Millersville Claims PSAC Playoff Spot With 11-7 Victory Over Shippensburg at Home
Apr. 27, 2006
MILLERSVILLE, Pa. -
Anna Marmer, Joanna Caminiti and Liz Richmond combined to score eight of Millersville's
11 goals as the Marauders earned a spot in next week's Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference (PSAC) Women's Lacrosse Championship with an 11-7 victory
over Shippensburg on Thursday.
Millersville (7-9, 6-5 PSAC) claimed the third berth into the conference championships
after Lock Haven and West Chester had already secured the top two seeds last
week.
Meanwhile, Shippensburg (6-7, 4-6 PSAC), who played the majority of the game
without its leading scorer in senior Kim Hudicka (Media, Pa./Penncrest) after
receiving her second yellow card, must battle Bloomsburg for the fourth and final
berth in next week's championship. The Huskies finished conference play on Thursday
with a 17-3 victory at East Stroudsburg, giving them a 6-6 record in the PSAC.
With victories at East Stroudsburg on Friday and at home on Senior Day versus
Indiana (Pa.) on Saturday, the Lady Raiders can also finish conference play with
a 6-6 record in the PSAC, thus tying them with Bloomsburg. However, because Shippensburg
beat the Huskies twice this season, the Lady Raiders would earn the fourth and
final playoff berth, their second in the last three seasons.
As for Thursday, senior Cristin Marron (Exton, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) and junior
Kristin Crutchfield (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) combined to score five of Shippensburg's
seven goals as Marron scored at least three goals for the eighth time in 13 games
this season. She now has 104 career goals, moving her into eighth on the school's
all-time list, five behind Kelly Ann Sims who scored 109 from 1996-99.
Hudicka, who entered the game with 35 goals and 46 points, both team highs, was
forced to leave the game with 9:56 remaining in the first half after picking
up her second yellow card. As a team, Shippensburg committed 35 fouls, including
17 in the first half as the team fell behind 6-3 at halftime.
Both teams alternated goals to start the game, leading to a 3-3 tie with 11:24
left in the first half after Marron scored her second goal off an assist from
freshman Beth Long (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga). However, the Marauders scored three-straight
goals in the final 9:27, one each from Richmond, Caminiti and Amy Longenecker
to take a three-goal lead at the half.
Caminiti netted her second goal of the game with 22:06 to play in the second
half to push the Marauder lead to four, 7-3 before back-to-back goals from Crutchfield
and sophomore Allie Rutland (Middletown, Md./Middletown) cut the lead to two.
Both teams would exchange goals over the next seven minutes as the Marauders
maintained its two goal lead, 8-6, following Marron's third goal with 11:50 left.
Millersville scored three of the game's last four goals in the final 8:59 to
secure it first PSAC championship appearance since 2001.
Long added one goal and two assists for Shippensburg while freshman Hannah
Sperber
(Millersville, Md./Severna Park) had one goal and one assist. In goal, senior
Michelle Mangle (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) made nine saves while
her counterpart, Patty Wesolek was only required to make five as the Marauders
had twice as many shots, 28-14, than the Lady Raiders.
Shippensburg travels to East Stroudsburg on Friday before returning home to face
Indiana (Pa.) on Saturday at Robb Sports Complex for Senior Day. The Lady Raiders
defeated the Warriors 12-4 back on April 2 before beating IUP 14-8 on April 10.
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