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Penalty Corner
2
Winner Indiana (Pa.) INDIANA (4-2, 1-0)
1
Millersville MILLERSV (4-2, 0-1)
Winner
Indiana (Pa.) INDIANA
(4-2, 1-0)
2
Final
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Millersville MILLERSV
(4-2, 0-1)
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Indiana (Pa.) INDIANA 0 0 0 1 1 2
Millersville MILLERSV 1 0 0 0 0 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Connor Glunt, Athletic Communication Graduate Assistant

Marauders drop OT nail biter to IUP

MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The Marauders lost a heartbreaker in overtime to Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), falling 2–1. Millersville is now 4–2 and 0–1 against conference opponents.
 
The game-winning goal came 8:21 into overtime, as Jess Davidson cashed in on the only shot for the Crimson Hawks in the extra period. The Marauders spent the early stages of overtime with an advantage as IUP had two yellow cards rollover from the fourth quarter and had seven shots and seven corners before IUP scored. Goalkeeper Anita Planella made eight saves total, with six of them coming in overtime. 
 
Millersville's lone goal came early in the game as Codi Bollinger had the ball outside the arc and along the sideline and sent a pass towards the net that Bri Harsh was able to corral and score on for her first goal of the season. Harsh had one of the better chances in overtime for the Marauders, getting the ball and having a one-on-one opportunity with the goalkeeper, but Planella got her left pad in front of the shot. Harsh and Qhayiya Nogoduka also had a sequence in overtime off a corner where they each had close shots on goal stuffed before another corner was called. 
 
The Crimson Hawks got their tying goal early in the fourth quarter off a corner. Kerstin Koons stopped two shots from IUP, but the rebound from the second save trickled to the left and Davidson was in the right place and buried it.
 
The Marauders play Shippensburg at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26 in Shippensburg, Pa.
 
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Shots were 14–9 in favor of Millersville, with nine being on goal for the Marauders and seven for the Crimson Hawks.
  • The Marauders trailed in corners for the first time this season, with the Crimson Hawks leading 11–10. Millersville didn't have a corner in the first half and only had three in regulation.
  • Harsh, Nogoduka, Kristin Strijdom and Codi Bollinger were the only Marauders to record shots on goal. Harsh and Strijdom had three, Nogoduka had two, and Bollinger had one.
 
GAME NOTES
  • IUP owns the lead in the head-to-head record against the Marauders, 14­–12 against Millersville. Each team is now 2–2 in overtime games.
  • The loss is the first home loss for the Marauders in 14 games after going undefeated at Biemesderfer Stadium in 2022 and winning their first three home games of the 2023 season.
 
POSTGAME REACTION FROM HEAD COACH SHELLY BEHRENS
Initial thoughts on the game: "We're definitely disappointed. I thought the second half was a lot more positive, us playing Millersville field hockey. The first two quarters, we were not as happy with it all. We played a good game in parts for sure, we just needed to be a little bit more consistent. We kept giving up I think too many chances and it came back to bite us. I thought we had a lot of great chances in the third and fourth quarter and especially in the extra period we had chances to finish the game and it just didn't go our way today."
 
On emotions throughout the game: "It had nothing to do with it being a PSAC game for me. I thought it was a bit physical, I think I would have loved to see us handle some things better. But my thing with the kids is, let's learn. What can we learn from today to help us be better? So that's where we are. Everybody wants to win, but we have to learn."
 
Takeaways from the game: "Credit to IUP, they stuck with it and then they found a way to finish. For us, now we just have to play and stick with our game plan, do the things we do well and find a way to finish. We have the 24-hour rule in effect for us and we're going to be better next time out.
 
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