MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The No. 1-ranked Millersville field hockey team battled through four quarters, defeating Newberry 3-1 Friday afternoon on Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium.

The Marauders allowed the Wolves only goal late in the first quarter. After two scoreless quarters, the Marauders came up strong in the fourth, recording three goals in the last 12 minutes of the game.

The Newberry goal marks only the second goal allowed by Millersville this season. The team improves to 5-0.

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• A series of three penalty corners set up the Marauders to tie up the game. Alexis Gazzio and Hannah Brown made attempts at the cage coming up unsuccessful. Annabelle Tierney launched the ball back into the circle where Erica Tarsi awaited out front of the goalie. Kyra Brakefield gathered the ball off a tip from Tarsi to find the back of the cage for the tying point. 
• In the following three minutes, Millersville sent a series of seven shots and forced two penalty corners wearing out the Newberry goalkeeper. Emma Boutcher collected the ball up field bringing it down the line to the bottom right corner of the circle before sending it off to Tarsi out front of the cage putting the Marauders in the lead 2-1.  
• In the final seconds of the game, the Marauders forced a penalty corner setting up one final attack on the cage. Brakefield inserted the ball from the bottom left of the cage to the top of the circle where Tarsi awaited. Taking two steps into the circle, Tarsi slapped off a long shot toward the cage finding the back to seal the win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Marauders outshot the Wolves 35-3 placing a season-high 19 shots on the cage to the Wolves' three.
• Millersville forced 23 total penalty corners in the game recording 11 in the second quarter.
• Autumn Peters made two saves in the game.  
• Senior all-america Jordan Goddard defended the circle for the entire 60 minutes.
• Millersville saw a series of three consecutive corners and six shots early into the second quarter. The team got shots off in all but two corner executions.

COACH SHELLY BEHRENS QUOTES
• "I thought we played a good game. Credit to Newberry. They're a strong team. That's one of the best Newberry teams I've seen in some time. They got some confidence as the game went along. But, credit to our kids. They just stayed with the process as it went along. They stayed with our game plan. Some things were challenging, I think, but to be able to score in however minutes is a great job. It's a tough stretch right now, three games in five days."
• "This game can teach us some things. It's a different kind of opponent. I think we're used to our PSAC friends and those rivalries. Credit to Newberry and credit to our kids. They kept chipping away. They could have easily stopped and they didn't."
• "I give a lot of credit to the bench. The bench kept everybody in it too. There's little things that matter that are big things as you go through a season and a season can be a lifetime. I think those little things stuck out today that we didn't do well that we typically do well. That's on us to improve. Overall, well done to us to come from behind and score three goals. Interesting that we came from behind again. We didn't underestimate our opponent, but we could've done a little better from the get-go in the first two quarters, but the third and fourth I thought were excellent.
• "Mercyhurst, it's a PSAC opponent. Technically, it's a non-conference game. I'm going to remind them of what we're good at. We're going to take care of our bodies. We're going to take care of each other. We're going to come out and Sunday is a new start."

NOTES
• The Marauders are now 6-0 all-time in the series against Newberry.
•  The goal marks the first the Marauders have given up against Newberry since 2013 when the Wolves recorded two goals to Millersville's 11.
• Coach Shelly Behrens moves to 6-0 all-time in the series.

UP NEXT
• Millersville returns home on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 12 p.m. on Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium against Mercyhurst.