SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University field hockey team won a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference matchup against Mercyhurst University, 3-1 Tuesday at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.

The win puts Slippery Rock at 6-9 overall and 3-4 in PSAC play, while Mercyhurst drops to 2-12 for the season and 2-6 in league play. It is now the seventh straight season in which The Rock has registered six or more wins. Slippery Rock is now tied for seventh with Indiana (Pa.) in the PSAC standings.

With the win Slippery Rock is now just a game back of sixth place in the PSAC standings with only three games remaining; the top six teams in the league standings at the end of the regular season qualifies for the PSAC Tournament. SRU's next game against IUP on Sunday could prove to have major playoff implications.

Slippery Rock recorded goals from junior Kailee Krupski, freshman Savanna Robinson and senior Megan McKay. Krupski and McKay each added an assist also, while freshman Hannah Shirk passed out an assist as well.
 
Junior Kayla Mack recorded a defensive save on the day while junior goalkeeper Nicole Bream recorded 10 saves on 11 shots faced.
  
SRU struck first at 17:59 when Krupski deflected a shot from Shirk into the goal. It was Krupski's first goal of 2016 and Shirk's first assist on the year. The Rock took its 1-0 lead into the break.
 
Mercyhurst tied the game just seven minutes into the second period when Jessica Brandon dribbled into the SRU zone and fired a shot into the cage.
 
The Rock would answer back at 51:46 when McKay let a shot go that was deflected into the goal by Robinson to push The Rock's advantage to 2-1. It was Robinson's second goal of 2016 and the first game-winning goal of her career. It was also McKay's fourth assist of the year, which broke a tie with Allie Hartman (2007-10) for first all-time in career-assists (15).
 
With just under five minutes remaining in regulation, McKay would score a goal of her own when a pass off a penalty corner from Krupski found the back of the cage and extended The Rock lead, 3-1. It was McKay's 10th goal on the season and Krupski's sixth assist of 2016. It's the second straight season McKay has recorded 10 or more goals.
 
Mercyhurst had a chance to get back into the game at 68:07 when Kaitlyn Lechner fired a shot, but Bream made her 10th save of the game to keep The Rock's lead at two goals. Tuesday marked the fourth game this season in which Bream has recorded 10 or more saves.
 
Despite The Rock trailing Mercyhurst in penalty corners (7-6) and shots on goal (12-5), SRU still pulled out the victory.
 
Up next, Slippery Rock plays at Indiana (Pa.) 1 p.m. Sunday.