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MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS/SCHEDULE VIDEO Table of Contents Administration .....................................................................................................3 Coaching Staff ......................................................................................................4 2009 Roster ..........................................................................................................8 Season Outlook ....................................................................................................9 Returning Marauders .........................................................................................11 Marauder Newcomers ........................................................................................16 2008 Season in Review ......................................................................................19 2008 PSAC Review..............................................................................................21 History ...............................................................................................................23 Academics ..........................................................................................................36 Tradition.............................................................................................................37 General Information Name of School ....................................................................Millersville University Founded .........................................................................................................1855 Location .........................................................................................Millersville, Pa. President ........................................................................... Dr. Francine G. McNairy Enrollment ....................................................8,306 (7,259 undergrad, 1,047 grad) Nickname ..............................................................................................Marauders School Colors ................................................................. Black and Gold (PMS 124) Stadium ...................................................... Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium Capacity ........................................................................................................6,500 Surface .....................................................................................................FieldTurf Affiliation ......................................................................................NCAA Division II Conference ......................................Pennsylvania State Athletic (Eastern Division) 2009 Schedule 8/28 at Mass-Lowell .............................................................................1 p.m. 8/29 at Bentley.....................................................................................1 p.m. 9/5 at Seton Hill .................................................................................1 p.m. 9/9 at East Stroudsburg * ...................................................................4 p.m. 9/12 C.W. POST * .................................................................................1 p.m. 9/13 MANSFIELD * ................................................................................1 p.m. 9/19 at Shippensburg * ......................................................................12 p.m. 9/22 KUTZTOWN * ................................................................................6 p.m. 9/26 at Bloomsburg * .........................................................................12 p.m. 9/30 at C.W. Post * ...............................................................................4 p.m. 10/3 SETON HILL ...................................................................................1 p.m. 10/4 at Mansfield * ..............................................................................1 p.m. 10/7 EAST STROUDSBURG * ..................................................................4 p.m. 10/10 at Slippery Rock ...........................................................................1 p.m. 10/13 SHIPPENSBURG * .........................................................................4 p.m. 10/17 at Limestone ................................................................................1 p.m. 10/18 at Mercyhurst ...............................................................................1 p.m. 10/20 at utztown * .................................................................................7 p.m. 10/23 BLOOMSBURG * ............................................................................3 p.m. 10/25 MERCYHURST ...............................................................................1 p.m. 2 2009 FIELD HOCKEY GUIDE MARAUDERS ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF Peg Kauffman Steve Roach Anthony Grant Hank Fijalkowski Ethan Hulsey Director OF athletics Associate Director Associate Director ATHLETIC TRAINER Director OF athletic communications Directory Millersville University Athletics University Contacts Jefferson Hall Department Location Phone PO Box 1002 Admissions Lyle Hall 871-5701 Millersville, PA 17551-0302 Registrar Lyle Hall 872-3035 Main Office Phone: 717-872-3198 Housing Harbold Hall 871-5837 Department Fax: 717-871-2200 Financial Aid Lyle Hall 872-3026 Position Name Phone E-Mail Vice President for Student Affairs Aminta Breaux 872-3594 Director of Athletics Peg Kauffman 872-3402 [email protected] Associate Director of Athletics Steve Roach 871-7210 [email protected] Associate Director of Athletics Anthony Grant 871-5157 [email protected] Director of Athletic Communications Ethan Hulsey 872-3100 [email protected] Graduate Assistant Matt Heffelfinger 872-3100 [email protected] Graduate Assistant Emily Simeral 872-3100 [email protected] Asst. to the Director of Athletics Carol Fridinger 872-3402 [email protected] Administrative Assistant Randi Gordner 872-7211 [email protected] Graduate Assistant Renee Fraker 872-3198 [email protected] Graduate Assistant Rashad Elby 872-3198 [email protected] Equipment Manager John Emswiler 872-3499 [email protected] Equipment Manager Donna Eshelman 872-3405 [email protected] Athletic Trainer Hank Fijalkowski 872-3870 [email protected] Athletic Trainer Katie Fox 872-3711 [email protected] Athletic Training Room 872-3963 2009 FIELD HOCKEY GUIDE 3 MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY HEAD COACH SHELLY BEHRENS VIDEO Shelly Behrens made an immediate impact during her first season with the Millersville field hockey program. The Elizabethtown native and Lower Dauphin graduate was named head coach on August 7, 2008, and led the team to its winningest season since 1999. Under Behrens’ guidance, the Marauders posted a 7-11 campaign, which was a three win improvement over the previous season. The Millersville roster boasted just one senior, but the young team flourished with Behrens as coach. She helped goalkeeper Sara Dickinson to the PSAC East Rookie of the Year award and Tori Bentsel to a spot on the womensfieldhockey.com All-Rookie Squad. Dickinson was the program’s first-ever rookie of the year, and while the program had just six players in the previous eight seasons named all-conference, three earned All-PSAC mention under Behrens, mark- ing the most since four were selected in 1998. Behrens came to Millersville following a successful one-year stint at Oneonta State where she quickly transformed the program with a 10-9 overall record and a second-place finish in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC). “I am well aware of the history at Millersville,” Behrens said. “There is such a great tradition of field hockey players in the Harrisburg and Lancaster area,” said Behrens. “I am excited because (Athletic Behren’s File Director) Peg (Kauffman) and I are on the same page and have a shared vision for the program. We are Alma Mater: Old Dominion ’88 going to go after the local talent, get them in our uniform and bring back the rich tradition of Millers- Years in Coaching: 12 ville field hockey.” 2nd season at MU [email protected] Behrens established herself as a winning head coach at the game’s top level by building Virginia Com- monwealth into a competitive program. She amassed 33 victories in five seasons and led the team Coaching Experience to back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2003 and 2004. The 2003 season marked the first time the Rams Oneonta State 2007 reached double-digit wins in a season in over a decade. The squad also recorded six straight wins, Head Coach which was the longest streak since the 1992 season that included an 11-game streak. The following Virginia Commonwealth 2002-06 season, the Rams went 10-9, which was the first winning season for VCU since 1992. They admirabely Head Coach defeated Old Dominion University in 2003, breaking their 58-game win streak. Richmond 1996-2001 Assistant Coach (1996) / Head Coach Behrens was selected as the Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year in 2003 and the program Temple 1995 also produced the first of two-straight conference rookie of the year award-winners. Also during her Assistant Coach tenure, Carlot Verloop set school records for points in a season (44) and goals in a season (20). Northeastern 1993-1994 Assistant Coach Prior to taking over at Virginia Commonwealth, Behrens spent four years as the head coach at the Uni- James Madison 1991-92 versity of Richmond, from 1997 to 2001.