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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's soccer team will look to rebound from a tough season-opening loss when it hosts Daemen College 1 p.m. Saturday at James Egli Field in what will be The Rock's final non-conference game until the postseason.
 
MATCH 2 DETAILS
Opponent: Daemen College
Date: Saturday, Sept. 5 – 1 p.m.
Location: James Egli Field  |  Slippery Rock, Pa.
Live Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/sru/wsoc
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: First meeting
Last Played: N/A
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Record: 0-1
PSAC Record: 0-0
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 0-1
League Standings: 12th
Streak: L1
Head Coach: Jessica Griggs | First season (0-1-0)

SCOUTING THE ROCK
• Today's match begins a season-long five-match home stand for Slippery Rock.
 
• To say Slippery Rock is dominant at James Egli Field would be an understatement. In the last five years Slippery Rock is an astounding 18-4-1 (.804) on the grass field. Slippery Rock has not lost a non-conference game at Egli Field in the last six seasons.
 
• Slippery Rock dropped a 2-1 decision on the road to defending Mountain East Conference champion Notre Dame College Sept. 3 in South Euclid, Ohio in The Rock's season opener.
 
• Senior midfielder Caitlin Binder led the way for Slippery Rock in the season opener with one goal and three shots. The goal was the sixth of her career.
 
• Fellow senior midfielder Dara Demich tallied a pair of shots on goal as well against Notre Dame.
 
• Junior defender Ariana Daukss rounded out The Rock's top performers with one shot on goal in the opener.
• Freshmen goalkeeper Charlotte Elrod played all 90 minutes and made one save in her collegiate debut.
 
• Also making their collegiate debuts in The Rock's opener were forward Brooke Testa, midfielder Mariah Varner and forward Skye Kramer. As a team, Slippery Rock held a 9-7 advantage over the Falcons and a 4-3 edge in shots on goal.
 
DAEMEN PRIMER
Record: 0-0
ECC Preseason Poll: Predicted to finish 10th
2014 Final Record: 6-14-1
2014 Postseason: USCAA Tournament Third Round
Last Five Games of 2014: 2-3
Streak: N/A
Head Coach: Dan Dolan | Seventh season (60-51-3)

• Seniors Meghan Lipinoga and Ashley Griffin return to lead Daemen, which was picked to finish 10th in the East Coast Conference this season by the league's coaches, in 2015. 
 
• Lipinoga has been a fixture in the defensive third since arriving at Daemen in the fall of 2012 after signing at NCAA Division I Canisius College where she red-shirted in 2011. At Daemen, Lipinoga has made 60 appearances, including 58 starts, scoring eight goals and totaling 20 points.
 
• Injuries limited Griffin to only 12 appearances last season, but she brings a veteran presence to the Daemen midfield with 46 appearances and 35 starts in her career to date.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock begins Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference play when it hosts Millersville University Sept. 11 for a 1 p.m. match.