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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Following two straight road games, the Slippery Rock University field hockey team will return home to host Mercyhurst University for a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference game 4 p.m. Tuesday at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch Tuesday's match live and on-demand for free on the Rock Athletics Digital Network, created and operated by the SRU athletic communication office.
 
• Search for Rock Athletics Digital Network in the app stores on Amazon Fire TV, Apple RV, Roku and Android TV devices. The streaming web player linked above will also integrate with Chrome Cast devices to allow viewers to cast the game to those devices.
 
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 15 DETAILS
Opponent: Mercyhurst University
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 22 – 4 p.m.
Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium | Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Live Stats: Link
Live Video: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: Mercyhurst leads 20-7
Last Played: Oct. 31, 2018 (Lakers won 5-2 at home)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. MERCYHURST
Mercyhurst holds a 20-7 lead over The Rock in the all-time series, but Slippery Rock has won three of its last four games against the Lakers. SRU has lost to Mercyhurst at home just once over the last nine seasons.
 
LAST MEETING
Mercyhurst scored four second-half goals on the way to a 5-2 victory over The Rock on Oct. 31, 2018 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Kayla Ulrich and Jessie Trube accounted for The Rock's two goals.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Record: 3-11
• PSAC Record: 0-6
• PSAC Standings: Tied for 10th
• Home Record: 2-5
• Away Record: 1-5
• Neutral Site Record: 0-1
• Streak: L3
• Last Five Games: 1-4
• Head Coach: Julie Swiney | 10th season (66-115)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK NOTES
Last Time Out: Slippery Rock lost on the road at No. 3 Millersville University, 6-0, on Oct. 19.
 
• Trube, Ulrich, Emily Polakovsky and Abby McKay have all scored goals against Mercyhurst over previous seasons while Kalie Reed and Courtney Page have provided past assists against the Lakers.
 
• SRU has outscored Mercyhurst 7-3 in the last three games between the two schools at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium, all of which were Rock wins. Slippery Rock is 5-1 in its last six games against the Lakers at home.
 
• Holly Stiller is tied for second in the PSAC, and fourth nationally, with four defensive saves. Reed and Jordan Barnes are tied for second on the team with two defensive saves while Brenna McGovern-Lind and Lacy Bayley have made one each.
 
• With four games remaining in the season, Stiller needs one more defensive saves to move into to a tie for eighth place for the most defensive saves in a season at The Rock. Baylee Childress holds the program's single-season record with nine defensive saves in 2014.
 
• Trube and Ulrich have combined to score 10 of The Rock's 18 goals this season. Trube has produced 14 points on six goals and two assists while Ulrich has collected 10 points via four goals and two assists.
 
• Page, Polakovsky and Addy Ross have chipped in two goals apiece as well with McKay and Lauren Marks rounding out the attack at one goal each.

• Trube, Ulrich, Page and Ross are tied for the team-lead in assists with two each. Polakovsky, McGovern-Lind and Mikaela Hettel have also tallied one assist apiece in 2019.
 
• Goalkeeper Hannah Nurse has started the last nine games for The Rock. She is 2-7 with 73 saves, a .753 save percentage and a 3.38 goals against average. Nurse ranks third in the conference in both total saves and saves per game (6.64).
 
• Fellow goalkeeper Maddie Murphy has started five games as well, going 1-4 with 35 saves, a .729 save percentage and a 2.61 goals against average.
 
• The second and third quarters of games have proven troublesome for The Rock this year as SRU has surrendered 24 of its 38 goals allowed in 2019 during the middle portion of games.
 
• Eight Rock players (Ulrich, Page, Polakovsky, McKay, Reed, Bayley, Stiller and Barnes) have started all 14 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.
  
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. 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. 22, 2011 – SRU upsets No. 6 Indiana (Pa.) in overtime, 2-1.
 
• Oct. 22, 2014 – Baylee Childress breaks SRU's career defensive saves record.
 
MERCYHURST PRIMER
• Record: 3-10
• PSAC Record: 1-5
• PSAC Standings: Tied for eighth
• Home Record: 2-4
• Away Record: 1-6
• Neutral Site Record: 0-0
• Streak: L2
• Last Five Games: 1-4
• Head Coach: Stacey Gaudette l 18th season (115-170)
 
MERCYHURST NOTES
Last Time Out: The Lakers dropped a 7-0 home contest to No. 7 Shippensburg University on Oct. 19.
 
• The Lakers' offensive attack is centered around Alexis Skibitsky, who has scored five of Mercyhurst's nine goals this season.
 
• Katie Ballew, Hayley Skidmore, Claire Ahern and Jillian Blas have supplemented the Lakers' offense with one goal each as well.
 
• Goalkeeper Libby Jones has started all 13 games for Mercyhurst this season. She begins the week with 92 saves, a .652 save percentage and a 3.97 goals against average.
 
• Abby D'Amato has made three defensive saves for the Lakers as well.
 
• Ahern has three career assists against The Rock while Alexandria Shumsky has scored two goals versus SRU all-time.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will play its final two road games of the season 12 p.m. Saturday at Bloomsburg University and 4 p.m. Oct. 29 at Seton Hill University.



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