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Women's lacrosse begins PSAC play against Edinboro on Saturday

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MILLERSVILLE WOMEN'S LACROSSE GAMEDAY INFORMATION
DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION Live Video Live Stats
Saturday, March 16 Edinboro 1 p.m. Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium
Millersville, Pa.
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Record: 2-2
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Record: 0-4
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ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• Millersville enters Saturday's game with a record of 2-2 and is coming off an impressive 16-5 win against Shepherd on March 12. The Marauders went 5-7 in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) play last season, with five of those games coming against nationally-ranked opponents, and just missed a playoff berth.
• Millersville has outscored its opponents 50-42, outshot its opponents 125-100, turned the ball over just 70 times compared to its opponents' 87 turnovers and boasts an 84.1 clear percentage (58-for-69) while its opponents are 65.6 percent (63-for-96) on clears.
• The Marauders are second in the conference in ground balls (96), third in caused turnovers (44) and draw controls (53) and fourth in clears (58).
• Genevieve Speights leads the team in goals (10), points (15) and draw controls (16). She is also fifth in the PSAC in draw controls per game (4.0). Sara Burney leads Millersville in assists (7), is third in points (10), tied for third in caused turnovers (4), tied for fourth in ground balls (7) and ranks seventh in the conference in assists per game (1.8). Calie Swegon is second on the team in points (11) off of five goals and six assists, and is ninth in the PSAC in assists per game (1.5). Gillian Zimmerman leads the Marauders in shots (24), is second in goals (9) and tied for second in draw controls (11). She is also seventh in the conference in shots per game (6.0).
• Sarah Leverentz has played very well in the midfield, leading the team in ground balls (14), tied for the team lead in caused turnovers (10), tied for second in draw controls (11) and has totaled eight points off of seven goals and one assist. She is also sixth in the PSAC in ground balls per game (3.5). Natalie Sukanick is tied with Leverentz in caused turnovers (10) and is right behind her in ground balls (13). Sukanick and Leverentz are tied for third in the conference in caused turnovers per game (2.5).
• Shannon Davis has started all four games in net and boasts 27 saves, an 11.14 goals against average and a .409 save percentage. She is also seventh in the PSAC in saves per game (6.8).    

LAST TIME IN ACTION: Millersville 16, Shepherd 5 (March 12, 2019)
• The Rams scored the first two goals of the game, but the Marauders notched the next six and Shepherd never scored back-to-back goals again. After bringing a 6-2 lead into halftime, Millersville outscored the Rams 10-3 in the second half. Ten different Marauders notched a point and eight different Marauders scored at least one goal.
• Millersville outshot Shepherd 36-19, turned the ball over just 16 times compared to the Rams' 22 turnovers and were 20-for-21 on clears, including a perfect 9-for-9 in the second half.
• Calie Swegon totaled a game-high four points, three goals and one assist, while Sarah Leverentz and Gillian Zimmerman also scored three goals each. Leverentz also notched game highs in draw controls (6), caused turnovers (3) and collected four ground balls. Natalie Sukanick scooped up a game-high five ground balls and recorded two caused turnovers.  

SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. Edinboro: 5-3
Series Streak: Millersville, 3
First Meeting: 2011 (W, 9-5)
Last Meeting: 2018 (W, 22-12)
• The Marauders have outscored the Fighting Scots 49-30 during their three-game win streak.
• Six of the eight games these two teams have played were decided by four goals or fewer.
• Millersville is 4-1 at home in the series. 

THE LAST MEETING: Millersville 22, Edinboro 12 (March 17, 2019)
• The Marauders scored the first seven goals of the game and the Fighting Scots never came close to overcoming that deficit.
• Millersville outshot Edinboro 42-27 and went 22-for-24 on clears.
• Callie Kavanaugh led the attack with six goals and eight points. Sarah Leverentz scored four goals and won a game-high eight draw controls. Sara Burney also notched four points with two goals and two assists, while Erin Fagan also had a strong performance with three goals, three ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers.
• Shannon Davis tallied game highs in ground balls (8) and caused turnovers (3), while totaling eight stops in net. 

SCOUTING THE FIGHTING SCOTS
• Edinboro is seeking its first win of the season after going 3-13, 0-12 in PSAC play, last season. The Fighting Scots have been outscored by their opponents 60-27 and outshot 148-83. Their -8.3 scoring margin is dead last in the PSAC.
• Edinboro is coming off a 13-7 loss at Roberts Wesleyan College on March 12. Kandyce Graham scored a team-high three goals, while Anna Leva notched two. Leva also won a game-high six draw controls and Candace McDole caused a game-high six turnovers and made 18 stops in net.
• Leva leads the team in goals (7), points (8) and is second in draw controls (11). Sidney Dobbins leads the team in draw controls (13) and Sophie DePalma leads the team in assists (3).  
• McDole leads the team in caused turnovers (9), ground balls (17) and boasts 45 saves and a .489 save percentage. She is third in the conference in saves per game (11.3), second in ground balls per game (4.3) and eighth in caused turnovers per game (2.3). McDole has also started all four games in net.
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