ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• Millersville enters its regular season finale with a record of 9-7, 7-4 in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) play. The Marauders have already clinched a playoff berth and have tied their program record for conference wins in a single season. A Millersville win and Indiana (Pa.) loss to No. 7 West Chester would clinch the No. 4 seed and a home playoff game for the Marauders.
• It is also Millersville's Senior Day, as
Natalie Sukanick,
Erin Fagan,
Nathalie Sell,
Shannon Davis,
Jovonna Jewell and
Bryana Weston-Wyatt will be honored prior to the start of the game.
• The Marauders have outscored their opponents 186-168, boast a higher shots on goal percentage than their opponents (77.3-72.0), a higher free-position percentage than their opponents (39.8-24.7) and a higher clear percentage than their opponents (85.2-78.0).
• Millersville is tied for second in the conference in clears (287) and ranks third in in ground balls (374).
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Genevieve Speights leads the team in points (47), goals (36), draw controls (55), shooting percentage (50.7) and ranks second in shots (71).
Gillian Zimmerman leads the team in shots (84), free-position goals (11) and ranks second in points (38) and goals (35).
Sara Burney leads the team in assists (21) and ranks third in points (36).
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Sarah Leverentz leads the Marauders in caused turnovers (23), is second in draw controls (43), ground balls (44) and has contributed to the offense with 30 points off of 25 goals and five assists.
Jasa Lorah ranks first on the team in ground balls (45) and third in caused turnovers (19), while
Natalie Sukanick is second in caused turnovers (22) and third in ground balls (42).
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Shannon Davis has started every game in net and ranks sixth in the PSAC in saves per game (9.1) and boasts a 10.74 goals against average (GAA) and .476 save percentage.
LAST TIME IN ACTION: No. 7 West Chester 15, Millersville 4 (April 24, 2019)
• The Marauders trailed just 3-2 early in the game, but the Golden Rams finished the first half on a five-goal run to bring an 8-2 lead into halftime. West Chester scored the first five goals of the second half to put the game out of reach.
• The Golden Rams had a lead in every statistical category except for saves, which Millersville led 8-5, and free-position shots, which Millersville led 7-6.
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Gillian Zimmerman,
Sarah Leverentz,
Sara Burney and
Kayla Held all scored one goal each, while
Erin Fagan and
Calie Swegon each tallied one assist.
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Shannon Davis collected a game-high six ground balls and made eight stops in net, while
Michella Salvitti scooped up four.
Jasa Lorah and
Genevieve Speights each collected two ground balls. Speights also caused a team-high three turnovers and Davis wasn't far behind with two caused turnovers. Leverentz won a team-high four draw controls while Fagan won two.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. Seton Hill: 2-5
Series Streak: Seton Hill, 1
First Meeting: 2009 (W, 17-2)
Last Meeting: 2018 (L, 13-16)
• This will be the third game these two teams have played at Millersville. They split the first two.
• The last two meetings were decided by three goals or fewer.
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Sarah Leverentz has done well against the Griffins, totaling four goals, five ground balls, three caused turnovers and eight draw controls in two career games against them.
THE LAST MEETING: Seton Hill 16, Millersville 13 (April 28, 2018)
• A high scoring first half saw the Griffins rattle off five-straight goals in just over five minutes on their way to an 11-8 halftime lead. The Marauders scored five of the first six goals in the second half to take a 13-12 lead, but Seton Hill finished the game on a four-goal run to pull off the win in the regular season finale.
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Sabrina Fusco broke the program's single season goals record and led the attack with nine points, seven goals and two assists, in the final game of her collegiate career.
Sarah Leverentz notched a hat trick and won two draw controls, while
Gillian Zimmerman scored two goals and also won two draw controls.
Erin Fagan won a team-high four draw controls and
Kelly Layton handled a majority of the goalkeeping, totaling eight saves in net.
• The Griffins held a slim lead in shots (33-31), shots on goal (24-21), clears (16-15), ground balls (19-18) and draw controls (17-14). Jaclyn Frank led the Seton Hill attack with eight points off of four goals, four assists and six shots. Nellie Phillips and Courtney Pontious combined for 14 draw controls, but neither of them are on the team this season.
SCOUTING THE GRIFFINS
• Seton Hill is in a similar situation as the Marauders; it has already clinched a playoff berth but will not be seeded higher than fifth even with a win. The Griffins also boast the same record as Millersville, 9-7, 7-4 PSAC, a huge improvement from their 5-11, 4-8 PSAC record last season.
• Seton Hill has outscored its opponents 225-172, outshot its opponents 525-443 and has a higher shooting percentage than its opponents (42.9-38.8).
• The Griffins lead the conference in draw controls (254), rank third in goals (225) and fifth in shooting percentage (42.9) and ground balls (362).
• Seton Hill is coming off a heart-breaking 14-13 overtime loss to Indiana (Pa.) at home on April 24. The Griffins led 11-8 halfway through the second half, but the Crimson Hawks scored five-straight goals to take a 13-11 lead with just over eight minutes left on the clock. Alyssa Ference cut the deficit to one with less than four minutes remaining, and Katelyn Cressman forced overtime with the game-tying goal with just 12 second left on the clock. Indiana (Pa.) won the draw in overtime and Ally Burrows scored the game-winning goal off an assist from Shannon Hartigan.
• Jaclyn Frank is second in the PSAC in assists per game (2.4), fifth in points per game (4.3) and leads her team in points (68). Keagan Pontious is sixth in the conference in shots per game (6.8), eighth in goals per game (2.8), 10th in draw controls per game (3.9) and is second on the Griffins in goals (45), points (56) and draw controls (62). Mackenzie Kilduff is seventh in the PSAC in goals per game (3.1), leads Seton Hill in goals (50) and is third on her team in points (55). Emma Haley leads the conference in draw controls (126) and is second in draw controls per game (7.9). She also leads her team in caused turnovers (23) and is second in ground balls (35), while Hailey Jacobs leads Seton Hill in ground balls (39).
• Jacobs has started 14 games in net and boasts 110 saves, a 10.84 GAA and a .456 save percentage. The Griffins also have Kyleigh Hessian who is seventh in the PSAC in GAA (9.0) and save percentage (.500).
