Box Score
GREENSBURG, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University field hockey team inched closer to clinching a berth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference tournament with a 2-1 victory over Seton Hill Saturday in Greensburg, Pa.
With the win, Slippery Rock improved to 5-11 overall and 4-4 in the PSAC-West and maintained a one-game advantage over Mercyhurst (7-9, 3-5 PSAC-West) for the third and final PSAC-West playoff spot.
Senior
Skylar Brosse and freshman
Lindsay Brown led The Rock with goals. Senior
Rebecca Coleman and junior
Gabrielle Malishchak assisted on the scores. Brosse and Brown are now tied with sophomore
Rebecca Williams for a team-high three goals on the year and Malishchak leads SRU with three assists. Brown's three goals have came over the last four games.
For the game, Slippery Rock held narrow leads over Seton Hill (3-12, 1-7 PSAC-West) in shots, 11-10, and penalty corners, 8-7. Malishchak, freshman #\
Allison Shade and Gina Smarelli all recorded two shots to pace the Green and White.
Freshman goalie
Courtney Lee evened her record to 5-5 on the season after stoping four shots while allowing one goal in 70 minutes.
The Rock started out quickly when Brosse took a pass from Malishchak and beat Seton Hill goalie Rebecca Portillo for a score just 1:48 into the game. The score remained 1-0 until Ashley Reid tied the game at 1-1 with a goal at 21:36. The team's headed into halftime with the game tied at 1-1. Slippery Rock once again came out of the gates quick with a Brown goal 44 seconds into the second half to give The Rock a 2-1 lead it was able to keep for the rest of the match.
Slippery Rock will look to win its third consecutive game when it plays another crucial PSAC-West game 7 p.m. Wednesday against Mansfield. The game, an away contest for SRU, will be played at Lock Haven due to poor field conditions at Mansfield.
