MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – Amanda McElhare began and ended Wednesday evening surrounded by her teammates, first at a pregame Senior Night celebration and again after she scored the game-winning goal in double overtime to defeat No. 23 East Stroudsburg 2-1. Members of the No. 15-ranked Millersville women's soccer team stormed onto the pitch to pile on McElhare after she scored the golden goal with just under six minutes to go in the second overtime period.
 
After a scoreless first half, East Stroudsburg got on the scoreboard in the 50^th minute thanks to a Corryn Gamber goal. Searching for an equalizer and running out of time, Millersville earned a corner kick in the 81^st minute. McElhare arrived at the corner flag and crossed to Michelle Belcher at the far post, who snuck the ball in to force overtime.

Wednesday's victory improves Millersville's record to 14-2-1 (12-2-1 PSAC.) The 14 wins equals the program record that was achieved in both 2003 and 2018. The Marauders have reserved at least a second-place finish in the PSAC East. The team will assume hosting duties for a PSAC quarterfinal match on Tuesday at Pucillo Field at 6:00 p.m., with its opponent still yet to be determined until after Saturday's PSAC women's soccer results are final.

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• Paige Mancini shut down East Stroudsburg's first quality threat of the game in the 23^rd minute. The Warriors played a ball ahead to Monica Wood, who controlled it and surged forward. Mancini was the last line of defense before a sure one-on-one opportunity, and stuck her foot in perfectly for the standing tackle to dispossess Wood and end the threat.
• The Marauders' defense was again tested in the 28^th minute, when East Stroudsburg took a short corner that led to Danielle Cary having a clean look at goal. She fired the shot but it was parried away by the diving Reagan Kolinski. The ball rebounded right to Brienn Seaman who sent it toward frame again, but Chandler Garcia was there to block it and clear the danger.
• The Warriors opened the scoring in the 50^th minute. Jessica Woodbyrne crossed a ball in from the right wing to the center of the pitch, where Corryn Gamber volleyed it into the bottom right corner of the net for the 1-0 lead.
• Millersville waited until the 81^st minute to equalize. Increasing the pressure and pace of the game, the Black and Gold earned a corner kick, which Amanda McElhare sent in low and hard across the face of goal, avoiding multiple defenders to find its way to Michelle Belcher at the far post. Cool and collected, Belcher left-footed it just inside the post to make it 1-1 and force the game into overtime.
• After a scoreless first overtime, it was time for some more magic from McElhare in the 104^th minute. Cassie Blyth spotted her making a run into the box and delivered a pinpoint ball that bounced once and was looped towards the goal by McElhare. The ball soared into the net to end the game and give the Ville the 2-1 victory.

POST GAME REACTION FROM HEAD COACH MATT PROCOPIO
• On the team coming back from 1-0: "Great resiliency from the girls tonight. I am very proud of them and happy with how they responded."

• On Amanda McElhare's great game: "Amazing night for Amanda. She came up huge tonight with the game winner and the assist on the tying goal. I could not be happier for her to have a moment like this. She deserves it. I hope she can build off of this as well."

• On preparing for another showdown with no. 6 Bloomsburg on Saturday: "Our approach will be the same. We know what is as stake and we need to perform. Bloom is obviously a very talented and experienced team but these are the moments you play for."

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• East Stroudsburg out-shot Millersville 17-11. Each team earned four corner kicks.
• Freshman Michelle Belcher's goal was her eighth of the season, which is the second-highest season total on the team. Kay Liebl has scored ten to lead the Marauders.
• Amanda McElhare's goal was her fourth of the season and is a personal career high for a single season. She had previously scored three goals as a freshman in 2016. Her assist was her second of 2019.
• Cassie Blyth's assist was her second of the 2019 season.
• Belcher led the Marauders in shots with three, while Liebl, Morgan Winchock and Kylie Sullivan all launched two shots in tonight's match.
• Freshman goalkeeper Reagan Kolinski was credited with seven saves in the game.

NOTES
• With the win, Millersville's all-time record versus East Stroudsburg improves to 7-21-1, including two straight wins.
• Prior to this season's two victories against the Warriors, the Marauders had lost nine straight games to ESU in a streak that dated back to 2012.
• Millersville's 46 goals scored this fall is already more than the 41 the team scored in 2018 and just five away from the single-season program record of 51 that was set in the 2001 season.

UP NEXT
• The Marauders travel to No. 6 Bloomsburg University on Saturday, Nov. 9 for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff. The Huskies defeated Millersville 2-1 back on Oct. 12 to snap Millersville's record-setting 10-game win streak.