Boro Seeks Home Playoff Game Clincher at UPJ

GAMEDAY CENTRAL – Edinboro at Pitt-Johnstown

Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Site: Pitt-Johnstown Soccer Field, Johnstown, Pa.
Records: Edinboro 9-4-3, 9-2-3 PSAC West I Pitt-Johnstown 6-11-0, 5-10-0 PSAC West
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AROUND THE LEAGUE

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SERIES HISTORY

All-Time Series: Edinboro leads 7-0-0 4 straight SHO
Last Meeting: October 5, 2019: Edinboro 1, Pitt-Johnstown ot
How It Happened: The Edinboro women's soccer team needed overtime for the third straight match, but thanks to Marissa Shields' goal at 105:04, the Fighting Scots came away with a 1-0 win. The evenly-played match was scoreless through regulation and one ten-minute overtime session, although the Fighting Scots would hold a 16-7 advantage in shots through that period. Anna Voelker finished with 4 saves for Edinboro, while UPJ goalkeeper Maria Mosquera had 5 saves.

MATCH STORYLINES

Edinboro has clinched a berth in the 2019 PSAC Tournament, the first postseason berth since 2016. Now the Fighting scots look to secure second place and a first round home playoff game. They must earn a tie in one of their final two matches for that to happen.
Slippery Rock clinched first place in the PSAC West with a 3-2 win over Edinboro on Saturday. SRU has 39 points, with Edinboro second with 30. Mercyhurst (25 points), Indiana(Pa.) (24) and Gannon (20) are still in the hunt for the last two playoff spots in the Western Division. The Eastern Division playoff field is set with Bloomsburg, Millersville, East Stroudsburg and West Chester all clinching spots, although seeding has yet to be determined.
After going 9-0-3 during a 12-game stretch, the best in school history, Edinboro now looks to snap a two-game losing streak after a pair of heartbreaking defeats. Last Wednesday, Edinboro fell at Gannon, 1-0, on a goal in the 83^rd minute and after having an apparent goal disallowed early in the second half. On Saturday, the Fighting Scots jumped out to a 2-0 lead at Slippery Rock. The match turned on a red card in the 71^st minute. SRU would cut the lead in half on a penalty kick and Edinboro was forced to play a player down the rest of the match. SRU tied the match less than two minutes later, and scored the game-winner with exactly a minute remaining in the contest.
Despite the loss, an Edinboro team picked to finish sixth in the PSAC coaches' preseason poll comes in with a 9-4-3 overall and 9-2-3 in the PSAC West and is looking to clinch the second spot in the division. The Fighting Scots are looking for a 10^th win for the 13th time under head coach Gary Kagiavas.
Edinboro was ranked sixth in the initial NCAA Division II Atlantic Region rankings released last week, and is fifth in the United Soccer Coaches regional poll.
Ten different players have scored goals for Edinboro. Danielle Chatten leads the Fighting Scots with 6 goals and 5 assists for 17 points. The senior forward has moved into 11^th place in career goals with 23 goals, along with ranking 12^th in career points (61) and tied for sixth in career assists (15). Brittnie Spithaler, a sophomore forward, adds 5 goals and 5 assists for 15 points. Rebecca Manns has 4 goals and 4 assists, and is also tied for sixth in career assists with 15.
Sophomore Anna Voelker has been in goal for every minute and has a 1.05 GAA, good for sixth in the PSAC, with 6 shutouts, which is tied for fourth in the PSAC. She saw a streak of 371-plus minutes without allowing a goal come to an end at IUP. Voelker's 6 shutouts is tied for third in a season, and her 9 career shutouts is sixth.
Edinboro posted a 6-11-0 finish a year ago while fielding a young squad. Kagiavas has a 227-182-40 record, all as Edinboro's only head coach. The Fighting Scots have qualified for the PSAC Playoffs 12 times, with eight of those in the last ten years. Entering the season, Kagiavas ranked 24^th among active Division II coaches in victories. In addition, he ranks second in wins among PSAC women's soccer coaches, exceeded only by West Chester's Betsy Anne Kempf-Townsley with 332 wins. He has been selected the PSAC Coach of the Year three times (2001, '05, '07).
After suffering five straight losses, UPJ has run off back-to-back wins over Indiana(Pa.) (1-0) and Cal U (2-1 in OT) to improve to 6-11-0 overall and 5-10-0 in the PSAC West. The Mountain Cats now look to play spoiler against Edinboro in their final match of the season. UPJ features the scoring of junior forward Abby LaDuke, who has 10 goals and 2 assists for 22 points. She is fifth in the PSAC in goals per game.

UP NEXT

Edinboro wraps up the regular season on Saturday, November 9, hosting Seton Hill. The match gets underway at 1:00 p.m.
The Fighting Scots won the first meeting between the two on October 9, 2-0 in Greensburg, Pa.

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Players Mentioned

#10 Danielle Chatten: F; 5' 7"; Senior

#13 Rebecca Manns: F; 5' 10"; Redshirt Junior

#18 Marissa Shields: D; 5' 3"; Junior

#26 Brittnie Spithaler: F; 5' 8"; Sophomore

#1 Anna Voelker: GK; 5' 4"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#10 Danielle Chatten
: 5' 7"; Senior
: F

#13 Rebecca Manns
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Junior
: F

#18 Marissa Shields
: 5' 3"; Junior
: D

#26 Brittnie Spithaler
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: F

#1 Anna Voelker
: 5' 4"; Sophomore
: GK