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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University field hockey team will play a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference contest at third-ranked Millersville University 12 p.m. Saturday.
 
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION GAME SET FOR OCT. 22
The Slippery Rock field hockey team is running a donation drive for the Make-A-Wish-Foundation over the next week leading up to the program's annual "Make-A-Wish" game on Oct. 22 against Mercyhurst.
 
Slippery Rock field hockey has set a $500 fundraising goal to be reached by Oct. 22. 100 percent of all donations will go directly to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. All donations are tax-deductible.
 
Those wishing to contribute may do so now online by visiting the link at the top of the page or by navigating HERE. Additionally, those present for the Oct. 22 game against Mercyhurst can make a donation by cash or check in person. Rock field hockey will also be selling hair scrunchies on the day of the game for $5, with those proceeds also going towards the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
 
GAME 14 DETAILS
Opponent: Millersville University
Date: Saturday, Oct. 19 – 12 p.m.
Location: Chryst Field at Biemesderfer Stadium | Millersville, Pennsylvania
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: Millersville leads 36-9-2
Last Played: Sept. 29, 2019 (Millersville won 7-1 at SRU)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. MILLERSVILLE
The nationally ranked Marauders hold a 36-9-2 lead over The Rock all-time. Millersville has won 14 straight games over The Rock dating back to the 2005 season, including a 7-1 victory at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium earlier in the year.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Record: 3-10
• PSAC Record: 0-5
• PSAC Standings: Tied for 10th
• Home Record: 2-5
• Away Record: 1-4
• Neutral Site Record: 0-1
• Streak: L2
• Last Five Games: 1-4
• Head Coach: Julie Swiney | 10th season (66-114)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK NOTES
Last Time Out: Slippery Rock lost in a shootout at Mansfield, 1-0.
 
• Jordan Barnes has been named an alternate for the 2019 NFHCA Senior All-Star Game. So far this season, Barnes has started all 13 games and recorded one defensive save. For her career, Barnes has appeared in 64 of a possible 68 games while making 50 consecutive starts and tallying three defensive saves.
 
• Goalkeeper Hannah Nurse gave The Rock arguably the top performance of her young career in SRU's shootout loss against Mansfield. Nurse made 12 saves over 80 minutes and stopping four of the Mounties attempts during the shootout. The 12 saves marked her second-highest single-game total of her career.
 
• For the season, Nurse has started eight of her 10 games played, going 2-6 with four total shutouts (one solo / three combined), 66 saves, a .786 save percentage and a 2.89 goals against average. She is second in the PSAC in total saves.
 
• Jessie Trube comes into the weekend leading The Rock in points (14), goals (6), shots on goal (22), total shots (34) and game-winning goals (2) in addition to being in a four-way tie for the team lead in assists with two.
 
• Kayla Ulrich sits second on the team in points with 10 on four goals and two assists. Ulrich is one of just three players in program history to produce at least 10 points in each of their first three seasons.
 
• Courtney Page and Addy Ross both have six points on two goals and two assists this year. Page also ranks third on The Rock in shots on goal with 12. Emily Polakovsky is The Rock's other multi-goal scorer with two to go with one assist.
 
• Lauren Marks, Abby McKay, Mikaela Hettel and Brenna McGovern-Lind round out SRU's attack. Marks and McKay have each scored one goal with Marks also ranking second on the team in shots on goal at 14 while Hettel and McGovern-Lind have each dealt out one assist.
 
• Holly Stiller and Kalie Reed rank among the PSAC elite in defensive saves. Stiller is tied for second in the league, and sixth nationally, with three while Reed is tied for sixth across the PSAC with two. Lacy Bayley, McGovern-Lind, Barnes have accounted for defensive save apiece as well.
 
• Backup goalkeeper Maddie Murphy has started five of her 11 games played this season. She has been a part of three shutouts, recording 35 saves, a .729 save percentage and a 2.61 goals against average.
 
• Eight Rock players (Ulrich, Page, Polakovsky, McKay, Reed, Bayley, Stiller and Barnes) have started all 13 games this season. If that number holds through the end of the year it would mark the first time since 2012, and just the second time in the last 13 years overall, that eight position players (non-goalies) have started every game in a season.
 
• In SRU's first game of the season against Millersville, Page scored a goal on a Trube assist while Marks posted three shots on goal in the loss. Nurse made 15 saves while allowing five goals and Murphy stopped four shots while surrendering two goals.
 
RECORDS WATCH
• Ulrich 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 (2.16), fourth in saves (190) and fifth in save percentage (.736).
 
REMAINING SCHEDULE
Oct. 22 (4 p.m.) vs. Mercyhurst
Oct. 26 (12 p.m.) at Bloomsburg
Oct. 29 (4 p.m.) at Seton Hill
Nov. 1 (4 p.m.) vs. #5 Shippensburg
 
THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY
• Oct. 18, 2004 – Lisa Gehn scores a goal at the 1:00 mark of The Rock's win against Washington & Jefferson, marking the program's quickest goal to start a game in program history.
 
MILLERSVILLE PRIMER
• Record: 10-3
• NFHCA Top 10: Third
• PSAC Record: 2-3
• PSAC Standings: Seventh
• Home Record: 6-2
• Away Record: 4-1
• Neutral Site Record: 0-0
• Streak: L1
• Last Five Games: 2-3
• Head Coach: Shelly Behrens  l  12th season (159-80)
 
MILLERSVILLE NOTES
Last Time Out: Millersville lost to Kutztown in a shootout, 1-0.
 
• The Marauders currently rank third in the PSAC in goals allowed (7) and fourth in goals scored (38).
 
• Goalkeeper Autumn Peters is third in the league in goals against average (.587) and fourth in save percentage (.838).
 
• Millersville features a balanced attack in which five players have recorded at least four goals this season. Erica Tarsi leads the way with 21 points on eight goals and five assists.
 
• Emma Boutcher scored twice while Tarsi, Alexis Gazzio, Hannah Brown, Brooke Troutman and Kyra Brakerfield all added one score each in the Marauders' win at The Rock earlier in the year.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will host Mercyhurst 4 p.m. Oct. 22 for its "Make-A-Wish" Game at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.



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