Box ScoreMILLERSVILLE - Freshman back
Amanda Vojta had a goal and an assist, helping No. 6-ranked East Stroudsburg University to a 3-2 victory at Millersville in PSAC women's soccer on Tuesday at Pucillo Field.
ESU (11-1, 10-1 PSAC), which remained at No. 6 in the NSCAA DII poll earlier in the day, earned its 11th straight win and shares the top spot in the PSAC standings with West Chester (11-1, 10-1), which won 1-0 at Shippensburg on Tuesday.
ESU fell behind for just the third time this season when Alexandrea Powell scored 2:00 into the game for Millersville (6-5, 6-5), but the Warriors answered right back as sophomore midfielder
Shea Neal finished a play started by junior forward
Sammi Jo Hughes to tie the game at 1-1 just 3:13 into the contest.
Vojta assisted on the game-tying goal on a corner kick headed in by sophomore forward
Brielyn Hackett in the 32nd minute as the Warriors led 2-1 at halftime.
Vojta scored her first career goal directly off a corner kick to make it 3-1 in the 55th minute.
Millersville pulled a goal back in the 71st minute, closing within 3-2 when Kaylie Cutlip scored on a corner kick assisted by Emily Purcell, but the Warriors held on.
ESU allowed two goals in a game for the first time this season. The Warriors had five shutouts in the first 11 games and allowed a single goal in their other six games.
Vojta, third in the PSAC in assists per game, had her eighth assist of the season to go with her first career goal.
Hackett and Neal both scored their fourth goals of the year. Neal had a hat trick for her first three goals of the season, all in the second half, of Saturday's 3-0 win over IUP.
Freshman goalkeeper
Jules Harris, third in the PSAC in goals against average (0.46) entering the week, made seven saves for the Warriors, which had a 19-12 advantage in shots and scored off two of their seven corner kicks.
The Warriors' 11-game winning streak is the second-longest in school history behind a 13-game winning streak in 1994. They have a 30-8 goal differential through 12 games.
The 10-game PSAC winning streak is by far the longest in school history, surpassing six-game streaks in 1997, 1998 and 2007.
ESU also won its seventh straight away game, extending its single-season record and tying the overall record of seven consecutive road wins spanning 1993 and 1994.
The Warriors are home on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. as they host Shippensburg (3-5-3, 3-5-3).
GAME NOTES* Hughes recorded her 30th career point (11 goals, 8 assists), the most among active Warriors.
* Hackett's 4 goals have all come in the last 8 games.
* Of Vojta's 8 assists this season, 7 have come off corner kicks.
* ESU improves to 10-1 against Millersville under 8th-year head coach
Rob Berkowitz.
* ESU improves to 52-0-4 under Berkowitz when leading at halftime.
* ESU improves to 54-0-1 under Berkowitz when leading by 2+ goals at any point during a game.
* ESU is ranked in the NSCAA DII top 10 for the 2nd straight week, 3rd week the last 2 years, and the 4th week in school history.
* ESU's No. 6 national ranking is tied for the highest in school history.