Live Stats  |  Slippery Rock Stats  |  ESU Stats

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's soccer team will host East Stroudsburg University 3:30 p.m. Saturday at James Egli Field on Youth Soccer Day for what will be the second of three consecutive home matches for The Rock.
 
MATCH 11 DETAILS
Opponent: East Stroudsburg University
Date: Oct. 8, 2016 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania – James Egli Field
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: East Stroudsburg leads 22-9-1
Last Played: Oct. 10, 2015 (SRU won 2-0 at ESU)
 
LAST MEETING
Second-half goals by Mike Pcholinsky and Peter Boylan as well as five saves by Kyle Hoffer lifted The Rock to a 2-0 win at East Stroudsburg nearly a year ago to the day on Oct. 10, 2015.
 
SERIES HISTORY
East Stroudsburg leads the all-time series 22-9-1, but The Rock has taken three straight games from the Warriors and six of the last eight games overall. Saturday's game will be the first between SRU and ESU at Slippery Rock since The Rock defeated the Warriors on Oct. 25, 2013.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Record: 2-6-2 
PSAC Record: 1-3-2
PSAC Standings: 10th place
Streak: Lost one
Last Five Matches: 1-3-1
Home Record: 1-4-0
Away Record: 1-2-2
Head Coach: Steve Small | First season at SRU (2-6-2)
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
• Last Time Out: Slippery Rock was narrowly edged by No. 17 Gannon University, 1-0, in a close contest Oct. 5 at James Egli Field.
 
• Slippery Rock still has time to turn its season around and qualify for the PSAC Tournament, which features the top six teams in the league standings at the end of the regular season. Slippery Rock enters the weekend ranked 10th in the league standings, but just five points behind sixth-place East Stroudsburg. Teams get three points for a win and one for a tie. With five PSAC games remaining in 2016, Slippery Rock still controls its own destiny.
 
• With just 12 goals allowed this season, Slippery Rock continues to boast one of the top defenses in the region. Only California (8), Charleston (10) and Urbana (10) have allowed fewer goals in the Atlantic Region. Most recently, SRU held Gannon, the top scoring team in the PSAC to just one goal.
 
• Goalkeepers Jonathan Sharp and Steven Rerick have split time this season. Sharp is 2-4-1 with a 1.21 goals against average and a .778 save percentage and Rerick is 0-2-1 with a 1.10 goals against average and a .833 save percentage.
 
• Jacob Thiel has scored a team-high two goals for The Rock in 2016. Nick Sodini, Justin Minda, Kenton Keeslar and Ethan Augustin have also scored goals for The Rock as well.
 
• Mike Pcholinsky leads SRU with two assists.Sodini, Minda, Anthony Werth and George Oakley all have one assist apiece.
 
• Andre Morgan earned the first start of his career against in The Rock's last game against Gannon.
 
• Slippery Rock will play four of its final six games of the regular season at home; SRU is 24-16-4 (.602) in home games over the last four years.
 
• Rerick stopped nine shots in Slippery Rock's 2-1 victory against the Warriors in 2014.
 
•  In three career games against East Stroudsburg, Pcholinsky has produced one goal, five shots and three shots on goal. Sullivan assisted on Boylan's goal last year and Josh Allman also has one shot on goal against ESU over his career.
 
NEXT FIVE GAMES
Oct. 11 (3 p.m.) vs. Le Moyne College
Oct. 15 (2:30 p.m.) at West Chester
Oct. 19 (1 p.m.) vs. Seton Hill
Oct. 22 (2:30 p.m.) vs. Lock Haven
Oct. 29 (2:30 p.m.) at Pitt-Johnstown
 
EAST STROUDSBURG PRIMER
Record: 5-4-1
PSAC Record: 3-2-1
PSAC Standings: Sixth place
Streak: Lost one
Last Five Matches: 4-1
Home Record: 2-1-1
Away Record: 3-3-0
Head Coach: Rob Berkowitz | Sixth season at ESU (22-53-10)
 
SCOUTING THE WARRIORS
• Last Time Out: East Stroudsburg had its four-game winning streak snapped in a 2-1 non-conference loss at Felician on Oct. 5.  
 
• With 21 goals, East Stroudsburg features the fifth-ranked offense in the PSAC. Defensively, ESU is in the middle of pack of the PSAC with 15 goals allowed; the seventh most in the league.

• Christian Bukowski leads ESU with 16 points off of team-highs of six goals and four assists. Brandon Levano has five goals and three assists with Andre McGinley and Irvin Zudic each chipping three goals as well.
 
• Goalkeeper Will Boerema has played every minute for ESU this year, posting a 1.69 goals against average, 31 saves and a .646 save percentage.
 
• The Warriors are three wins away from tallying their winningest season since 2010.

UP NEXT
Slippery Rock steps out of PSAC play for a final time this season to host Le Moyne College 3 p.m. Tuesday at James Egli Field.