MILLERSVILLE – Despite leading 1-0 at the half, the fourth ranked East Stroudsburg University field hockey team saw their 2021 season come to an end as No. 1 Shippensburg scored a pair of second half goals to defeat the Warriors, 2-1, in the NCAA DII Semifinals on Friday night at Millersville's Biemesderfer Stadium.

The Warrior finish the season 16-5 overall while the Raiders remain undefeated at 19-0 and advance to Sunday's championship game versus West Chester.

Senior Celeste Veenstra scored with 42 seconds left in the first half to give the Warriors a 1-0 advantage, but the Raiders answered with two goals in the final 30 minutes off the stick of Tess Jedeloo to secure the victory.

Prior to today's game, senior Hannah Barbush was honored as the recipient of the Elite 90 award for the 2021 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championships.

"I'm really proud of our young ladies and the season that they had," head coach Sandy Miler said. "I thought we played one of our best games of the year pushing Shippensburg to the brink and fighting all the way to the end."

Notables

- Sophomore Amy Supey (16-5) was handed the loss despite making six saves

- Veenstra scored her 12th goal of the season and the 41st of her career which is the fifth most all-time in program history

- Senior Morgan Mesenbrink recorded her third assist of the year on Veenstra's goal

- Senior Hannah Barbush picked up her team-high fifth defensive save of the season

- The Raiders held the advantage in total shots, 16-6, and shots on goal, 9-4

- Shippensburg had nine penalty corners while ESU had three

- Shippensburg's Jenn Sluymer was issued a yellow card at the 52:36 mark in the game, but the Warriors were only able to get one record a penalty corner and shot during the five minute penalty

How it Happened

29:18 | After a goal by Jady van Gils was called off earlier in the quarter, the Warriors were awarded their second penalty corner of the game with time running down in the first half. Mesenbrink proceeded to insert a pass to Veenstra, who delivered a blast into the right corner of the goal to give ESU a 1-0 lead.

37:50 | Following a turnover by the Warriors in the midfield, the Raiders went on a fast break with Caitlyn Wink sending a pass onto the stick of Jedeloo, who fired a low strike past Super to even the game at 1-1.

58:01 | After getting back to full strength, Jedeloo found the back of the net for the second time of the game to put Shippensburg ahead 2-1. Sarah Womer sent a pass into the middle of the Warriors' arc where Jedeloo was able to shield off the defender before ripping a shot into goal.

Despite missing the 2020 season, ESU's senior class had a remarkable record of 51 wins and 13 losses Seniors Helen Bradley and Lea Hughes, who has been a part of the program since 2017 helped the Warriors to 68 wins in their careers.

The NFHCA All-America selections will be announced in the next few weeks.

2021 Division II Field Hockey All-Tournament Team Assumption: #3 Jenna Graf Assumption: #98 Kylie Gargiulo East Stroudsburg: #18 Celeste Veenstra East Stroudsburg: #25 Hannah Barbush West Chester: #6 Valerie Van Kuijck West Chester: #22 Caitie McNamara West Chester: #26 Autumn Gager Shippensburg: #11 Caitlin Wink Shippensburg: #24 Tess Jedeloo Shippensburg: #28 Jazmin Petrantonio (MOP) Shippensburg: #29 Jenna Sluymer