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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University field hockey team will close out the 2018 season 3 p.m. Friday with a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference game against No. 8 Millersville University at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
MAKE-A-WISH GAME
Throughout the last three weeks The Rock has been collecting money to be donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. SRU will be accepting donations Friday  with all proceeds going directly to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
 
GAME 18 DETAILS
• Opponent: Millersville University
• Date: Friday, Nov. 9th – 3 p.m.
• Location: Mihalik Thompson Stadium | Slippery Rock, Pa
• Video: LINK
• Live Stats: LINK
• In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
• All-Time Series: MU leads, 34-9-2
• Last Played: Oct. 28, 2017 (Millersville won 3-2 at home)
 
LAST MEETING vs. MILLERSVILLE
Slippery Rock fell to third-ranked Millersville in overtime, 3-2. Current sophomore Courtney Page recorded one of the two goals scored against the Marauders.
 
SERIES HISTORY
It has been 10 seasons since The Rock recorded a win over Millersville as the Marauders have increased their league in the all-time series to 34-9-2.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 6-11
• PSAC Record: 1-8
• PSAC Standings: 10th
• Home Record: 3-4
• Away Record: 1-7
• Neutral Site Record: 2-0
• Streak: L3
• Last Five Games: 1-4
• Head Coach: Julie Swiney | Ninth season at SRU (63-103) | 13th overall (79-161)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK NOTES
Last Time Out: Slippery Rock lost at home on Senior Day to Bloomsburg, 3-1. Page accounted for The Rock's lone goal.
 
• For a second consecutive season sophomore Kayla Ulrich will end the year as The Rock's leader in both goals and points. Coming into Friday's game Ulrich has already totaled 18 points on eight goals and two assists.
 
• Freshman Jessie Trube has a pair of goals over SRU's last four games to increase her season total to five. Trube is in elite company at The Rock as only four other players in program history have scored five or more goals in their rookie years; Ulrich (11), Jenn Kress (eight), Brittany Morgan (six) and Megan McKay (five).
 
• Page and sophomore Abby McKay are tied for third on the team in goals scored with three apiece, the goal totals are career-highs for both Page and McKay.
 
• Page's goal against Bloomsburg occurred just 1:14 into the contest and was the fourth fastest goal to start a game in program history. Known for her quick starts, Page is responsible for two of the four fastest goals ever scored to start a game in school history.
 
• Freshman Lauren Marks, freshman Emily Polakovsky and senior Hannah Downing have scored two goals each this year with the trio of senior Liz Wolfe, senior Rachel Ivins and freshman Alayna Wagner rounding out the top offensive performers with goal apiece.
 
• Wolfe, who will be playing in her final official collegiate game today along with Ivins, Hannah Simone, Sam Geroski and Tara Maloney, leads the PSAC with four defensive saves.
 
• Ulrich, Page, Downing, Wolfe, Simone, Geroski, junior Jordan Barnes and sophomore Maddie Murphy have started all 17 games this season.
 
• Murphy heads into the Millersville contest with a .742 save percentage and a 2.01 goals against average. Backup Hannah Nurse has seen limited time this season, appearing in five games with a .667 save percentage and a 1.83 goals against average.
 
• As a team, SRU is outscoring its opponents 14-10 in the first half of games this season, but is being outscored 23-14 in the second half of contests.

MILLERSVILLE PRIMER
• Overall Record: 12-5
• NFHCA Top 10: Eighth
• PSAC Record: 6-3
• PSAC Standings: Fifth
• Home Record: 6-3
• Away Record: 5-2
• Neutral Site Record: 1-0
• Streak: W5
• Last Five Games: 5-0
• Head Coach: Shelly Behrens | Eighth season at MU (135-71) | 13th overall
 
MARAUDERS NOTES
• Erica Tarsi leads the team in both goals (14) and points (34). She is second in assists (six) behind Sol Ortiz-Kreiner (eight).

• Tarsi has scored a goal in four of the past five games, Ortiz-Kreiner follows closely behind with goals scored in three of five.

• Four different goalies have played for Millersville this season. Autumn Peters has seen the most playing time as she has started 12 games, making 36 saves (.766) with a 1.02 goals against average.

• The Marauders rank fourth in the PSAC in goals allowed with 19 while their 49 goals scored are the fifth most in the conference.
 
 

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