her second goal of the game to put the Marauders up 6-0.
• As the clock hit 00:00, Millersville earned their last penalty corner attempt of the regular season. Ashlynn Lennon stepped up to take the shot for the Marauders but Armbruster was ready and made the save. Boutcher swiftly collected the rebound again placing the ball in the back of the cage to complete her first-career hat trick.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Millersville totaled 40 shots in the game placing 25 on goal. The Marauders held Seton Hill to zero shots in the 60 minutes of play.
• Four Millersville goalkeepers saw action in tonight's match. Starting goalkeeper Autumn Peters recorded the first 30 minutes in the cage. Catie Brubaker tallied just over 16 minutes alongside Bridget Elison and Katie Baker who protected the cage for about eight minutes and five minutes, respectively.
• The Marauders totaled 23 penalty corners. Millersville failed to commit a foul in their own circle to hold the Griffins to no corner attempts.
• Erica Tarsi led Millersville in shots with 13 followed by Boutcher with 11.

NOTES
• The 40 shots on goal mark the most Millersville has recorded in a game this season.
• The shutout is the Marauders' ninth of the season. It is also the largest margin of victory for the team this season.
• Boutcher's hat trick marked the first of her career. She now has eight goals this season, the second most on the team.
• Thompson's senior-night goal was her first of the season.
• Millersville improves to 16-0 all-time against Seton Hill. They now hold a 16-game win streak over the Griffins.
• Shelly Behrens is 15-0 all-time against Seton Hill.
 
COACH SHELLY BEHRENS QUOTES
• "I'm proud of our kids for doing what we needed to do to take care of business and advance, no question. It's a bit of a double-edged sword. We hope that the Seton Hill players that were injured are okay. No one wants to ever see anyone get hurt. It's a mixed bag of emotions right now. But, I'm very proud of our girls. I'm very proud of just how they've responded all along. We know we can put the ball in the net. We just want to be more consistent at it. I thought Seton Hill was a tough team and a strong PSAC opponent. They weren't backing down at all, so a lot of credit to them and we hope that they're okay."
• "For Peyton Thompson to get a goal on senior night, she's had so much adversity and so much injury to experience, you couldn't have written it any better script wise. All the kids enjoy seeing the success of each other. They really are selfless that way and I'm very proud of them."
• "All the goalies earned the time. They're selfless. There's five of them total. For them to have the opportunity to see some time, they've all earned it and I'm happy for them."
 
UP NEXT
• The Marauders head to Shippensburg to face the Raiders in the PSAC Quarterfinals on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m.