ABOUT THE GAME

• Millersville is back in the PSAC Tournament for the ninth consecutive season, and after a 14-3 regular season that included a 7-3 record in PSAC play, the Marauders are the No. 4 seed and take on an 11-5 IUP club that secured its playoff spot with a 1-0 win over No. 6 Kutztown on the final day of the regular season.
• As a PSAC Tournament game, admission will be charged at the gate. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and PSAC institution students with valid ID are admitted free of charge. 
• Since 2012, Millersville has reached the PSAC Tournament title game five times and the semifinals three times. Millersville's last PSAC Championship came in 2016. Since the field expanded to six teams, Millersville is 3-0 in first round games, winning at Shippensburg 2-1 in 2019, beating Kutztown 2-0 in 2018 and beating Bloomsburg 2-0 at home in 2016. Under Coach Shelly Behrens, Millersville is 7-1 in its first game of the PSAC Tournament. With four championships all-time (1985, 1986, 2013, 2016), Millersville ranks third among all PSAC schools.
• IUP is making its first appearance in the tournament since 2016 and its ninth all-time. Under Gary Agard, the Crimson Hawks has reached the tournament five times. IUP's one PSAC Championship came in 2007.
• Millersville's only three losses this season have come against the top three teams in the PSAC standings, two of which were on the road, and two of which were by a one goal margin. Millersville is 10-1 at home with the lone loss coming it its last home game against East Stroudsburg. Despite all of the team's success in recent years, the program has hosted just two PSAC Tournament games under Behrens. Millersville has won both of those games.

SCOUTING THE MARAUDERS

• Millersville is coming off a 4-0 win at Seton Hill to close the regular season. Millersville has scored four or more goals nine times have eight shutouts. Millersville and Shippensburg are the only two teams in the nation to rank in the top five in both scoring average and goals against average. The Marauders rank third in scoring at 3.83 per game and second in goals against at 0.62. In addition to scoring average and goals against average, Millersville ranks second in the PSAC in corners per game, points per game, save percentage and scoring margin (3.21).
• While the Marauders are fixtures in the PSAC Tournament, this will be the first tournament appearance for 16 of the 27 players on the roster.
• Bri Harsh is Millersville's leader in both goals and assists, placing her eighth in Division II in points per game (2.00). She's recorded at least one point in 11 of 17 games and Millersville is 11-0 in those games. Her 33 points are tied for the fifth-most in a single season at Millersville (since 1984). She is on the verge of joining Dena Gockley (1993, 1995), Jaclyn Kulesza (2005, 2007), Kristie Testa (2008) and Erica Tarsi (2017, 2019)  as the only Marauders to lead the team in both goals and assists in the same season.
• Kerstin Koons' 0.66 goals against average is the sixth-best mark by a Marauder goalkeeper since 1984, and her 14 wins are tied for the fourth-most. No freshman goalkeeper has recorded as many wins in a Millersville debut season.
• Hannah Brown has been on a hot streak lately, scoring three goals in her last five games. 10-goal scorer Kate Strickland has two assists in her last three games. 
   

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON HAWKS

• IUP won each of its final two regular season games to get into the postseason. The team has won three of its last four games. The last two wins have both come by shutout. IUP went 7-1 at home and 4-4 on the road.
• Blaise Cugini leads IUP with 10 goals and 23 points. Georgiana Chiavacci leads the team with seven assists. Rory Cahill has featured prominently in the team's last three wins. She tallied a goal and assist at Frostburg State, scored the game-winner at Mercyhurst, and assisted on the game-winner against Kutztown.
• IUP's strength is at the defensive end. The team ranks eighth in the PSAC in scoring average (2.0 per game), but goalkeeper Amanda Zaner ranks fifth in shutouts (4) and fifth in saves per game (4.88).

THE LAST TIME OUT

• Millersville: Millersville 4, Seton Hill 0 (Oct. 30, 2021) - Millersville received a goal from four different players and held Seton Hill without a shot for three quarters. It was a light day of work in goal for Millersville freshman Kerstin Koons who recorded her sixth shutout with two saves. 
• IUP: IUP 1, Kutztown 0   (Oct. 30, 2021) -  Claire Murphy scored the game-winner in the 54th minute, deflecting a shot by Rory Cahill to the bottom right corner of the cage. Kutztown dominated the game offensively, outshooting IUP 14-3 while also owning a 10-2 advantage in penalty corners. Amanda Zaner tallied her fourth shutout of the season with seven saves.

SERIES HISTORY

• While Millersville has won eight of the last nine meetings, 13 of the 23 meetings since 2002 have been decided by one goal. Since 2015, the teams have played two double overtime games (2015 and 2018) with Millersville winning both by 2-1 scores. Three of the last seven games played at Millersville have gone into overtime. Millersville has won six in a row at home against IUP, a streak that dates back to IUP's 3-2 overtime win at Millersville in 2010.
• The Last Meeting - Millersville 2, IUP 0 (Sept. 25, 2021): Millersville received a goal and an assist from Kate Strickland and opened the PSAC schedule with a 2-0 win. Both teams entered the game undefeated, and Millersville scored both of its goals in the second half. Kortlin Yetter's third-quarter goal was the not only the first of her career but stood as the game-winner.