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EAST STROUDSBURG - West Virginia Wesleyan, the No. 5 seed in the Atlantic Regional, advanced to the regional final on penalty kicks (4-2) after a scoreless tie at No. 1 seed East Stroudsburg University in the second round of the NCAA DII Women's Soccer Tournament on Sunday at Eiler-Martin Stadium.
 
ESU (20-1-1), which entered with a school-record 20-game winning streak and the No. 2 national ranking in the NSCAA DII poll, ends a historic season that includes the third PSAC championship in program history.
 
WV Wesleyan (13-4-3), which advanced to the second round with a 1-0 win over Notre Dame (Ohio) on Friday, will face West Chester in the regional final this Friday. West Chester also advanced on penalty kicks, 4-2, after a 2-2 tie against California on Sunday.
 
WV Wesleyan goalkeeper Lauren Duncan had two saves and the Bobcats converted all four of their penalty kicks to advance in the NCAA Tournament.
 
ESU's 20-game winning streak was the second-longest in PSAC history behind only a 23-game winning streak by West Chester in 2006.
 
The Warriors will take a 21-game unbeaten streak in the 2015 season, and finished 2014 with a 56-11 goal differential.
 
ESU was in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in program history and posted its only win over WV Wesleyan, 4-0, in the first round in 2008. The Warriors also qualified in 2007 and have a 1-2-1 record in four NCAA Tournament games.
 
WV Wesleyan had an 8-7 advantage in shots in the contest, with neither side generating many scoring opportunities. ESU had a 4-2 edge in the first half before the Bobcats held a 4-0 advantage in the second half.

ESU's best chance came with four minutes left in the second OT when freshman back Amanda Vojta's free kick from 25 yards was just over the bar.
 
ESU freshman goalkeeper Jess Hetrick and WV Wesleyan's Lauren Duncan both had three saves in the first 110 minutes to record shutouts.

Hetrick had her fourth shutout in five starts this year, including 1-0 vs. Kutztown in the PSAC championship game last Saturday, after freshman goalkeeper Jules Harris (All-PSAC second team) was injured late in ESU's 3-2 win over California in the PSAC semifinals.
 
In penalty kicks, WV Wesleyan had all four penalty takers convert - Rachel Ritchey, Abbey Lindblad, Kelsey Sitka and Cris Eddy.
 
ESU posted its 13th shutout of the season and broke the school record for shutouts (10) set by the 1994 team that went 18-2 and outscored opponents, 101-13. ESU's 11 goals allowed in 2014 are also the fewest in program history.
 
The Warriors, under PSAC Coach of the Year Rob Berkowitz, also set a school record for winning percentage (.932) and had their second-best goal differential (+45, 56-11).


GAME NOTES
* ESU's 20 wins are the most in school history. The Warriors' previous record was 18 wins in 1994 (18-2).

* ESU won its first-ever PSAC regular season title with 45 points (15-1), edging West Chester (43).
* The Warriors were previously regular season runner-up (single-division) in 1994, 1997 and 1998, and were 2nd in the PSAC East in 2007.

* ESU set a school record with a 20-game winning streak (2nd-longest in PSAC history)
* The previous overall record was 15 games (last 2 games of 1993, first 13 of 1994), and the previous single-season record was 13 games (1994)

* ESU tied a school record with 11 consecutive home wins (also won 11 straight spanning 1994-95 seasons)
* ESU's 11 consecutive home wins are a single-season record.

* ESU set a school record with 9 consecutive away wins (won 7 straight spanning 1993-94 seasons)
* ESU's 9 consecutive away wins are a single-season record.

* ESU set a school record with 15 consecutive PSAC wins. The previous record was 6 straight in 1997, 1998 and 2007

* ESU set a school record with a 21-game unbeaten streak (20-0-1), which will continue into 2015.
* The previous record was 13 (13-0) in 1994.

* ESU tied a school record with 5 consecutive shutouts (also had 5 straight shutouts in 1993).
* ESU set a school record with 5 consecutive PSAC shutouts

* ESU set a scoreless minutes mark (since 2003), going 470:53 without allowing a goal from late in the 2nd half of a 2-1 win over Seton Hill (Oct. 22) to early in the 1st half of a 3-2 win over California (Nov. 7) in the PSAC semifinals.

* Fr. B Amanda Vojta set a school record with 16 assists (3rd-most in PSAC history).
* Jenn Russo held the previous record with 15 (set in 1995).
* Vojta also set ESU's freshman assists record. Her 20 points are t-4th by a freshman in ESU history.
* 12 of Vojta's 16 assists came on corner kicks. She also scored directly off 2 corner kicks to account for both of her goals.

* Fr. GK Jules Harris set a school record with 9 shutouts (overall), and 8 solo shutouts (since 2003).
* Harris had a 0.54 goals against average, 2nd-best in school history (record 0.49 by Krista Domborwski in 1994).

* Sr. B Lexie Peveraro made 76 career starts, tied for 3rd-most at ESU since 2003:
79 - Kailyn Buckley, 2007-10
78 - Janel Cleffi, 2005-08
76 - Lexie Peveraro, 2011-14
76 - Linda Martine, 2008-11
75 - Brittany Staub, 2004-07

* ESU's 56 goals rank t-3rd in school history.
* So. F Brielyn Hackett led the Warriors with 8 goals, followed by 3 players with 7 - Sr. F Courtney Keller, Jr. F Sammi Jo Hughes and So. M Shea Neal.
* So. B Laurel Neira added 6 goals.