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First Round (Tuesday)
#3 Shippensburg vs. #6 Bloomsburg
#4 Kutztown vs. #5 West Chester

Semifinals (Friday) at ESU
11 a.m. - #2 Millersville vs. #3 Ship/#6 Blm winner
1:30 p.m. - #1 ESU vs. #4 Kutz/#5 WC winner

Final (Sunday) at ESU - 1 p.m.

EAST STROUDSBURG - Senior forward Ally Roth, junior midfielder Desiraye Mack and junior forward Robin Stevenson scored two goals each as No. 2-ranked East Stroudsburg University secured the No. 1 seed in next week's PSAC Tournament with a 6-1 win vs. Slippery Rock on Saturday afternoon at Whitenight Field.

ESU (15-3, 9-1) will host the PSAC semifinals and final next weekend at Whitenight Field. The Warriors share the PSAC regular season title with Millersville at 9-1, and are the No. 1 seed by virtue of a 1-0 win vs. Millersville on October 13.

ESU and Millersville will both have first-round byes on Tuesday. Millersville will play in the first semifinal on Friday at 11 a.m., and ESU in the second semifinal at 1:30 p.m., against teams that advance from the first round. The PSAC championship game will be held Sunday at 1 p.m.

Mack scored ESU's first two goals and Roth and Stevenson also found the cage in the first half for the Warriors, who built a 4-1 halftime lead. Slippery Rock (6-12, 2-8) got on the board with a goal by Kailee Krupski midway through the opening half.

Roth and Stevenson both scored in the second half.

Mack, Roth, senior midfielder Rebecca Snyder and freshman midfielder Paige Harrold had assists for the Warriors.

ESU had advantages of 25-5 in shots and 18-3 in shots on goal. Junior goalkeeper Danielle Ard made two saves for ESU, and Carlee DuMars had 12 saves for Slippery Rock.

ESU secured a share of its second PSAC regular season title in program history, also tying for the top spot in the regular season standings in 2010.

The Warriors posted their fifth season with 15+ wins in program history and are two wins from the school record of 17, set in 1995 (17-4) and equaled in 2010 (17-6).

ESU will host a PSAC semifinal game for the first time in program history, previously appearing at road or neutral site venues. The Warriors posted a 2-1 home win vs. Mercyhurst in the first round last year.

Next weekend, the Warriors will be seeking their third appearance in a PSAC championship game and their first-ever PSAC title, previously finishing as runner-up in 2001 and 2010.

Roth, a two-time All-America first team selection, pushed her season goal total to 19 and her career total to 72, extending her school record.

Mack hit the 10-goal mark for the season, and Stevenson scored her fourth and fifth goals of the year.

ESU entered the week listed No. 2 in the NCAA DII Atlantic Region rankings which will set the region's three representatives in the NCAA Tournament.

The Warriors honored five seniors prior to the game in midfielder Lindsay Blum, midfielder Samantha Hosford, Roth, Snyder and back Amanda Wnorowski.