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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Following a string of four straight road matches, the Slippery Rock University women's soccer team returns home to host Mercyhurst University 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
MATCH 7 DETAILS
Opponent: Mercyhurst University
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 20 – 7 p.m.
Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium | Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
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All-Time Series: Mercyhurst leads 14-8-1
Last Played: Sept. 23, 2015 (Slippery Rock won 4-0 at Mercyhurst)
 
LAST MEETING
Slippery Rock scored three goals in a 12-minute stretch on the way to a 4-0 shutout victory at Mercyhurst Sept. 23, 2015. Tess Keeley, Brooke Testa and Dara Demich all scored goals for The Rock with Keeley and Crysta Ganter also picking up assists. Charlotte Elrod made three saves in the shutout.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Mercyhurst is 14-8-1 against SRU all-time, but Slippery Rock has won five of the last six games in the series including a 4-0 victory a season ago.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Record: 2-4
PSAC Record: 2-2
PSAC Standings: Tied for 10th
Streak: Lost one
Last Five Matches: 2-3
Home Record: 0-2
Away Record: 2-2
Head Coach: Jessica Griggs | Second season at SRU (15-10-1) | Third season overall (26-19-2)
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
• Last Time Out: An Indiana (Pa.) goal by Kiersten Zerbe in the fifth minute proved to be The Rock's undoing as IUP held on to defeat Slippery Rock 1-0 on Sept. 17.
 
• The Mercyhurst game will be the first of three matches The Rock will play this season on the turf at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium. Slippery Rock went 1-1 in two games last year at the stadium and is 48-7-5 when playing at its alternate home venue since 2002.
 
• Slippery Rock has outscored Mercyhurst 19-0 in the last four games of the series. The last time Mercyhurst scored a goal against Slippery Rock came seven years ago in a 2-1 loss to SRU.
 
• Brooke Testa and Maddy Tletski enter Tuesday's game tied for team lead in goals scored with two apiece. Sam Thornton has scored The Rock's other goal this season on a game-winning strike against Millersville.
 
• Miranda Gallucci's two assists are a Rock-high. Demich and Andrea Felix each have one assist as well to round out Slippery Rock's point scorers through six matches.
 
• Testa also leads SRU in shots on goal with six; Julianna Esposito is close behind Testa for the team lead with four shots on target of her own.
 
• Goalkeeper Kylie Downs has started The Rock's last two games and is 1-2 on the season with nine saves, a .750 save percentage and a 0.84 goals against average. Downs is currently ranked fifth in the PSAC in goals against average.
 
• Elrod is also 1-2 in three starts this year.
 
• Few players has enjoyed the type of success against one team as Felix has against Mercyhurst over her career. Since her freshman year in 2013, Felix has four goals and three assists against the Lakers. Other top performers historically against Mercyhurst include Demich (three goals) and Keeley (one goal, two assists).
 
• Slippery Rock begins the week ranked 10th in the league in goals allowed (eight) and 12th in goals scored (five).
 
NEXT FIVE GAMES
Sept. 24 (1 p.m.) vs. Mansfield
Sept. 27 (1:30 p.m.) vs. Gannon
Oct. 1 (1 p.m.) vs. Bloomsburg
Oct. 5 (4 p.m.) at Pitt-Johnstown
Oct. 8 (1 p.m.) vs. East Stroudsburg
 
MERCYHURST PRIMER
Record: 3-2-1
PSAC Record: 3-2-1
PSAC Standings: Fourth
Streak: Lost one
Last Five Matches: 2-2-1
Home Record: 2-1-0
Away Record: 1-1-1
Head Coach: Keith Cammidge | 16th season at MU (155-99-23)  |  17th overall (168-121-23)
 
SCOUTING THE LAKERS
• Last Time Out: Danielle Cary scored a goal in the 24th minute to help No. 4 East Stroudsburg to a 1-0 win against Mercyhurst on Sept. 17.
 
• Rebekah Craig, Maya Fanazini and Jinan Abdalah Funes share the team-lead in goals scored for the Lakers with two each. Craig also has one assist for a Mercyhurst-best five points.
 
• Goalkeeper Kristen Koch has three shutouts, a .884 save percentage and a 0.69 goals against average over seven starts (650:00). She ranks second in the league in save percentage and third in goals against average.
 
• Mercyhurst is ranked third in the league in goals allowed (four) and sixth in goals scored (nine).
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock returns to James Egli Field to host Mansfield University 1 p.m. Saturday. Slippery Rock is a perfect 9-0 against Mansfield all-time.