SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team will travel to Edinboro Wednesday for a 4 p.m. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division game with a chance to clinch a playoff spot.
 
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GAME 16 DETAILS
• Opponent: Edinboro (Penn West University Edinboro)
• Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023  |  4 p.m.
• Location: Sox Harrison Stadium  |  Edinboro, Pa.
• All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 17-0
• Current Streak: Slippery Rock +17
• Last Meeting: April 6, 2023 at SRU – SRU won 21-2
 
PSAC PLAYOFF SCENARIO
Slippery Rock is currently in the third and final playoff position in the PSAC West with two games to play. The Rock can clinch that spot Wednesday with a win at Edinboro AND a Mercyhurst loss on the road at Gannon. If SRU and Mercyhurst both win their respective games Wednesday, it will set up a win-and-in situation Saturday at Slippery Rock when Mercyhurst visits for the regular season finale. Seton Hill and Indiana (Pa.) have already locked up playoff spots from the West, while West Chester, East Stroudsburg and Kutztown have already locked up the three spots in the Eastern Division. SRU is looking to make its first PSAC playoff appearance since 2018 and just its third postseason appearance since bringing the sport back at the varsity level in 2007 (SRU played from 1976-91, dropped the sport after the 1991 season and brought it back as an NCAA sport in 2007).
 
RECORDS
Slippery Rock enters the game with a 9-6 overall record and a 5-5 mark in PSAC West games. Four of SRU's six losses have come to nationally ranked teams and the other two losses were to regionally ranked Indiana (Pa.). The Rock are coming off a 20-8 loss on the road at IUP Saturday in what was the most lopsided loss of the season and the first time since March 18 against Seton Hill that SRU was not in a position to contend for a win in the second half. Edinboro enters the game with a 2-13 overall record and an 0-10 mark in PSAC games. The Fighting Scots are riding a 12-game losing skid that dates back to March 11.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
Slippery Rock is a perfect 17-0 in the all-time series that began in 2009 when Edinboro began competing at the Division II level. The Rock have outscored Edinboro 72-4 over the last three wins, including a 21-2 victory at Slippery Rock back in early April. SRU is 8-0 all-time on the road at Edinboro.
 
LAST MEETING – APRIL 6, 2023  |  Box Score
Slippery Rock scored the first seven goals of the game and jumped out to an 11-1 lead after the first quarter on the way to a 21-2 victory at home earlier this month. The Rock finished with a 40-2 advantage in total shots to go along with a 22-3 edge in draw controls and a 20-17 advantage in ground balls. SRU got goals from 13 different players with Lauren Searles leading the way with three goals and three assists. Camryn Whipple added three goals and one assist and Brooke Wisniewski finished with a hat trick. Charleigh Rondeau grabbed 15 draw controls and Nicole Masi had four caused turnovers. Edinboro got both of its goals from Rylee Jones and six saves from Savannah Fischer in goal.
 


SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 9-6
• PSAC Record: 5-5
• Home Record: 6-2
• Away Record: 3-4
• Streak: Lost 1
• Last Five Games: 3-2
• Head Coach: Taryn Burkholder (2nd season, Niagara '12)  |  Record: 19-13
 
ONE WIN AWAY FROM NUMBER 10
Slippery Rock can clinch its second straight 10-win season with a victory Wednesday, which would mark just the seventh 10-win season in program history and only the second time in history that the program strung 10-win seasons together in back-to-back years. It would also make head coach Taryn Burkholder the fastest coach to 20 wins in program history and the first coach to ever win at least 10 games in her first two seasons. Burkholder is already guaranteed of becoming the first SRU head coach to ever have a winning season in each of her first two years with the program.
 
RONDEAU'S DRAW CONTROL NUMBERS
Charleigh Rondeau has pulled down 117 draw controls in 14 games this spring and has already topped the all-time SRU career record with 342 draw controls and counting. She also owns the SRU single-season (144) and single-game (18) records for draw controls and her 7.13 draw controls per game over 48 games are also an SRU career record. Her 342 career draw controls rank third among all active players in Division II and her 8.36 draw controls per game this spring currently rank No. 5 in Division II and No. 1 in the Atlantic Region.
 
ROOKIES AMONG KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Slippery Rock has two true freshmen ranked in the top five on the team in scoring through the first 15 games of the season with Ida Modin ranked fourth with 27 points on 19 goals and eight assists and Olivia Fox tied for fifth with 22 points on 15 goals and seven assists. The Rock have also gotten 18 points from Leora Owings on 11 goals and seven assists and 10 points from Erin Melcher with seven goals and three assists to give SRU four freshmen with at least 10 points on the year.
 
SRU STATS BREAKDOWN
Through 15 games, Slippery Rock is outshooting opponents 456-347 and outscoring the opposition 189-148. The Rock have posted advantages of 301-276 in ground balls and 221-169 in draw controls while also causing 170 turnovers and ranking 14th in Division II in caused turnovers per game.
 
Lauren Searles leads the team in scoring with a career-high 43 points on 35 goals and eight assists while also leading the team with 64 shots on goal. Charleigh Rondeau is second in scoring with 32 points on 18 goals and 14 assists and she also leads the team with 117 draw controls. Brooke Wisniewski ranks third in scoring with 28 goals and three assists. Ida Modin with 19 goals and eight assists, Olivia Fox with 15 goals and seven assists and Camryn Whipple with 16 goals and six assists round out the top six scorers. Leora Owings (11g, 7a), Rachel Mahoney (11g, 4a), Krysta Frankowski (6g, 5a) and Erin Melcher (7g, 3a) all have at least 10 points on the year.
 
Nicole Masi leads the defense with 20 caused turnovers, while Alexa Juska has 19, Hailey Ohlsen has 15 and Amelia Nitsche has 14. All four of The Rock's primary defenders average at least 1.0 caused turnover per game, as do midfielders Rondeau (18 caused turnovers) and Owings, who has a team-high 23 caused turnovers.
 
Gillian O'Rourke has started 13 games in goal this season and is 7-5 with a 10.67 goals against average and a .449 save percentage. Izzie Sutton has played just shy of 216 minutes and has an 8.06 goals against average and a .442 save percentage. Combined, SRU's goalies allow 10.03 goals against average and have a .448 save percentage.
 
EDINBORO PRIMER
• Overall Record: 2-13
• PSAC Record: 0-10
• Home Record: 0-6
• Away Record: 2-7
• Streak: Lost 12
• Last Five Games: 0-5
• Head Coach: Anthony Turini (2nd season)  |  Record: 4-28
 
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING SCOTS
Edinboro is being outscored 272-78 and outshot 500-218 on the year. Opponents also own advantages of 235-158 in draw controls, 311-218 in ground balls and 179-118 in caused turnovers.
 
Rylee Jones has been a bright spot for the Scots and leads the team with 49 points on 35 goals and 14 assists. She also has 55 draw controls, 21 caused turnovers and 32 ground balls. Carline Zentis has 16 goals and four assists, while Emma Lamica has 13 goals and three assists and Traci Culver has 11 goals and three assists to round out the four primary scorers.
 
Abigail Juzwick leads the defense with 29 caused turnovers and 40 ground balls. Savannah Fischer has played all but 60 minutes in goal this season and is 2-12 with an 18.07 goals against average and a .309 save percentage.
 
NEXT UP
Slippery Rock returns home to close the regular season Saturday at 1 p.m. against Mercyhurst.



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