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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's soccer team will play its second nationally ranked opponent in its last three games 12 p.m. Saturday when it travels to No. 5 West Chester University.
 
MATCH 14 DETAILS
Opponent: West Chester University
Date: Oct. 15, 2016 – 12 p.m.
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania – John A. Rockwell Field
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In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: West Chester leads 17-8-2
Last Played: Oct. 17, 2015 (West Chester won 1-0 at SRU)
 
LAST MEETING
West Chester, which was ranked 24th in the country, defeated Slippery Rock 1-0 Oct. 17, 2015 at Mihalik-Thompson Field. Sam Thornton had a game-high four shots to pace Slippery Rock.
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Rams are one of the few teams that Slippery Rock has struggled against over the last five years as West Chester has defeated The Rock in four of the last six matches to improved its record in the all-time series to 17-8-2. SRU's last win against West Chester came at home in 2013, its last last road win at West Chester was in the opening round of the 2012 PSAC Tournament.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Record: 8-4-1
PSAC Record: 8-2-1
PSAC Standings: Fourth place
Streak: Won one
Last Five Matches: 4-0-1
Home Record: 3-2-1
Away Record: 5-2-0
Head Coach: Jessica Griggs | Second season at SRU (21-10-2) | Third season overall (32-19-3)
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
• Last Time Out: Slippery Rock rallied back from a two-goal deficit thanks to two goals from Tess Keeley and one score from Dara Demich to earn a 3-2 win at Clarion on Oct. 11.
 
• The victory at Clarion extended The Rock's unbeaten streak to seven games. The last time SRU had an unbeaten streak of seven or more games was during the 2013 season when Slippery Rock rattled off eight straight wins followed by a tie.
 
• Slippery Rock is one victory away from securing its 21st consecutive winning season, the seventh longest streak in NCAA Division II history.
 
• A win against West Chester would be Slippery Rock's first victory over a ranked team since defeating California (Pa.), which was ranked 16th in the nation, 1-0 on Sept. 10, 2014. Demich scored the game-winner against the Vulcans.
 
• Demich has now converted goals in four consecutive games. She is the only player in the PSAC with an active four-game goal streak. After not scoring a goal in SRU's first 10 games, Demich is now tied with Maddy Tletski for the team-lead in goals with four each. Demich also picked up her second assist of the season against Clarion to give her a team-high 10 points. 
 
• Keeley's two goals against Clarion marked the third multi-goal game of her career. She now has eight points off of three goals and two assists this season.
 
• Andrea Felix was part of a double assist with Demich on Keeley's game-winning goal against Clarion. The assist was her team-leading third of the season. She has also scored two goals to give her seven points on the year.
 
• Brooke Testa (two goals), Thornton (one) and Tyler Spence (one) round out The Rock's goal scorers.
 
• Rock goalkeeper Kylie Downs improved her record to 7-2-1 on the season overall with the win against Clarion to go with three shutouts, 41 saves, a .837 save percentage and a 0.74 goals against average.
 
• Burkholder, Tletski and Thornton remain the only three Rock players to have started all 13 games this season. All three have impressive game started streaks intact with Burkholder leading the way at 51 followed by Tletski at 33 games and Thornton at 32 games.
 
• Demich has taken a Rock-high 14 shots on goal and is followed in the top five on the team by Felix (11), Tletski (nine), Testa (eight) and Julianna Esposito (six).
 
NEXT FIVE GAMES
Oct. 19 (3:30 p.m.) vs. Edinboro
Oct. 22 (12 p.m.) vs. Lock Haven
Oct. 25 (4 p.m.) vs. Seton Hill
Oct. 29 (4 p.m.) vs. No. 23 Kutztown
Nov. 1 (TBA) PSAC Tournament Quarterfinals
 
WEST CHESTER PRIMER
Record: 12-0
PSAC Record: 12-0
PSAC Standings: First place
Streak: Won 12
Last Five Matches: 5-0
Home Record: 6-0
Away Record: 6-0
Head Coach: Betty Ann Kempf Townsley | 10th season at WCU (152-33-21) | 31st overall (295-235-47)
 
SCOUTING THE RAMS
• Last Time Out: West Chester defeated No. 11 East Stroudsburg, 1-0, on Oct. 11 in a battle of two nationally ranked teams. Jenny Ball scored the game-winner for West Chester with just 45 seconds remaining in regulation.
 
• West Chester climbed six spots from 11th to fifth in the nation in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America top 25 poll.
 
• In addition to having the top offense in the PSAC with 35 goals, West Chester has only allowed four goals on the season as well, the second fewest in the league next to East Stroudsburg (three).
 
• Goalkeeper Alex Srolis has four shutouts, 25 saves, a .862 save percentage and a 0.35 goals against average. Scrolis ranks second in the league in both save percentage and goals against average.
 
• Scarlett Walsh has a team-high 16 points and seven goals. Behind Walsh, WCU's goal scoring has been extremely balanced with nine different players scoring between two and four goals. Ball and Kara Parvel are tied for second on the team with four goals apiece. Lexi Brown, who scored the game-winning goal against Slippery Rock last year, has a team-best five assists.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock kicks off its regular-season ending four-game homestand against Edinboro University 3:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at James Egli Field.