GREENSBURG, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team saw its season come to an end Tuesday evening with an 18-13 loss to Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference action from Dick's Sporting Goods Field.
 
Slippery Rock finishes the year with a 9-8 overall record and a 5-7 mark in PSAC games. It marks the fifth time in the last six years the team has finished with a .500 or better record and marks the second straight year with a 9-8 record. Seton Hill improves to 8-9 overall and 7-5 in PSAC action and with the win clinches a berth in the PSAC playoffs.
 
Tuesday night's game marked the end of the careers of two of the top offensive players in program history in Erin Wilcox and Kaytlin Callaghan. Wilcox finished with four goals to give her 52 goals on the season, making her the second player in program history to record two 50-goal seasons in one career. Callaghan finished with two goals and one assist to give her 21 assists on the season, making her the second player in program history to record two seasons with at least 20 assists.
 
Callaghan finishes her career as the second leading scorer in program history with 187 points, while Wilcox ranks sixth with 150 points. Wilcox is the fourth leading goal scorer in school history with 140 goals and Callaghan ranks fifth with 126. Callaghan also ranks second in school history in assists with 61, while Wilcox ranks second in school history in draw controls with 183.
 
Wilcox scored at least one goal in every game of her final season and scored at least a hat trick in 11-of-17 games. She scored multiple goals in all but one game on the year and her 52 goals are the fourth most recorded in a single-season in school history.
 
Tuesday's game also marked the end of the career of goalkeeper Jordan Wagner, who made nine saves in her final outing. She leaves SRU ranked second in career saves with 362. Wagner was relieved for the final 17:20 by Taylor Balbierz, who made three saves and allowed three goals to end the game.
 
The two teams traded goals early in the game until the score was 4-4 with 16:48 to play in the first half. From there, Seton Hill scored five unanswered goals and closed the half on a 7-2 run to lead 11-6 at the break.
 
The Griffins pushed the advantage out to 13-6 with 26:54 to play in the game before Slippery Rock began to mount a comeback. The Rock went on a 6-3 run over the next 15 minutes to cut the deficit to 16-12 with 11:24 to play, but Seton Hill closed out the victory with a pair of tallies in the final 10 minutes.
 
Seton Hill finished the game with advantages of 40-26 in shots, 22-11 in draw controls and 13-11 in ground balls. The Griffins were 14-of-16 on clear attempts, while Slippery Rock was 17-of-21 on the clear.
 
Wilcox led the attack for SRU with four goals and one assist, while Callaghan added two goals and one assist. Tia Torchia chipped in two goals and grabbed a team-high four draw controls and Anna-Marie Warrington capped the multiple point scorers with one goal and one assist.
 
Chynna Chan, Jessica Johnson, Jordan Chan and Kelly Muenster each tallied one goal to round out the point scorers for SRU.
 
Seton Hill was led by Emily Fagan with six goals and three assists. Renee Kania added three goals and two assists and Keagan Pontious chipped in three goals and one assist.
 
Tuesday night's game also marked the end of the careers for seniors Warrington, Johnson, Balbierz and Kristen McGrath.
 
Slippery Rock will return eight of the top 11 point scorers next year and will return a total of eight starters from the 2016 squad.