GAME PROGRAM INFO
Slippery Rock has moved away from printed game programs for all sports in 2022-23. This page will serve as the "Digital Game Program" for this week's game. To navigate to all gameday info for any SRU home events this year, simply visit rockathletics.com/gameday or scan the QR code on the "Gameday Info" posters hanging in each facility.
 

Slippery Rock vs. Clarion
The Rock (10-14, 5-6)	Golden Eagles (20-2, 10-1)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Laurie Lokash	Coach Jennifer Herron
Program Records	Program Records
Morrow Field House
PSAC Standings
PSAC Leaders
PSAC Schedule

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University volleyball team returns to Morrow Field House this weekend to host a pair of key Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division matches.
 
The Rock opens the home stretch 7 p.m. Friday against Pitt-Johnstown followed by a 2 p.m. Saturday contest against Clarion.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch both matches this weekend 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.
  
MATCH 25 DETAILS
Opponent: Clarion
Date: Saturday – 2 p.m.
Location: Morrow Field House
Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-match Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: SRU leads 57-52
Last Played: Sept. 23, 2022 (Clarion won 3-0)
 
ALL-TIME SERIES vs. CLARION
In possibly the oldest series in Slippery Rock volleyball history, SRU holds a 57-52 record against Clarion dating back to 1973. However, the Golden Eagles have won 17 straight matches in the series including a 25-15, 25-14, 25-16 win at Clarion on Sept. 23.
 
Current SRU Roster vs. Clarion
(Per match averages)
Erica Selfridge: 6.0 Kills, 8.7 Digs,
Abigail Koeller: 5.8 Kills, 7.3 Digs (4 Matches)
Abigail Nigon: 3.0 Blocks, 2.3 Kills (3 Matches)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Overall Record: 9-14
PSAC West Record: 4-6
PSAC West Standings: T-5th
Home Record: 3-1
Away Record: 3-9
Neutral Site Record: 3-4
Streak: W1
Last 5 Matches: 2-3
Head Coach: Laurie Lokash | 39th Year (657-624 / .513)
 
ROCK STAT LEADERS
ATTACK: Erica Selfridge (203 kills / .172), Abigail Koeller (174 kills / .173)
ASSISTS: Jaeden Yost (474 / 5.51 per set)
ACES: Selfridge (27), Kate Lachendro (27)
DIGS: Lachendro (463 / 5.45 per set)
BLOCKS: Abigail Nigon (80), Stephanie O'Donnell (38), Mary Berger (38)
 
SRU PSAC RANKINGS
Attack %: 10th (.166)
Opponent Attack %: 10th (.172)
Kills Per Set: 10th (10.98)
Blocks Per Set: 2nd (2.02)
Aces Per Set: 13th (1.71)
Digs Per Set: 2nd (17.99)
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock controlled Tuesday's non-conference match at Salem on the way to a 25-15, 25-8, 25-21 victory.
 
A LOOK AT THE PSAC WEST STANDINGS
With six PSAC West matches remaining in the regular season Slippery Rock finds itself right in the thick of the playoff hunt. The top four teams in both the PSAC West and PSAC East standings at the conclusion of the regular season qualify for the PSAC Tournament.
 
The Rock enters the weekend tied for fifth in the Western Division standings alongside Seton Hill and California with matching 4-6 league records, two matches in back of fourth-place IUP (6-4).
 
A pair of wins, or even a two-match split, this weekend would go a long way in keeping The Rock's postseason hopes realistically alive. SRU last qualified for the conference tournament in 2008.
 
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Slippery Rock has excelled when playing at the friendly confines of Morrow Field House this year as SRU has won three of its four home matches in 2022. The Rock's home victories have come against Indiana, Mercyhurst and Edinboro with the loss being to Gannon.
 
Five of Slippery Rock's final seven matches of the regular season are slated to be played at Morrow Field House. If SRU wins two more home matches this season it would mark The Rock's second year with a winning home record over the last four completed seasons – Slippery Rock also went 6-4 at Morrow Field House in 2018.
 
A LOOK AT BACK AT THE 1ST UPJ MATCH
The Rock's three-set win at Pitt-Johnstown launched stretch of solid play for SRU in which it has gone 5-4 over its last nine matches.
 
The win saw Slippery Rock serve nine aces and post a .257 attack percentage all the while limiting the Mountain Cats to just one ace and a .121 attack percentage.
 
Individually, Abigail Koeller led the way with 18 kills, one off her career-high, to go with two aces. Koeller's 18 kills were the most in a single-match by a Rock athlete this season. The trio of Maria Lucas, Jaeden Yost and Erica Selfridge matched Koeller with two-ace matches as well.
 
ROCK TRENDS
• SRU has a .197 attack percentage over the nine matches, up from its season average of .167.
 
• Since recording just one ace in its loss against Clarion on Sept. 23, Slippery Rock has served at least five aces in eight of its past nine matches.
 
• Despite playing just a fraction of her matches at home this season (4-of-23), nearly half of Kate Lachendro's aces have come at Morrow Field House (13-of-27).
 
• In addition to have at least one ace in 10 straight matches, Lucas is also coming off a season-best 11-dig performance in the Salem win.
 
• Selfridge has produced 11 or more kills in six of The Rock's last eight matches. She is also averaging 12.7 digs per match since Sept. 30.
 
• Perhaps no player has been as important to The Rock's success than Koeller. She has played in eight of SRU's nine wins this year and averages 11.6 kills, 11.4 digs, 1.0 digs and 1.3 blocks per match with a .264 attack percentage in those victories.
 
• Abigail Nigon had one block at Salem to send her streak of matches with at least one rejection to 12.
 
• Callie Chevalier has smashed through any type of "Rookie Wall" that often comes during the middle and later stages of a freshman season as she has averaged 9.4 kills and 2.8 blocks per match over her last eight appearances with a .214 attack percentage in the stretch.
 
• In what was an all-around team victory, several reserves played key roles in the win at Salem. Paige Weeder tallied a season-high four kills, Lauren VonderHaar matched her personal-best with three kills, Syd Montana served her second ace of the year and Stephanie O'Donnell posted her highest kill total since Sept. 10.
 
SELFRIDGE IN RARE COMPANY
With a minimum of seven matches left in her sophomore season, Selfridge already finds herself among some of the best athletes in program history. To date, she has recorded 470 career kills. There are just eight other athletes in program history that have recorded more kills over their freshman and sophomore seasons.
 
Kills in Fr./So. Seasons
1-Anastasia Urbanik (2005-06 / 930)
2-Nikki St. Antoine (1993-94 / 844)
3-Michele Ide (1999-00 / 790)
4-Danielle Snyder (1995-96 / 761)
5-Jen Blasko (2005-06 / 744)
6-Kaylee Smith (2008-09 / 713)
7-Laurie Flynn (1991-92 / 705)
8-Louise Schultz (2004-05 / 621)
9-Erica Selfridge (2021-22 / 470)
 
LUCAS' ACE STREAK UP TO 10
Following a one-ace match against Salem, Lucas has increased her streak of consecutive matches with at least one ace to 10. Dating back to the 2008 season there have been just one Slippery Rock athlete with a longer ace streak - Lauren Rojek went 11 straight matches with an ace in 2013.
 
Ace Streaks (Since 2008)
1-Lauren Rojek: 11 (2013)
t2-Maria Lucas: 10 (2022)
t2-Zoe Rivet: 10 (2016)
4-Stacey Domer: 9 (2009)
t5-Erica Selfridge: 8 (2021)
t5-Kaylee Smith: 8 (2009)
 
NIGON CLIMBING CAREER BLOCKS LEDGER
Nigon enters the weekend with 166 career blocks - just four away from surpassing Megan Smith (2004-05) for the No. 20 spot on SRU's career block leaderboard.  
 
In what has been an outstanding senior campaign, Nigon currently ranks second in the PSAC in total blocks (80) and third in blocks per set (1.05). At her current rate, Nigon is on pace to finish the year with 104 blocks which would give her 190 for her career. 190 blocks would serve as the 17th highest total in program history.
 
There have been eight athletes to have 100-block seasons at SRU: Smith, Michelle Hren, Kelly Gress, Erin Green, Anastasia Urbanik, Laurie Flynn, Hayley Wilson and Keira Peoples.
 
THE ROCK ATTACK
In addition to Selfridge and Koeller, Slippery Rock's attack also features three others with over 100 kills in Chevalier (104), Chelsie Wheeler (117) and Alayna Chizmar (104). Additionally, the  middle hitter combo of Nigon and Mary Berger have provided SRU with 81 and 84 kills, respectively. Berger's 84 kills are already a career-high.
 
Serving duties fall to the duo of Yost and Peytan Gullickson. Yost, a freshman, has distributed 474 assists over 23 starts while Gullickson adds 308 assists.
 
When SRU serves the talented quartet of Lachendro, Selfridge, Yost and Lucas are all threats to produce aces. Lachendro and Selfridge are tied for the team lead in aces with 27 followed by Yost (26) and Lucas (22).
 
DEFENSIVE MINDED
Guiding The Rock's defensive efforts have been Nigon with her aforementioned block prowess and Lachendro who leads the PSAC, and ranks seventh in all of Division II, with 463 digs (5.45 per set).
 
O'Donnell and Berger are tied for second on the team with 38 blocks apiece with Koeller and Chevalier close behind at 26 each.
 
Selfridge (281), Yost (226) and Koeller (209) all have over 200 digs this season as well for a Rock team that ranks 12th in the nation in digs per set.
 
SISTERLY RIVALRY
The Clarion will match will feature two sets of sisters on opposite sides of the net from one another as Erica Selfridge's sister, Abigail, and Maria Lucas' sister, Sophia, are both members of the Clarion volleyball roster.
 
All told, there will be four sister pairings on the court/sidelines Friday. In addition to the Lucas' and Selfridge's Slippery Rock also has twin sisters Mary and Jiley Berger on their roster in addition to sophomore outside hitter Paige Weeder and her sister Hunter, who is a student assistant for SRU.
 
NEXT FIVE MATCHES
Oct. 28 (7 p.m.) at Mercyhurst
Oct. 29 (2 p.m.) at Gannon
Nov. 1 (6 p.m.) vs. Salem (Make-A-Wish Game)
Nov. 4 (7 p.m.) vs. California
Nov. 5 (2 p.m.) vs. Seton Hill (Senior Day / Rock The Weekend)
 
PITT-JOHNSTOWN PRIMER
Overall Record: 8-16
PSAC West Record: 1-9
PSAC West Standings: 8th
Home Record: 3-5
Away Record: 0-8
Neutral Site Record: 5-3
Streak: W1
Last 5 Matches: 1-4
Head Coach: Justin Haupt | 3rd Year (42-46 / .477)
 
UPJ STAT LEADERS
ATTACK: Lualis Alvarado (227 kills / .165), Abi Leitner (134 kills / .201)
ASSISTS: Adiamar Beaz (463 / 6.09 per set)
ACES: Beaz (38), Gabi DeRenzo (18)
DIGS: DeRenzo (242 / 3.46 per set)
BLOCKS: Mallory Pinske (60), Leitner (42)
 
UPJ PSAC RANKINGS
Attack %: 14th (.139)
Opponent Attack %: 13th (.176)
Kills Per Set: 14th (10.15)
Blocks Per Set: 11th (1.57)
Aces Per Set: 17th (1.52)
Digs Per Set: 13th (14.52)
 
CLARION PRIMER
Overall Record: 20-1
AVCA Top-25: Receiving Votes
PSAC West Record: 10-0
PSAC West Standings: 1st
Home Record: 10-0
Away Record: 6-1
Neutral Site Record: 4-0
Streak: W10
Last 5 Matches: 5-0
Head Coach: Jennifer Herron | 16th Year (358-156 / .696)
 
GOLDEN EAGLE STAT LEADERS
ATTACK: Julia Piccolino (262 kills / .244), Cassidy Snider (193 kills / .310)
ASSISTS: London Fuller (793 / 11.33 per set)
ACES: Piccolino (37), Hailey Barden (28)
DIGS: Abigail Selfridge (295 / 4.21 per set)
BLOCKS: Lauren Aichinger (58), Alyson Peters (44), Fuller (44)
 
GOLDEN EAGLE PSAC RANKINGS
Attack %: 1st (.263)
Opponent Attack %: 1st (.123)
Kills Per Set: 1st (14.56)
Blocks Per Set: 4th (1.89)
Aces Per Set: 6th (2.09)
Digs Per Set: 11th (15.17)
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock makes its annual Erie, Pennsylvania road trip Oct. 28-29 with matches at Mercyhurst University and Gannon University.
 
 
 

 
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