ABOUT FUN FRIDAY
With no sports being played this semester at Slippery Rock, we wanted to give teams a chance to have a little fun and show some competitive spirit, so we asked teams to sign up to participate in a number of challenges that will take place on Fridays throughout the fall. Points will be awarded in each of four challenges, eventually leading to a “Fun Friday” fall champion in late November.

CHALLENGE #2: “TRIVIA CHALLENGE”
Five teams signed up to compete in the Trivia Challenge as the second of our four challenges this semester. For the challenge, two members from the men's basketball, field hockey, men's soccer, women's volleyball and women's lacrosse teams tackled 16 trivia questions in four different categories in a game show style virtual format over Zoom. 

RULES
Each team was presented with eight categories in advance and was able to choose which four of those categories they preferred. Each team selected two participants to answer 16 questions with four questions worth 100, 200, 300 and 400 points in four different categories. Teams were awarded the corresponding number of points for each correct answer, but were deducted the corresponding number of points for incorrect answers. Teams also could choose to skip a question if they didn't want to risk losing points.

TRIVIA ENTRIES
- Men's Basketball: Eric Taylor and Will Bounds
- Women's Lacrosse: Cam Brady and Grace Phillips
- Field Hockey: Taylor Page and Maddy Posivak
- Men's Soccer: Topher Garcia and Patrick Phillips
- Volleyball: Stephanie Jacobsen and Tiara Teague

WATCH THE COMPETITION
Check out each of the five teams and how they performed in the Trivia Challenge in the videos below. 

MEN'S BASKETBALL

WOMEN'S LACROSSE

MEN'S SOCCER

VOLLEYBALL

FIELD HOCKEY

RESULTS
The women's lacrosse team, represented by Cam Brady and Grace Phillips, recorded a nearly flawless performance to win the competition with 3,600 points out of a possible 4,000 points. The volleyball team took second with Stephanie Jacobsen and Tiara Teague picking up 2,100 points. The men's basketball duo of Will Bounds and Eric Taylor finished with 2,000 points to place third, while the men's soccer team of Topher Garcia and Patrick Phillips and the field hockey team of Taylor Page and Maddy Posivak tied for fourth with 1,500 points. )

1st Place - 3,600 points - Women's Lacrosse (Cam Brady and Grace Phillips)
2nd Place - 2,100 points - Volleyball: (Stephanie Jacobsen and Tiara Teague)
3rd Place - 2,000 points - Men's Basketball: (Eric Taylor and Will Bounds)
4th Place - 1,500 points - Field Hockey: (Taylor Page and Maddy Posivak)
4th Place - 1,500 points - Men's Soccer: (Topher Garcia and Patrick Phillips)

SEMESTER SCORE TOTALS AFTER THE TRIVIA CHALLENGE
The field hockey team mantains its position atop the overall standings after two of four challenges with 5,500 total points, but the volleyball team has closed the gap and sits second with 5,100 points. Lacrosse vaulted into third with 4,600 total points, followed by men's soccer with 3,500 points and men's basketball with 3,000 points. Softball and women's soccer are tied for sixth with 1,000 points after sitting out the Trivia Challenge.

1. Field Hockey (5,500 points)
2. Volleyball (5,100 points)
3. Women's Lacrosse (4,600 points)
4. Men's Soccer (3,500 points)
5. Men's Basketball (3,000 points)
t6. Softball (1,000 points)
t6. Women's Soccer (1,000 points)

FUN FRIDAY BREAKDOWN
Challenge #1: “Chef Challenge”
- Teams were awarded 1,000 points for entering and 1,000 additional points for each round they advanced through a bracket, with 4,000 total points being awarded to the winner. Field hockey edged volleyball for the title. Read the full competition recap HERE. 
 
Challenge #2: “Trivia”
- Representatives from each team were presented with 16 trivia questions, each with a different point value between 100 and 400 points. Points were awarded for all correct responses and deducted for incorrect responses. Recap above. 
 
Challenge #3: “Heads Up”
- Representatives from each team will play a version of the cell phone game “Heads Up” for a total of two minutes. Each correct guess during that time will be awarded 250 points. Competition in Heads Up will begin Oct. 30.
 
Challenge #4: “Who Knows Their Coach Best”
- Three representatives from each team will attempt to guess how their head coaches answered 10 different questions. Teams will be awarded 400 points for each answer that matches the answers given by their head coach.

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