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GAME PROGRAM INFO
Slippery Rock has moved away from printed game programs for all sports in 2024-25. 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.
 

(2) Slippery Rock vs. (3) Seton Hill
The Rock (8-4-3, 5-2-2 PSAC West)	Griffins (10-4-3, 5-2-2 PSAC West)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Kevin Wilhelm	Coach Dilveer Chaggar
Program Records	-
James Egli Field
PSAC Standings
PSAC Statistics
PSAC Schedule

 
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — The Slippery Rock University men's soccer team will face off with Seton Hill University at James Egli Field for the second time in four days 2 p.m. Monday, but this time in a win-or-go-home Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinal showdown.
 
The Rock earned the second of three seeds in the PSAC West after going 8-4-4 on the year and 5-2-3 inside the conference. The Griffins received the final PSAC West playoff berth following a 10-4-4 campaign that included a 5-2-3 showing in conference play.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch Monday'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 TV, 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.
 
TICKETS
Fans can purchase tickets on the PSAC Tournament Central website page or at this LINK provided by the PSAC. All entry into James Egli Field will require tickets with all transactions being cashless. Adult ticket prices are $10, while tickets for students in 12^th grade or younger are $5. PSAC Passes will be honored.
 
NO PETS AT JAMES EGLI FIELD
Fans are reminded that there are NO PETS allowed at James Egli Field or in any SRU Athletics facilities. Please do not bring dogs or any other pets to the game. Unless they are a registered service animal, you will be asked to remove your pet from the facility.
 
PSAC Tournament Quarterfinals
Opponent: Seton Hill
Date: Monday – 2 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania  
Venue: James Egli Field
Live Video: Rock Athletics Digital Network
Live Stats: Slippery Rock Athletic Communication
In-game Updates: X (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: 8-11-2
Current Streak: D1
Last Played: Nov. 8, 2024 at SRU (Tied, 2-2)
 
TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER STATS vs. SETON HILL
Aitor Jorde – 13 points on 6 goals, 1 assist, 22 shots, 10 SOG (4 GP)
Arturo Pla Hernandis – 6 points on 3 goals, 22 shots, 12 SOG (8 GP)
Will Harrigan – 4 points on 2 goals, 3 shots, 2 SOG (7 GP)
Ryan Hanes – 3 points on 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 shots, 1 SOG (4 GP)
Adam Davies – (2-1-1), 2.50 GAA, 14 saves on 46 SF (4 GP)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Slippery Rock and Seton Hill will be meeting for the 22^nd time in series history but the first occurrence in the PSAC Tournament. Seton Hill owns an 11-8-2 all-time record against The Rock despite winning just one of the last four fixtures.
 
Seton Hill knocked Slippery Rock out of playoff contention last year in a 4-2 decision – a game that Slippery Rock entered needing a win or draw to advance to the PSAC Tournament.
 
This year, the script was flipped when Slippery Rock hosted Seton Hill in the regular season finale, again needing a win or tie to advance to the PSAC Tournament. The Rock played the Griffins to a 2-2 draw to earn hosting rights in the PSAC Quarterfinals.
 
The Rock are 5-5-1 all-time at home against Seton Hill with the Griffins last earning a road win at Slippery Rock in 2022.
 

TEAM COMPARISON
The Rock	Stats	Seton Hill
8-4-4	Overall Record	10-4-4
5-2-3	PSAC West Record	5-2-3
1.9	Goals per Game	2.2
1.5	Opp. Goals per Game	1.3
+6	Season Goal Differential	+15
12.7	Shots per Game	14.8
9.7	Opp. Shots per Game	10.7
5.4	SOG per Game	7.2
4.6	Opp. SOG per Game	4.2
1.8	Assists per Game	2.1
5.9	Corners per Game	5.2
11.0	Fouls per Game	13.4
3.1	Saves per Game	2.8

 
THE ROCK BY THE NUMBERS
Overall Record: 8-4-4
PSAC West Record: 5-2-3
Home Record: 3-2-3
Away Record: 5-2-1
PSAC West Rank: 2^nd
Streak: T1
Last Five: 3-1-1
Head Coach: Kevin Wilhelm | Seventh season at SRU (38-52-16)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock forced a 2-2 draw against Seton Hill in its regular season finale Nov. 8 at James Egli Field. The Griffins held a pair of one-goal leads, first going up in the ninth minute but falling a man down with a 21^st-minute red card.
 
Aitor Jorde knotted things up in the 36^th minute when he received a long pass from Aashi Pandher and played the ball around the SHU goalkeeper, who was initially outside the penalty box.
 
Ron Klinger put the Griffins up 2-1 in the 81^st minute, but Ryan Hanes secured his first career goal less than four minutes later with an 85^th-minute equalizer.
 
Seton Hill outshot The Rock, 13-6, additionally holding advantages in shots on goal (5-4) and corner kicks (9-3). A second red card left Seton Hill with just nine men on the field for the final 28 seconds of the match.
 
LEADING THE ROCK
Slippery Rock's offense has been spearheaded by Jorde and Arturo Pla Hernandis, who each recorded 14 points through the regular season. Pla Hernandis scored a team-high seven goals, while Jorde netted five goals and assisted on four others.
 
Rasmus Fugl has become a staple of SRU's attacking third this year as well, now with nine points from four goals and an assist. Both Aaron Finney and Shaun Spencer have seven points, with Finney scoring three goals and assisting once and Spencer scoring twice and tallying three assists.
 
Luke Gildea and Colton Swanson have each piled up six points from two goals and two assists, while Ignacio Rullan leads the team with five assists. Colton Spence joins Rullan with five points, coming from two goals and an assist.
 
Hanes now has three points to his sophomore resume with a goal and an assist, while Jack Smith's three points have comprised of three assists. Jacob Glancy and Will Harrigan have each registered one goal for two points with Pandher logging two assists this year.
 
Jimmy Irani, Gabin Lonjard and Kaden Reynolds round out the 17 players with points with one assist per player.
 
Jorde has taken a squad-high 39 shots with 15 landing on target. Pla Hernandis leads SRU with 17 shots on goal, accounting for 45.9 percent of his 37 total attempts.
 
WHERE THEY STAND
While SRU and Seton Hill both went 5-2-3 through PSAC West play, Slippery Rock earned hosting rights in the PSAC Tournament for the first time since 2015 thanks to a head-to-head tiebreaker over Seton Hill. The Rock went 1-0-1 against the Griffins this year, rallying to a thrilling 4-3 road victory earlier this year.
 
Seton Hill's playoff hopes were rather slim after tying Slippery Rock last week. The Griffins benefitted from an upset later that night when California (Pa.) notched a 1-0 win over Lock Haven University that bumped the once-conference-leading Bald Eagles out of the playoff picture.
 
The winner of Monday's quarterfinal matchup will play the top seed in the PSAC East, Bloomsburg University 12 p.m. Friday. The Huskies will host both PSAC Semifinal games Friday, and regardless of who plays, host the PSAC Tournament Championship game 1 p.m. Nov. 17 as well.
 
Millersville University is the two-seed in the PSAC East, playing host to West Chester University 6 p.m. Monday evening. The winner of that matchup will meet Gannon University, who won the PSAC West regular season title, 3 p.m. Friday at Bloomsburg.
 
THE ROCK IN THE PLAYOFFS
While The Rock are hosting a PSAC Tournament game for the first time since 2015, Monday's game will mark Slippery Rock's first overall PSAC Tournament appearance in five years.
 
The Rock are 12-10 all-time in the PSAC Tournament, last falling to Mercyhurst University in a 3-0 road test in 2019.
 
The Rock defeated California (Pa.) in a 1-0 home match in the 2015 PSAC Quarterfinals en route to winning the program's most recent conference championship.
 
WHAT A TIME TO SCORE
Hanes' game-tying goal in the 85^th minute last week marked the first goal of the midfielder's career. Punching in a cross from Gildea, Hanes found the back of the net with just 5:21 left in the regular season.
 
A sophomore from Tarentum, Pennsylvania, Hanes is now the 11^th different player to score for The Rock this year. He's also the eighth different SRU men's soccer player to have recorded at least one goal and one assist this year. Hanes notched that assist in The Rock's 2-1 win over Shepherd University Oct. 12.
 
LATE GAME DRAMA
Heading into Slippery Rock's penultimate game of the regular season, The Rock's previous five victories had all been results of goals tallied in the final 14 minutes of play. Hanes' late-game goal brought some of that drama back to the pitch, with SRU avoiding losses in seven of its last eight games – six of those results by way of goals tallied in the final 14 minutes.
 
Recent SRU game-winners (time of goal)
Finney vs. Shepherd (84') – Final: 2-1
Fugl at Pitt-Johnstown (79') – Final: 2-1
Pla Hernandis at Seton Hill (80') – Final: 4-3
Fugl vs. Pitt-Johnstown (78') – Final: 2-0
Pla Hernandis at Lock Haven (76') – Final: 3-2
 
AVOIDING LOSSES
Slippery Rock has lost just one of its last eight games, finishing the season on a 6-1-1 run. The last time The Rock went unbeaten in seven of eight consecutive games came in 2013 after a seven-game winning streak. SRU went on to win the PSAC Championship that year with a 3-2 overtime thriller at No. 13 Mercyhurst.
 
OFFENSIVE CHANCES
Slippery Rock enters the PSAC Tournament ranking third in the conference with 5.9 corner kicks per game, a per-game average good enough to put SRU 19^th in Division II.
 
The Rock also rank highly in several individual offensive categories. Jorde is fourth in the PSAC as a whole with 2.6 shots per game, while Pla Hernandis' 2.3 shots per game puts him eighth in the league.
 
FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET
Slippery Rock ranks fourth out of 12 in scoring offense, finding 1.9 goals per game through 16 regular season matches.
 
Pla Hernandis ranks in the top half dozen in the PSAC, sixth in the conference thanks to 0.4 goals per game. His senior campaign with The Rock has seen seven goals, marking the third straight year that Pla Hernandis has netted at least seven goals for the Green and White. He enters the postseason having scored six goals in the last eight games.
 
IF WE NEED MORE THAN 90
New to NCAA soccer in 2024, "Golden Goal" overtime rules will return for postseason play. If Slippery Rock and Seton Hill need overtime to decide Monday's outcome, whichever team that scores first in extra time will automatically win the game.
 
Overtime will still consist of two 10-minute periods with a five-round penalty kick shootout to follow if necessary.
 
THE DEFENSIVE THIRD
SRU's defense against Seton Hill was made up of Harrigan, Lonjard, Smith, Spence and Spencer. The Rock allowed just five shots on goal from the Griffins, the third consecutive game that fewer than six shots on target have been allowed from SRU's defensive third.
 
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Adam Davies will return to the net for his 34^th straight start for Slippery Rock, beginning postseason competition with a 1.50 GAA and a .676 save percentage on the season. Davies holds a 2-1-1 career record against Seton Hill after making a trio of saves versus the Griffins offense last week.
 
RECORD WATCH
Now in his senior year, Pla Hernandis continues to rise through the ranks in several different school records. The true nine ranks inside the top five all-time with 162 total shots and third with 77 shots on goal. Jorde ranks 11^th all-time, now with 38 shots on goal. Jorde also moved into a tie for 18^th all-time after last week's efforts, having taken 89 total shots.
 
Another goal against California for Pla Hernandis moved him to 28 on his career, tied for 12^th all-time in SRU history with Tony Hindley (1979-82).
 
In net, Davies is now tied for 12^th with 14 career wins, ranks second with eight career ties and has taken sole possession of eighth with 35 goalie starts.
 
THE GRIFFINS BY THE NUMBERS
Overall Record: 10-4-4
PSAC West Record: 5-2-3
Home Record: 5-2-2
Away Record: 5-2-2
PSAC West Rank: 3^rd of 6
Streak: T1
Last Five: 3-0-2
Head Coach: Dilveer Chaggar | Third season at Seton Hill (24-25-7, .491)
 
SETON HILL SCOUTING REPORT
The Griffins will be taking part in their fourth straight PSAC Tournament Monday, trying to repeat their 2023 showing. Seton Hill went to Mercyhurst in the PSAC Quarterfinals as the two-seed and upset the Lakers in a 1-0 win. The Griffins went on to lose to eventual PSAC Champions Millersville University in the PSAC Semifinals, 6-0.
 
Seton Hill has not lost a game since its Oct. 19 loss to Slippery Rock at home, utilizing a 3-0-2 push since then to make the playoffs. The Griffins picked up their last win in a 7-0 thumping over Pitt-Johnstown Nov. 2.
 
Following last week's game at James Egli Field, Nils Heinrich increased his team-leading total to 25 points on eight goals and nine assists. Seton Hill will be without Brandon Knapp and Tristan Wilson Monday after both received a red card last week. Knapp and Wilson have each recorded five points on two goals and one assist this year for SHU.
 
Jonathan Leary got the start in net against SRU last week, making two saves on six shots faced. The sophomore from Audubon, New Jersey has made 11 appearances this season including 10 starts, earning a 0.88 GAA and a .769 save percentage.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
If Slippery Rock defeats Seton Hill Monday, it will play Bloomsburg University on the road 12 p.m. Friday in the PSAC Tournament Semifinals.





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