EAST STROUDSBURG – For the first time in program history, the East Stroudsburg University field hockey captured back-to-back PSAC titles as the Warriors knocked off Shippensburg, 2-1, in a double overtime instant classic on Sunday afternoon at Whitenight Field.
PSAC Athlete of the Year
Jady van Gils scored the golden goal with 2:04 remaining off an initial shot from senior
Hanna Lewis that was redirected right to her stick by graduate student
Nicole Krozser.
van Gils was also honored as the PSAC Field Hockey Championship Most Valuable Player.
"This team has a never say die attitude," said 39th-year head coach
Sandy Miller. "They played together as a group, and they found a way to win, and good teams do that…I am very proud of our efforts. Today's atmosphere was awesome…the fans and the support we got was just outstanding."
It marked the fourth PSAC title in program history for ESU as the Warriors captured the conference championship in 2015, 2019 and 2022. Additionally, the PSAC Championship marks ESU's first conference title of the 2023-24 athletic year.
Dating back to the 2022 season, the Warriors (17-2) are now 6-1 in overtime games.
Notables
- Karaline Stelma picked the right time to find the back of the cage as the senior scored her first goal of the season at the 42:18 mark to knot it at 1-1
- Krozser (2) and Lewis (3) were each credited with their second and third assists of the season respectively
- Shippensburg's Tess Jedeloo put the Raiders ahead 1-0 at the 24:06 mark in the second quarter with her 19th goal of the season and goalkeeper Emma Albee finished with 11 saves
- Senior goalkeeper Amy Supey was brilliant for the Warriors as the Lehman native finished with seven saves
- ESU finished with the edge in shots (30-13), shots on goal (13-8) and penalty corners (25-13)
- The Warriors fended off a seven-minute penalty from the end of the fourth quarter through the first five minutes of overtime and steered away four penalty corner chances for Shippensburg
- Sandy Miller, who led ESU to its fourth PSAC title in the last eight years, moved closer to 500 career wins as the 39th-year head coach notched her 496th victory this afternoon
- Today's PSAC Championship game was the first contest to go into double overtime since 2007 when IUP defeated Bloomsburg
- ESU improved to 4-3 all-time in the PSAC title game while Shippensburg slipped to 2-12. The Warriors are now 15-17 all-time in the championship rounds of the PSAC Tournament.
How It Happened
24:06 | Shippensburg grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first half when Hannah White inserted the penalty corner pass to Jedeloo, who unleashed a rocket into the bottom left corner of the cage
42:18 |
77:56 |
Up Next
ESU turns their attention to the NCAA Selection Show, which is scheduled for Monday, November 6 at 3 p.m. on NCAA.com
