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. Indiana (Pa.)
The Rock (1-1-2)	Crimson Hawks (0-0-2)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Jessica Giegucz	Coach Noreen Herlihy
Program Records	Program Records
James Egli Field
PSAC Standings
PSAC Leaders
PSAC Schedule

   
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's soccer team hosts Indiana University (Pa.) in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division contest 4 p.m. Wednesday at James Egli Field.
 
SUICIDE AWARENESS GAME
Prior to Wednesday's match, the Slippery Rock women's soccer team will be promoting resources that are available around the SRU campus for mental health issues in addition to bringing awareness to suicide prevention by providing flyers about those resources.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch Wednesday's game 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.
 
GAME 5 DETAILS
Opponent: Indiana (Pa.)
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 7 – 4 p.m.
Location: James Egli Field
Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: Rock leads 22-17-2
Last Played: Oct. 10, 2021 (SRU won 2-0)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs IUP
Slippery Rock claims a 22-17-2 lead in the all-time series over the Crimson Hawks dating back to 1993. SRU is solid when hosting IUP, holding a 13-6-1 record when playing at home. The Rock are currently on a three-game winning streak against Indiana (Pa.) with its most recent victories being 1-0 and 2-0 shutouts.
 
LAST MEETING
SRU defeated the Crimson Hawks, 2-0, on Oct. 23, 2021 in its senior day match at James Egli Field. The Rock's win featured Rachel Edge and Sydney Patrick netting one goal apiece while Megan Sikora and Jordyn Minda lent one assist each. Emma Yoder earned the shutout victory after making two saves over 90 minutes.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Overall Record: 1-1-2
PSAC West Record: 0-1-1
PSAC West Standings: Tied for fifth
Home Record: 0-0-2
Away Record: 1-1-0
Streak: T1
Head Coach: Jessica Giegucz | Eighth season at SRU (77-35-11)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock played PSAC West opponent Seton Hill University to a scoreless tie Sept. 3 at James Egli Field. Yoder made five saves over 90 minutes securing the shutout.
 
PRODUCTION IN THE PSAC WEST
SRU continues to hold a solid 66-22-9 conference record at home since Jessica Giegucz's inaugural season in 2015. The Rock has not produced a losing conference record since 1997 including only four total seasons not claiming a winning mark in the division by the end of the year.
 
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Slippery Rock has found sustained success in its first conference contest played at home. SRU is 19-4-5 and holds a +34 (65-31) goal margin over the competition in addition to claiming 10 shutout wins and holding the opposition to no more than one goal on 21 occasions.
 
Under Giegucz, SRU has produced a 32-11-3 record when playing at James Egli Field. In those 46 contests, Slippery Rock has outscored its opponents 114-39 while tallying 17 shutout victories.
 
Overall, The Rock remains unbeaten at home in 2022, as it has recorded two tie results. A win or tie against IUP would mark the 15th season that Slippery Rock has been undefeated through its first three home contests.
 
DOMINANT DEFENSE
As a team, Slippery Rock ranks fourth in the PSAC in goals allowed with two. The SRU backline has proved vital in that effort having allowed no goals in the second half of competition through four games.
 
Continuing to pace The Rock's defense is Yoder who has registered a 0.50 goals against average, .875 save percentage and 14 saves. In the conference, Yoder currently ranks first in goalie minutes played (360:00), tied for second in shutouts (2), fifth in GAA and fifth in saves.
 
More impressively, Yoder ranks third all-time for The Rock in goalie wins (33), goalie starts (49), shutouts (21) and saves (190).
 
GOING FOR HISTORY
A shutout against IUP would tie the 2022 Rock team with the second fewest goals allowed through its first five games in program history. The only SRU team to allow fewer than two goals in its first five games of a season was the 2002 team that surrendered just one score.
 
Slippery Rock also gave up two goals in five games in 2018, 2006 and 2004.
 
OFFENSIVE OUTPUT
Over four games, Slippery Rock's scoring production has been led by Ashley Rea and Jaime Dermotta who have tallied The Rock's two goals of the season with one each. Kylee Kosek remains SRU's only player to have dished out an assist heading into the fifth contest of the season.
 
SHOOTING FOR THE STARS
Slippery Rock has outshot its competition 35-29 overall, while claiming a 18-9 margin in shots taken over the second half.
 
Leading SRU in its shot attempts is Rea (10 total, 4 on goal), Swope (5 total, 4 on goal), Patrick (5 total, 2 on goal), Dermotta (4 total, 3 on goal), Kosek (4 total, 1 on goal) and Olivia Yoder (2 total, 1 on goal).
 
Rounding out Rock players to have taken a shot this year are Brooke Riefenstahl, Nina King, Julia Mascaro, Morgan Sarver ad Libby Zacharyasz all with one each.
 
GETTING GOING OFFENSIVELY
Slippery Rock will look to end its string of games without scoring a goal at three when it takes the field against IUP. Prior to this season, the last time SRU had gone at least four consecutive games without scoring a goal was in 2006.
 
PREVIOUSLY vs IUP
Swope – 5 games: 2 goals, 1 assist
Patrick – 3 games: 1 goal
Yoder – 5 games: 4-1-0, 14 saves, 3 goals allowed
Riefenstahl – 3 games: 1 goal
 
NEXT FIVE GAMES
Sept. 10 – 3 p.m. at Mercyhurst
Sept. 14 – 6 p.m. at California (Pa.)
Sept. 17 – 12 p.m. vs Pitt-Johnstown
Sept. 24 – 1 p.m. at Edinboro
Sept. 28 – 4 p.m. vs Clarion
 
INDIANA (PA) PRIMER
Overall Record: 0-0-2
PSAC West Record: 0-0-2
PSAC West Standings: Fourth
Home Record: 0-0-1
Away Record: 0-0-1
Streak: T2
Head Coach: Noreen Herlihy | First season at IUP (0-0-2), 28th overall (284-190-48)

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON HAWKS
Last time out: The Crimson Hawks opened the season with back-to-back PSAC West draws. The first being a 0-0 tie at California on Aug. 31, before battling Gannon University to a 2-2 result Sept. 3.
 
Early leaders for IUP over two matches include Aislinn Meaney and Nicole Clydesdale who have each tallied one goal and Sami Nemeth with the Crimson Hawks' lone assist of the year. Goalkeeper Samantha Gildner has a 1.00 GAA, .750 save percentage and seven saves over two games.
 
The Rock will see a familiar face on the sidelines in head coach Noreen Herlihy who coached SRU during the 1995-2014 seasons. She compiled a 250-113-30 record and has the best winning percentage by a head coach in Slippery Rock women's soccer program history (.674). Herlihy led SRU to three PSAC Tournament victories and nine NCAA Tournament appearances.
 
Herlihy left The Rock following the 2014 season to become the head coach at the University of Akron for seven years prior to taking over the IUP program this season.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock travels to Erie, Pennsylvania for a PSAC West match against Mercyhurst University 3 p.m. Saturday.








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