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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University field hockey team continues Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference competition 1 p.m. Saturday on the road at No. 2 East Stroudsburg University.
 
GAME 12 DETAILS
Opponent: East Stroudsburg University
Date: Saturday, Oct. 13 – 1 p.m.
Location: Eiler-Martin Stadium | East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: ESU leads, 35-8-1
Last Played: Oct. 31, 2017 (Warriors defeated SRU 5-0 at ESU)
 
LAST MEETING
Slippery Rock's season came to an end in a 5-0 loss at East Stroudsburg in the first round of the PSAC Tournament on Oct. 31, 2017.
 
SERIES HISTORY
East Stroudsburg has won five straight games over The Rock to stretch its lead in the all-time series over SRU to 35-8-1.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 5-6
• PSAC Record: 0-3
• PSAC Standings: 10th
• Home Record: 2-3
• Away Record: 1-3
• Neutral Site Record: 2-0
• Streak: L4
• Last Five Games: 1-4
• Head Coach: Julie Swiney | Ninth season at SRU (62-97) | 13th overall (78-155)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK NOTES
• LAST TIME OUT: Slippery Rock forced overtime with a goal in the 58th minute, but Mansfield was able to hit the game-winner at 76:41 to lift the Mounties to a 2-1 victory on Oct. 9.
 
• The Rock's overtime contest against Mansfield was its first of the season and fourth in the last three seasons. SRU is 1-3 in those games.
 
• SRU has given up just six first-half goals this year. The record for goals allowed in the first half of games in a season is seven (2014).
  
• Sophomore Kayla Ulrich scored The Rock's lone goal against Mansfield to up her tally to a team-best five this season. She has also assisted on two other scores to increase her season point total to 12.
 
• Ulrich will enter the weekend with 16 career goals, the seventh most in program history. She is one goal away from moving into a tie for sixth all-time in Rock history with Jane Machuga (17 goals, 1976-78). Ulrich's 36 career points are the 10th most in school history as well.
 
• One of the top defenders in the PSAC, senior Liz Wolfe leads the PSAC, and ranks second in the nation, with three defensive saves. Wolfe has made 16 defensive saves over her career, the fourth most in program history and two behind Erin Moran (2008-11) for third place.
 
• Junior Madison Krajewski assisted on Ulrich's score. The assist was her first of the year and second of her career.
 
• The Rock's last win against East Stroudsburg came on Sept. 28, 2014 when Michelle Couch scored a goal as time expired to give SRU a 2-1 victory over ESU, which came into the game ranked first in the nation.
 
• Sophomore Abby McKay and freshman Jessie Trube have three goals apiece. McKay has already surpassed her goal total from her freshman year while Trube's three scores are tied for ninth most all-time among Rock rookies.
 
• Freshman Lauren Marks, sophomore Courtney Page and senior Hannah Downing all have two goals each in 2018.
 
• The Rock's well-balanced offense also features five players that have assisted on two goals each this season in Ulrich, Marks, Page, junior Kalie Reed and junior Brenna McGovern-Lind. 
 
• Wolfe, freshman Emily Polakovsky, freshman Alayna Wagner and senior Rachel Ivins round out SRU's attack with one goal each.
 
• Sophomore goalkeeper Maddie Murphy is 5-6 this season with a 1.54 goals against average and a .778 save percentage.
 
NEXT FIVE GAMES
Oct. 13 (1:00 p.m.) at No. 2 East Stroudsburg
Oct. 20 (12:00 p.m.) at No. 8 Kutztown
Oct. 24 (4 p.m.) vs. Seton Hill
Oct. 27 (1 p.m.) at No. 5 Shippensburg
Oct. 31 (4:00 p.m.) at Mercyhurst
 
EAST STROUDSBURG PRIMER
• NFHCA Top 10: Second
• Overall Record: 8-2
• PSAC Record: 3-0
• PSAC Standings: First
• Home Record: 3-1
• Away Record: 5-1
• Neutral Site Record: 0-0
• Streak: W4
• Last Five Games: 4-1
• Head Coach: Sandy Miller| 35th season (416-271-11)
 
WARRIOR NOTES
• East Stroudsburg has allowed a PSAC-low five goals this season. Goalkeeper Maddie Richie is 8-2 on the season with four solo shutouts, a PSAC-best .52 goals against average and a .815 save percentage.
 
• ESU's offense is a well-balanced unit. Bailey Quinn leads the Warriors with five goals while the quartet of Paige Harrold, Makenna Marhefka, Karly Conway and Celeste Veenstra have produced four goals apiece.
 
• Kelli Shapiro has setup the offense with a team-best four assists.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock stays on the road against No. 6 Kutztown University 12 p.m. Oct. 20.




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