BLOOMSBURG – The #3 Bloomsburg University field hockey team will begin its quest for a fifth straight NCAA Division II National Championship on Tuesday when the Huskies host the Warriors of East Stroudsburg in an NCAA Quarterfinal playoff game.

The game is set for 2 p.m. at Sports Stadium at Bloomsburg University. Tickets are priced at $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, and $1 for students.

As a program, Bloomsburg owns 16 national championships and have won four national championships consecutively on two different occasions (2006-09, 1996-99), something no other NCAA program has ever accomplished.

Bloomsburg has defeated East Stroudsburg in two of the three games played between the two teams this season, outscoring the Warriors 5-4. Junior Amanda Riley (Tannersville, Pocono Mountain East) has scored three of the five goals for BU.

On Saturday, Nov. 20, in the PSAC Championship, the Huskies defeated the Warriors 2-1 in what was a thrilling game. Sophomore Jenna DiSabatino (Mountain Top, Crestwood) scored her ninth goal of the season off of a senior Ashley Miller (Shermans Dale, West Perry) assist at the 9:32 mark in the first half to give BU the 1-0 lead. Riley gave the Huskies a 2-0 advantage early in the second half when she scored her 19th goal of the season off of the feed from J. DiSabatino at 39:24 in the second half.

East Stroudsburg cut the lead in half at 2-1 when senior Caitlin Brownley scored off the corner feed for her eighth goal of the season at the 58:28 mark in the second half. Sophomore goalkeeper Meghan Hollenbach (Blandon, Fleetwood) for Bloomsburg stopped four shots in the final 9:54 of the second half to preserve the program's 17th conference crown and first under head coach Nikki Rhoads.

On the season, Riley leads the team offensively with 19 goals and 15 assists for 53 points. Seven of her goals have been game-winning. Sophomore Lauren McGinley (Wilkes-Barre, Coughlin) is second with 11 goals and two assists for 24 points. J. DiSabatino is the third player with double digits in goals, as she has 10 goals and three assists for 23 points. Overall the Huskies have a balanced scoring attack with 15 players having scored at least one goal with eight or more of those having five or more goals.

In the cage, Hollenbach has played well, posting a 1.07 goals against average for the season with four shutouts and 55 saves. Her record is 18-2.

East Stroudsburg, under head coach Sandy Miller, is led offensively by Jessica Frantz, who has 31 goals and six assists for 68 points. She leads the PSAC in both points per game and in goals per contest. Eleven of her goals have been game-winning for ESU. Kocis is second on the team with seven goals and a team-leading 13 assists for 27 points while Joanna Reckley has seven goals and seven assists for 21 points.

Goalkeeper Maureen Ordnung posts a 1.41 goals against average for the season with three shutouts and 114 saves. Her record is 17-5.

The winner of the Bloomsburg-East Stroudsburg match will take on PSAC-foe Shippensburg (20-1) in the National Semifinals on Thursday, Dec. 2 at the Division II Sports Festival in Louisville, KY.

In the other first-round match on Tuesday at 3 p.m., Stonehill (15-6) and American International (14-7) play to see who will face unbeaten UMass Lowell (22-0) in the other national semifinal game.

The NCAA Division II Championship game is set for Saturday, Dec. 4 at 1:30 p.m.