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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University field hockey team will host third-ranked East Stroudsburg 12 p.m. Sunday for a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference game on Senior Day at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
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GAME 12 DETAILS
Opponent: East Stroudsburg University
Date: Sunday, Oct. 13 – 12 p.m.
Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium | Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Live Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: East Stroudsburg leads 37-8-1
Last Played: Sept. 14, 2019 (ESU won 3-0 at home)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. EAST STROUDSBURG
East Stroudsburg holds a 37-8-1 lead over The Rock in the all-time series that dates back to 1984. SRU's last win against ESU came during the 2014 season when The Rock upset a fifth-ranked Warriors team, 2-1.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Record: 3-8
• PSAC Record: 0-3
• PSAC Standings: Tied for Ninth
• Home Record: 2-4
• Away Record: 1-3
• Neutral Site Record: 0-1
• Streak: W1
• Last Five Games: 1-4
• Head Coach: Julie Swiney | 10th season (66-112)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK NOTES
Last Time Out: Slippery Rock snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-0 shutout victory at Frostburg State on Oct. 8.
 
• Prior to Sunday's game, The Rock's 2019 senior class of Jordan Barnes, Kalie Reed and Brenna McGovern-Lind will be honored for their contributions to the program over their careers.
 
• Barnes has played in 62 games and made 48 starts over her career at The Rock. Sunday's game will mark her 55th consecutive game played, a streak which dates back to the end of her freshman season. Barnes has recorded 3 defensive saves and 1 goal over her career.
 
• McGovern-Lind has played in 58 games and made 20 starts since coming to Slippery Rock. She has compiled 4 assists and 4 shots on goal throughout her career.
 
• A two-year starter, Reed has played in 41 games and made 27 starts over her career at The Rock.  She has produced 2 assists, 4 shots on goal and 2 defensive saves since joining the program.
 
• While East Stroudsburg has controlled the series historically, there is precedent for The Rock upsetting the nationally ranked Warriors. In 2014 ESU came to Mihalik-Thompson Stadium ranked fifth in the nation, but lost to SRU 2-1 thanks to a game-winning goal by Michelle Couch on an untimed corner at the end of regulation.
 
• Jessie Trube scored her team leading fifth goal of the season in The Rock's win against East Stroudsburg. She'll enter the ESU game leading The Rock in total points with 12 via her five goals and two assists.
 
• Kayla Ulrich is second on the team in both points (10) and goals scored (4) while being tied for the team lead in assists at two with Trube and Courtney Page.
 
• Page and Emily Polakovsky recorded The Rock's other two goals against Frostburg State. Their respective goals were the second of the season for both athletes. Addy Ross also had two goals for SRU this year. Lauren Marks and Abby McKay round out The Rock's attack with one goal apiece.
 
• Trube (17), Marks (13), Page (11) and Ulrich (10) have all tallied double-digit shot on goal totals this year.
 
• As a team, SRU has recorded seven defensive saves thanks to three by Holly Stiller, two by Reed and one apiece by Barnes and McGovern-Lind.
 
• Goalkeeper Hannah Nurse has started six straight games for The Rock. She is 2-4 with 45 saves, a .738 save percentage and a 3.43 goals against average. Nurse ranks fourth in the league in saves. Maddie Murphy has appeared in 10 games, five of which were starts. She is 1-4 with 29 saves, a .690 save percentage and a 2.86 goals against average.
 
RECORDS WATCH
• Ulrich already ranks second in program history for points in a career with 52 and third in career goals with 23. While she is still 29 points away from catching Megan McKay (2013-16) for The Rock's career points record, Ulrich only needs three goals to pass Marlene Hall (1985-88) for second place on SRU career goal ledger.
 
• Ulrich and Page are part of a six-way tie for 14th place in program history for assists in a career at six each.
 
• Murphy currently ranks third for Slippery Rock in career wins (12), fourth in career goals against average (2.19), fourth in saves (184) and sixth in save percentage (.730).
 
NEXT FIVE GAMES
Oct. 16 (4 p.m.) at Mansfield
Oct. 19 (12 p.m.) at #1 Millersville
Oct. 22 (4 p.m.) vs. Mercyhurst
Oct. 26 (12 p.m.) at Bloomsburg
Oct. 29 (4 p.m.) at Seton Hill
 
THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY
• Oct. 8, 2003 – Nicole Hess scored a goal 47 seconds into the second half vs. Kutztown, marking the fastest goal to start a second half in program history.
 
• Oct. 12, 2010 – Lisa Belcastro sets the SRU career saves record in a 2-0 upset against No. 8 IUP.
 
EAST STROUDSBURG PRIMER
• Record: 11-1
• NFHCA Top 10: Third
• PSAC Record: 4-0
• PSAC Standings: Tied for First
• Home Record: 4-1
• Away Record: 7-0
• Neutral Site Record: 0-0
• Streak: W4
• Last Five Games: 4-1
• Head Coach: Sandy Miller  l  36th season (424-274-11)
 
WARRIOR NOTES
Last Time Out: East Stroudsburg blanked No. 5 Kutztown University, 2-0, on Oct. 8.
 
• The Warriors rank second in the PSAC in both goals scored (39) and goals allowed (4).
 
• Celeste Veenstra leads NCAA Division II in goals scored with 15. Hannah Barbush has four goals as well while Karly Conway, Emily Spagnler, Jada Martin and Emily Mehnert round out ESU's top offensive forces with three goals each.
 
• Goalkeeper Maddie Richie has started all 12 games for ESU, she has 21 saves (.875) and a 0.26 goals against average.
 
• Veenstra scored two goals and Conway added another in The Warriors' 3-0 non-conference win against The Rock earlier in the year.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock begins a two-game road swing 4 p.m. Oct. 16 at Mansfield University.



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