The No. 2-ranked Shippensburg University field hockey team will face No. 3-ranked Kutztown at 2:30 p.m. Friday in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship semifinal matchup at East Stroudsburg's Whitenight Field.
 
The winner will face either No. 1 East Stroudsburg or No. 4 Mansfield in the PSAC Championship game at 1 p.m. Sunday. ESU and Mansfield will play at noon Friday.
 
Friday's semifinal is pivotal from a regional perspective, as Shippensburg is currently ranked No. 1 in the Atlantic Region while Kutztown is No. 4 (ESU is No. 2, Mount Olive is No. 3). The Top 3 teams from the Atlantic Region will advance to the NCAA Tournament.
 
It will be the second time this season that Shippensburg and Kutztown will face each other. On Oct. 10 at Kutztown, in what was also a matchup of the No. 2 and No. 3 nationally-ranked teams, the Raiders achieved a 3-2 victory on the strength of a third-quarter goal by Tess Jedeloo.
 
SU and KU have alternated wins and losses in the last three meetings. Last season, the Golden Bears posted a resounding 4-1 victory at Robb Sports Complex. Overall, in the last seven meetings between the two teams, SU is 4-3. Three of those seven games went to overtime.
 
Shippensburg is 19-29 overall in the PSAC Championships. The Raiders are making their 30th appearance in the PSAC Semifinals on Friday, entering with an all-time PSAC Semifinals record of 13-16. SU has won two PSAC Championships (2005, 2021).