SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team will close out a two-game Florida swing Tuesday night with a 7 p.m. non-conference game at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida.
 
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GAME 5 DETAILS
• Opponent: Palm Beach Atlantic University
• Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023  |  7 p.m.
• Location: PBA Soccer/Lacrosse Field  |  West Palm Beach, Florida
• All-Time Series: First Meeting
• Current Streak: None
• Last Meeting: None
 
RECORDS
Slippery Rock enters the game with a 3-1 overall record and is coming off its first loss of the season, 15-8 on the road at No. 14 Lynn University Sunday afternoon. The Rock led that game at halftime before the nationally ranked Knights pulled away in the second half. Palm Beach Atlantic will play Monday night against Quincy before hosting Slippery Rock Tuesday. The Sailfish enter that game with a 2-1 overall record and are coming off an 8-5 win over Ashland last Friday.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
This will mark the first meeting between Palm Beach Atlantic and Slippery Rock in the sport of women's lacrosse.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 3-1
• PSAC Record: 0-0
• Home Record: 3-0
• Away Record: 0-1
• Streak: Lost 1
• Last Five Games: 3-2 (dating back to 2022)
• Head Coach: Taryn Burkholder (2nd season, Niagara '12)  |  Record: 13-8
 
ROCK DROPS FIRST GAME OF SEASON
Slippery Rock led No. 14 Lynn 7-6 at halftime Sunday before fading in the second half as the nationally ranked Knights outscored SRU 9-1 in the final 30 minutes to post a 15-8 win. That marked the first loss of the season for The Rock, which had opened the year with three wins at home. SRU struggled in the mid 80 degree temperatures in the second half at Lynn after playing its first three games in temperatures under 40 degrees.

RONDEAU LEADS NATION IN DRAW CONTROLS
Rock senior captain Charleigh Rondeau pulled down 11 draw controls against Lynn to increase her season total to 43 through just four games. Her 10.75 draw controls per game are the most of any player in Division II. She is one of just two women in Division II to average more than 9.0 draw controls per game. Her 10.75 draw controls per game rank third among all college women's lacrosse players with only one player from Division I and one from Division III averaging more.
 
RONDEAU CLOSING IN ON SRU CAREER RECORD
Charleigh Rondeau ranks second all-time at SRU in draw controls with 268. She needs just four more draw controls to break Lauren Laubach's career record of 271, which has stood since 2013. Rondeau already owns SRU's single-game (18) and single-season (144) records for draw controls and her 7.0 draw controls per game is already an SRU career record (Laubach's 5.42 per game is second).
 
SRU RANKS TOP 10 IN CAUSED TURNOVERS
Slippery Rock enters Tuesday's game ranked No. 1 in the PSAC and No. 7 in Division II with 13.5 caused turnovers per game. The Rock also rank 14th nationally in ground balls per game at 22.0. The Rock have six players averaging at least one caused turnover per game, headlined by Sara Danowski with 10 in four games. Alexa Juska has eight, while Nicole Masi has six, Leora Owings and Amelia Nitsche each have five and Olivia Fox has four.
 
HIGH SHOOTING PERCENTAGE
Slippery Rock ranks 11th in the country in shots on goal per game with 26.75 shots on target per game. The Rock have put 84.3 percent of their total shots on cage this season, scoring on 40.2 percent of their total shot attempts. The 84.3 percent shot on goal percentage is a significant improvement from the 2022 season, when SRU averages 76.8 percent in that category.
 
ROOKIES ON THE SCORE SHEET
Slippery Rock has two true freshmen ranked in the top five on the team in scoring through the first four games of the season. Attacker Ida Modin ranks second on the team in points with seven goals and three assists, while Olivia Fox ranks fifth on the team in points with six goals and one assist and is coming off a hat trick Sunday at Lynn. Leora Owings has two goals and one assist and Maddie Blazey and Ella Koslowski each have one goal to give freshmen a third of all of SRU's goals this spring (17-of-51).
 
SRU STATS BREAKDOWN
Through four games, Slippery Rock is outshooting opponents 127-87 and outscoring the opposition 51-41. The Rock have posted advantages of 88-75 in ground balls and 64-44 in draw controls while also causing 54 turnovers and limiting opponents to 74 percent success on clear attempts.
 
Lauren Searles leads the team in scoring with a career-high 13 points on 10 goals and three assists while also leading the team with 20 shots on goal. Ida Modin is the only other player with at least 10 points through four games and ranks second on the team with seven goals and three assists. Camryn Whipple (five goals, four assists), Brooke Wisniewski (7g, 1a), Olivia Fox (6g, 1 a) and Charleigh Rondeau (5g, 2a) round out the top scorers. Rondeau leads the team with 43 draw controls, while Leora Owings leads the squad with 11 ground balls.
 
Sara Danowski leads the defense with 10 caused turnovers and 10 ground balls, while Alexa Juska has eight caused turnovers and six ground balls.
 
SRU has split its goalie minutes almost evenly through four games with Gillian O'Roure and Izzie Sutton both starting two games each. Sutton is 2-1 with a 9.25 goals against average and a .387 save percentage, while O'Rourke is 1-0 with an 11.31 goals against average and a .389 save percentage. SRU has a team goals against average of 10.25 with a .388 save percentage. Opponent goalies have combined for 12.75 goals against average and a .523 save percentage against SRU.
 
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC PRIMER
• Overall Record: 201
• SSC Record: 0-0
• Home Record: 2-1
• Away Record: 0-0
• Streak: Won 1
• Last Five Games: 2-3 (dating back to 2022)
• Head Coach: Katy Richardson (2nd season, Presbyterian)  |  Record: 4-13
 
SCOUTING THE SAILFISH
Palm Beach Atlantic enters its game Monday night against Quincy with a 2-1 overall record. The Sailfish are being outscored 30-23, but are outshooting opponents 79-59 through three games. They also own a 63-49 advantage in ground balls while matching opponents 32-32 in draw controls.
 
Olivia Larges leads the attack with six goals and one assist. Addyson Johnson has five goals and Julia Gibson and Ella Howlin each have three goals and one assist. Sara Metheny leads the team with eight draw controls and Howlin and Katie Caras lead the field players with seven ground balls each.
 
Courtney Rausch has played just over 143 minutes in goal and owns a 2-1 record with a 9.22 goals against average and a .389 save percentage. Georgia Karns has played just shy of 37 minutes in goal and owns a 13.06 goals against average and a .333 save percentage.
 
NEXT UP
Slippery Rock will return home from spring break and close out a three-game road swing with a trip to No. 19 Seton Hill University Saturday to open PSAC Western Division play.



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