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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Fresh off of one of the top scoring games in program history, the Slippery Rock university women's soccer team will look to extend its winning streak to four games with a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference victory when it hosts Gannon at James Egli Field on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Live Coverage: The Slippery Rock athletic communication office will provide live statistics at the above link. Live updates will also be available on Twitter throughout the game (
@Rock_Athletics).
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Records and Standings: Slippery Rock enters today's at 6-2-1 overall and fourth in the PSAC standings with 5-2-1 league record. The Golden Knights begin play this week at 5-5 overall and 5-4 in conference games.
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Last Time Out: Slippery Rock dominated Pitt-Johnstown in a 10-0 win that featured hat-tricks by
Nicole Krueger and
Tess Keeley (
Box Score).
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Gannon dropped a 2-1 decision at Shippensburg after allowing a pair of unanswered goals (
Box Score).
Scouting Slippery Rock: Slippery Rock's 10-goal outburst was the fifth double-digit goal game in program history and the first since SRU's 11-2 win against Saint Vincent College in 2003.
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Included in the win were the aforementioned hat-tricks by Krueger and Keeley, who also passed out three assists, as well as a pair of goals and three assists from
Andrea Felix.
Sam Thornton and
Hannah Kengerski rounded out the onslaught with one goal each. Kengerski's score was her first collegiate goal.
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Krueger and Keeley became the first Rock duo to record hat-tricks in the same game since Sarah Arsenault and Lauren Steele accomplished the feat in 2003 against Saint Vincent.
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On the year, Felix leads SRU in both points (13) and assists (five) as well as being tied with Krueger for the team-lead in goals at four. Keeley (three),
Ali Brosky (three) and
Leslie Henny (two) are The Rock's other multi-goal scorers.
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Goalkeeper
Annabelle Hegeman enters Wednesday's game having allowed just five goals on the year as well as compiling a 0.56 goals against average (GAA), 38 saves, an .884 save percentage and four shutouts. Hegeman's save percentage ranks 23
rd in the nation.
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As a team, The Rock ranks second in the PSAC in goals allowed (five) and third in goals scored (20). Slippery Rock is 17-4 in its last 21 matches at James Egli Field.
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Scouting Gannon: The Golden Knights have three multi-goal scorers in Sammy Valloud (four), Justine Rodrigues (four) and Mani Brueckner (three). Brueckner also ranks third in the PSAC in assists with six. Goalkeeper Shannon Differ has played all but one half for Gannon this year, allowing 12 goals for a 1.24 GAA to go with 41 saves (.774) and two shutouts. 10 of Gannon's 16 goals in 2014 have come in the first half.
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Head Coaches: Now in her 20
th season in charge of the Slippery Rock program, head coach
Noreen Herlihy owns an impressive 245-107-30 record. She needs just five victories to become the 11
th head coach in NCAA Division II women's soccer history to amass 250 career wins.
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Former Gannon soccer great Colin Petersen begins his 15th season with the Gannon soccer program and 13th as the head women's soccer coach in 2014. Petersen is the winningest coach in the 27-year history of the Gannon women's soccer program with a career record of 91-113-20.
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Series History: Slippery Rock and Gannon have evenly split 18 matches all-time. Gannon has won the last three contests.
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Last Meeting: Amanda Gallant's first-half goal was enough to give the Golden Knights a 1-0 upset victory over No. 15 Slippery Rock on Nov. 5, 2013 in the quarterfinals of the PSAC Tournament (
Box Score).
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Up Next: Slippery Rock continues PSAC play on the road Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. against Mercyhurst University.