ABOUT THE GAME

• Millersville is in the PSAC Semifinals for the ninth consecutive season and draws a familiar postseason foe in No. 1-seeded and undefeated Shippensburg. Shippensburg is 16-0 and owns a 2-0 win over Millersville at home this season, but historically, Millersville has fared well against the Raiders in the PSAC Tournament. The start time for Friday's semifinal game at Robb Sports Complex is 1 p.m., and the winner advances to the championship game, which will be played Sunday at 1 p.m., in Shippensburg. The other semifinal game features East Stroudsburg and West Chester. 
• While Shippensburg has won three of the last four NCAA Championships, its last and only PSAC title came in 2005 at home. The Raiders last reached the championship game in 2018. Millersville has won four PSAC titles all-time (1985, 1986, 2013, 2016), two of which have come under the leadership of Coach Shelly Behrens. Behrens has taken Millersville to the championship game five times since 2012, with the last appearance coming in 2016. Millersville was 5-9-1 in PSAC Tournament games before Behrens arrived in 2008. Since, Millersville is 12-7. Behrens' Marauders are also 5-0 in the PSAC Tournament against Shippensburg with three of those wins coming at Robb Sports Complex. It was Shippensburg that Millersville topped for the 2013 and 2016 PSAC titles. 

SCOUTING THE MARAUDERS

• Millersville topped IUP 3-0 at home in the PSAC Quarterfinals to advance. The Marauders received goals from Bri Harsh, Qhayiya Nogoduka, and Keaghan Keracher, all three of whom were playing in their first PSAC Tournament game. It as the first tournament game for 16 of the 27 players on the roster.
• Balance with the offense has been key all season as the Marauders have had nine players score at least four goals, and eight different players have scored game-winning goals. Harsh and Kate Strickland, with 14 and 10 goals respectively, are the first Millersville duo with double-digit goals in the same season since 2014 when the Marauders won the NCAA Championship.
• Millersville is now 12-0 when Harsh records a point in a game, and her 35 points are the third-most by a Marauder in a season (since 1984). She is trending toward becoming the fifth Marauder to lead the team in both goals and assists in a season.
• Harsh was one of six Marauders named All-PSAC on Wednesday. Harsh, Hannah Brown, Kerstin Koons and Meredith Fagan gave Millersville a PSAC-leading four first team selections. They also tied a the 2013 team for the most first team selections in program history. Brown is now a two-time first team selection, and Fagan joined Aliza Mizak and Rachel Dickinson as the only four-time All-PSAC honorees in Millersville history. Koons is the first Millersville goalkeeper since 2016 to be named All-PSAC, and she is the first freshman in program history to earn the honor as a goalkeeper.
• After a shutout in the quarterfinals, Koons is tied for the PSAC in lead in goals against average. She leads the PSAC and ranks fourth nationally in save percentage. 
• Millersville ranks third in the nation in scoring average (3.84) and second in goals against average (0.58). Millersville and Shippensburg are the only teams to rank in the top five in both categories. 
   

SCOUTING THE RAIDERS

• A spotless 16-0, Shippensburg has been the most dominant team in the nation at both ends of the field all season. The Raiders lead the nation in goals per game (5.56) and goals against average (0.56) for an average winning margin of 4.99, a remarkable 1.70 goals per game better than Millersville, which ranks second in that category. Shippensburg also leads the nation in shutouts and has scored at least two goals in each game. Two goals is the lowest total of the season, and that's happened just three times. They've outscored teams an incredible 89-9 on the season. 
• Shippensburg has a lethal one-two scoring punch in PSAC Athlete of the Year Jazmin Petrantonio and Jenna Sluymer. The two rank first and second in the nation in goals. Petrantonio leads the country in goals (34) and points per game (4.81) and Sluymer (23 goals, nine assists) ranks second in both categories. Petrantonio is the nation's active career leader in goals, assists and points. 
• Shippensburg enters the PSAC Tournament riding a streak of six consecutive shutouts. It has allowed just one goal since Sept. 29. 

THE LAST TIME OUT

• Millersville: Millersville 3, IUP 0 (Nov. 2, 2021) - Millersville (15-3) out-shot the visiting Crimson Hawks 19-2 with both of IUP's shots coming in the second quarter. After a scoreless first 15 minutes, Millersville scored in each of the next three quarters to pull away. Brynne Ehrlacher assisted on Millersville's first and third goals, and Hannah Brown picked up an assist as well. 
• SHIPPENSBURG: Shippensburg 5, Slippery Rock 0  (Oct. 30, 2021) -  Shippensburg got a hat trick from senior Jenna Sluymer, who scored all three of her goals off penalty corners. Senior Jazmin Petrantonio had a goal and an assist, and graduate Tori Albright added two assists. SU got a goal from freshman Valu Paul and an assist from graduate Anna Gruber.

SERIES HISTORY

• Shippensburg holds a 51-36-8 lead in the series which dates back to 1945. The series has been ultra-competitive since 2012 with Shippensburg holding a slight 12-9 lead. 10 of the last 12 games have been decided by one goal and the teams have played into overtime three times since the 2014 NCAA Quarterfinals. Millersville is 5-3 at Rob Sports Complex since 2014. 
• The Last Meeting - Shippensburg 2, Millersville 0 (Oct. 12 2021): No. 1 Shippensburg received a second-quarter goal from Jazmin Petrantonio, the nation's leading goal scorer, and added another in the final seconds to ward off a stiff challenge from No. 3 Millersville. Kerstin Koons made a career-high 11 saves. hippensburg controlled possession in the first half, and did not surrender a shot to the Marauders until the third quarter. Millersville did not earn a penalty corner in the game.