Box Score

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Saturday afternoon's PSAC Eastern Division women's lacrosse clash between Shippensburg and East Stroudsburg featured all the makings of a must-win game for both teams, as the score was tied with 6:03 to play and no team held a lead greater than three goals until the final minute of play. Unfortunately for the Lady Raiders, it was the visiting Warriors that recorded a 12-9 victory on Senior Day.

Shippensburg (8-9, 5-5 PSAC East) concluded its regular season with a strong effort in the second half, committing just four turnovers in the final 30 minutes of play. Sophomore Meghan Kearney was rock-solid in goal and made several sensational stops, finishing the game with 15 saves. It is the third time this season that Kearney had 15 or more saves in one contest.

East Stroudsburg (11-7, 6-4 PSAC East) held a 5-4 advantage at halftime but neither team lead by more than one goal in the opening half. Junior Karen Schnurr scored SU's first two goals of the game, including one on a free-position attempt, while fellow junior Katie Brewer added two goals in the first half.

The two teams traded goals for the majority of the second half. ESU opened the second-half scoring with a goal by Michelle Mangiaruga before Shippensburg answered with a free-position goal by sophomore Jessica Schubach.

Freshman Sarah Chrencik answered another Mangiaruga goal with 16 minutes to play and Brewer countered another ESU tally with 13:19 to go. Just a minute later, senior Liz DiNunno fed a beautiful pass to freshman Roxanne Brown for a goal that tied the game at 8-8 with 12:07 to go.

Trailing 9-8 with just over six minutes to go, Brewer delivered her fourth goal of the game to tie the score once again at 9-9. However, the Warriors finished off a strong passing play with 4:27 to go and cemented their victory with two more goals late in the game.

As one might expect from such a close contest, the overall disparities in statistics were very slight. Shippensburg committed one less turnover than East Stroudsburg (18-17), recorded one less draw control (12-11) and had two more groundballs (16-14). Each goaltender made 15 saves in the game, but the Warriors totaled nine more shots.

The game marked the final collegiate contest for seven members of the Lady Raider senior class.

DiNunno made 67 career starts in 68 career games for the Lady Raiders, scoring 51 goals and recording 30 assists, the most by any Lady Raider over the last for years. In 17 starts this season, DiNunno recorded 11 points and won 16 draw controls. As a junior in 2009, DiNunno scored 18 goals and led Shippensburg with 10 assists en route to an All-PSAC Eastern Division Second Team selection. She has been an extremely valuable midfielder during her tenure, picking up 95 groundballs, winning 87 draw controls and causing 34 turnovers.

Gayle Kuntzmann was a two-time All-PSAC First Team selection who thrived as a midfielder and an attacking player. This season, Gayle scored 33 goals in 16 games, including three game-winners, while ranking among the top-five players in Division II for two statistical categories with 43 caused turnovers and 47 groundballs. As a sophomore in 2008, Kuntzmann led the nation in groundballs per game after picking up 80 through 16 games and also ranked third in the PSAC for caused turnovers. Overall, Gayle scored 82 goals, totaled 95 points, caused 124 turnovers and picked up 206 groundballs while recording 84 draw controls.

Lauren Marron was a defensive cog during her tenure with the Lady Raiders. As a freshman, Marron was the team's goaltender and made 17 starts, averaging nine saves per game and posting a 45.1 save percentage. She moved back to her natural position on defense and has thrived this season, starting all 17 of the team's games while causing 12 turnovers and picking up 29 groundballs. For her career, Marron has appeared in 55 games and made 36 starts while picking up 76 groundballs and causing 19 turnovers.

Brooke Miller was the team's starting goalkeeper in the 2008 season, posting a save percentage of 41.5 and made 147 saves while patrolling the cage. For her career, Miller appeared in 20 games and recorded 157 saves.

Sarah Petrucci was a leader of the defense through her four years of play and is the only Lady Raider to have started in all 69 of the team's games dating back to the 2007 season. Sarah was integral to the team's play and has picked up 87 groundballs in her career while causing 38 turnovers and winning 11 draw controls. She also scored four goals, two each as a freshman and a sophomore.

Sandy Sigel was among the most dangerous offensive threats for the team during her career. Sandy had four goals through seven games this season along with five groundballs. She scored 15 goals and had nine assists as a sophomore in 2008 after scoring eight goals with seven assists during her freshman season. Overall, Sigel scored 35 goals, recorded 16 assists and picked up 35 groundballs.

Lena Stoneburner had a great senior season, scoring six goals from her position along the back line while picking up 19 groundballs and winning seven draw controls. She made 31 starts over the past two seasons and appeared in 53 games throughout her career. Overall, Stoneburner picked up 41 groundballs, won 13 draw controls and caused 14 turnovers.