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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University field hockey team will host a pair of nationally ranked opponents this weekend as it continues its five-game homestand at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
SRU will first square off against No. 5 Kutztown University 5 p.m. Friday in what will serve as The Rock's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference opener before finishing the weekend 12 p.m. Sunday against No. 1 Millersville University.

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GAME 7 DETAILS
Opponent: Kutztown University
Date: Friday, Sept. 27 – 5 p.m.
Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium | Slippery Rock, Pa.
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: Kutztown leads 38-7
Last Played: Sept. 13, 2019 (KU won 3-0 at home)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. KUTZTOWN
Kutztown has won six of the last seven games in the series to improve its all-time record against The Rock to 38-7.
 
GAME 8 DETAILS
Opponent: Millersville University
Date: Sunday, Sept. 29 – 12 p.m.
Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium | Slippery Rock, Pa.
Live Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: Millersville leads 35-9-2
Last Played: Nov. 9, 2018 (Millersville won 3-0 at SRU)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. MILLERSVILLE
Millersville holds a 35-9-2 lead over The Rock in the all-time series which dates back to 1979. The Rock's last win against Millersville came during the 2007 season. Six of The Rock's nine wins against Millersville have come at home.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Record: 2-4
• PSAC Record: 0-0
• Home Record: 2-1
• Away Record: 0-2
• Neutral Site Record: 0-1
• Streak: W1
• Last Five Games: 2-3
• Head Coach: Julie Swiney | 10th season (65-108)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK NOTES
Last Time Out: Slippery Rock snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating Coker University, 3-0, on Sept. 22.
 
• Four of The Rock's next six opponents are currently ranked in the NFHCA Top 10 Poll.
 
• Slippery Rock has done the majority of its scoring this season in the first half as eight of its 13 goals have come in the opening two quarters of competition. SRU also holds a +13 (49-36) margin over its opponents in penalty corners. 
 
• SRU enters the weekend ranked fourth in the PSAC in saves (33), seventh in penalty corners, seventh in goals per game (2.167), eighth in goals allowed per game (1.67), seventh in shots on goal (51) and eighth in total shots (77).
 
• Kayla Ulrich ranks seventh in the PSAC in total points with 10 on four goals and two assists. Ulrich, who has recorded at least one point in all but two of The Rock's games this year, had an assist against Coker.
 
• Both of The Rock's wins this season have come via shutouts. The record for shutouts in a season at SRU is nine (1987). In a decade under head coach Julie Swiney, the most shutouts Slippery Rock has recorded in a single-season was five in 2017.
 
• Jessie Trube is tied for the team lead in goals with Ulrich while also ranking second in points with nine via her four goals and one assist.
 
• Addy Ross continued her strong start to her collegiate career with a goal against Coker. The goal was her second of the year.
 
• Emily Polakovsky, Lauren Marks and Abby McKay have all scored one goal apiece with Polakovsky also adding one assist. Polakovsky and McKay both secured their first goals of the season against Coker.
 
• Courtney Page is tied with Ulrich for the team lead in assists so far in 2019 with two.
 
• All three of The Rock's goalkeepers have seen the field this season. Maddie Murphy has logged the majority of the playing time having started five of six games played (270:00) and recording 20 saves, a .667 save percentage and a 2.59 goals against average.
 
• Hannah Nurse made her first collegiate start in The Rock's win against Coker. She had four saves and played three quarters before giving way to Murphy in the shutout victory. For the season, Nurse is 1-0-0 over three games played (75:00) with six saves and a perfect 0.00 goals against average. She made two saves and did not allow a goal in one quarter of action against Kutztown earlier in the season.
 
• Ulrich, Polakovsky, McKay, Page, Kalie Reed, Lacy Bayley, Holly Stiller and Jordan Barnes have all been in the starting lineup for all six games this season.
 
• Stiller, Reed and Brenna McGovern-Lind are tied for the team lead with one defensive save apiece in 2019.
 
RECORDS WATCH
• Just six games into her junior season, 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, who is also only a junior, currently ranks second for Slippery Rock in career goals against average (2.14), third in wins (12), fifth in saves (175) and sixth in save percentage (.729).
 
NEXT FIVE GAMES
Oct. 2 (7 p.m.) vs. Indiana (Pa.)
Oct. 5 (1 p.m.) at #2 West Chester
Oct. 8 (6 p.m.) at Frostburg State
Oct. 13 (12 p.m.) vs. #3 East Stroudsburg
Oct. 16 (4 p.m.) at Mansfield
 
THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY
• Sept. 22, 2009 – Becky Coleman records hat trick vs. Mansfield.
 
• Sept. 23, 2017 – SRU upsets No. 3 West Chester, 4-3.
 
• Sept. 25, 2018 – Liz Wolfe scores a goal on an untimed corner at the end of regulation to give SRU a 1-0 win vs. Mercyhurst.
 
• Sept. 26, 2010 – SRU upsets No. 11 LIU Post, 4-1.
 
• Sept. 28, 2014 – SRU upsets No. 5 East Stroudsburg, 2-1.
 
• Sept. 29, 2015 – Megan McKay records hat trick vs. Mansfield while Carlee Dumars becomes SRU's all-time winningest goalie in the win.
 
KUTZTOWN PRIMER
• Record: 5-2
• PSAC Record: 0-0
• NFHCA Top 10: Fifth
• Home Record: 2-0
• Away Record: 1-2
• Neutral Site Record: 1-0
• Streak: W1
• Last Five Games: 4-1
• Head Coach: Marci Scheuing  l  Seventh season (67-48)
 
GOLDEN BEAR NOTES
Last Time Out: Kutztown earned a 2-1 double overtime victory at No. 3 East Stroudsburg University on Sept. 25.
 
• Kyra Wozniak and Mackenzie Fuhrman led Kutztown to its 3-0 win over The Rock earlier in the year with one goal and one assist each. Izzy Radel accounted for the Golden Bears' other goal in the win. Wozniak has enjoyed great success against The Rock over her career with four goals and one assist in six games.
 
• Goalkeeper Katie Dotterweich did not face a shot on goal in KU's shutout victory against SRU.
 
• The Golden Bears feature the second-ranked scoring offense in the PSAC with 24 goals this season.
 
• Kutztown is paced on offense by the trio of Wozniak, Fuhrman and Alyssa Donato. Wozniak has 17 points on seven goals and three assists. Donato enters Friday's game with four goals while Fuhrman has registered three goals and four assists.
 
• Dotterweich has started all seven games, recording a 1.06 Goals Against Average and 15 saves (.682).
 
MILLERSVILLE PRIMER
• Record: 6-0
• PSAC Record: 0-0
• NFHCA Top 10: First
• Home Record: 5-0
• Away Record: 1-0
• Neutral Site Record: 1-0
• Streak: W6
• Last Five Games: 5-0
• Head Coach: Shelly Behrens  l  11th season (155-76)
 
MARAUDER NOTES
Last Time Out: Millersville downed Mercyhurst at home, 5-0, on Sept. 22.
 
• Prior to its game against Slippery Rock, Millersville will play at Mercyhurst 6 p.m. Friday in its PSAC opener.
 
• Millersville has allowed just two goals and 16 shots on goal over its first six games.
 
• When opponents do get shots on target against Millersville goalkeeper Autumn Peters usually comes up with the save. Entering Millersville's rematchagainst Mercyhurst, Peters has logged 339:23 of playing time, recording 13 saves, a .867 save percentage and a 0.35 Goals Against Average.
 
• 12 different Millersville players have scored at least one goal this season. Erica Tarsi has totaled a team-best 12 points on five goals and two assists to lead the offense.
 
• Asia Weaver is the only other Marauder with multiple goals this season at three.
 
UP NEXT
SRU closes out its five-game homestand when it hosts No. 10 Indiana (Pa.) 7 p.m. Wednesday.



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