Slippery Rock vs. Seton Hill
The Rock (22-24, 15-12)	Griffins (34-12, 22-6)
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Coach Stacey Rice	Coach Cassie Moore
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — The Slippery Rock University softball team will seek a berth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament when it hosts Seton Hill University 2 p.m. Friday and travels to Edinboro 1 p.m. Saturday in a pair of key doubleheaders.
 
The Rock enter its final weekend of regular season play at 22-24 overall with a 15-12 mark in PSAC West competition. The Griffins lead the PSAC West with a 22-6 record in the conference having gone 34-12 through the year, while the Fighting Scots are also fighting for a playoff spot at 14-24 overall and 11-15 in PSAC West territory.
 
GAME PROGRAM INFO
Slippery Rock has moved away from printed game programs for all sports in 2023-24. 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.
 
MOTHER NATURE IS UNPREDICTABLE
With the unpredictable spring weather in western Pennsylvania, fans are reminded that any time / location / date changes will be posted on rockathletics.com and all of SRU athletics' official social media accounts as information becomes available. Updates regarding potential postponements and rescheduled games will be included below.
 
NO PETS AT KASNEVICH FIELD
Fans are reminded that there are NO PETS allowed at Kasnevich 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.
 
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GAMES 48-49
Opponent: Seton Hill
Date: Friday – 2 p.m. / 4 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Kasnevich Field
Live Video: Rock Athletics Digital Network
Live Stats: Slippery Rock Athletic Communication
In-game Updates: X (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: Seton Hill leads, 25-16
Current Streak: Seton Hill +2
Last Played: April 7, 2024 (Game One: L, 9-1 | Game Two: L, 7-0)
 
TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER STATS vs. SETON HILL
Aubrey Mansfield (.294), 5-for-17, 1 2B, 1 run (6 GP)
Arielle Brown (.200), 4-for-20, 2 2B, 5 runs (8 GP)
Julia Montie (.150), 3-for-20), 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 runs (8 GP)
Alexsa Hurd (2-1), 2.80 ERA, 29 strikeouts (20.0 IP)
 
GAMES 50-51
Opponent: Edinboro
Date: Saturday – 1 p.m. / 3 p.m.
Location: Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Venue: Edinboro Softball Field
Live Stats: Edinboro Sports Information
In-game Updates: X (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: Edinboro leads, 79-66
Current Streak: Slippery Rock +1
Last Played: April 18, 2024 (Game One: L, 10-5 | Game Two: W, 8-0)
 
TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER STATS vs. EDINBORO
Mackenzie Freeman (.409), 9-for-22, 2 HR, 1 2B, 9 RBI, 2 runs (10 GP)
Alexsa Hurd (.407), 11-for-27, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 7 runs (8 GP)
Aubrey Mansfield (.333), 5-for-15, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 6 runs (6 GP)
Kelsi Anderson (4-0, 1), 0.36 ERA, 51 strikeouts (39.0 IP)
 

TEAM COMPARISON (as of April 24)
The Rock	Stat	SHU	Boro
22-24	Overall Record	34-12	14-24
15-12	PSAC West Record	22-6	11-15
.274	Batting Avg.	.369	.280
4.6	Runs per Game	8.7	4.8
4.6	Opp. Runs per Game	3.8	7.6
7.2	Hits per Game	10.4	7.6
6.6	Opp. Hits per Game	6.7	10.5
1.4	Errors per Game	1.0	2.1
0.9	HR per Game	1.2	0.7
.437	SLG%	.600	434
.364	OB%	.441	.351
.953	FLD%	.960	.927
3.53	ERA	3.59	6.31
.257	Opp. Batting Avg.	.272	.355

 
THE ROCK BY THE NUMBERS (as of April 22)
Overall Record: 22-24
PSAC West Record: 15-12
Home Record: 10-4
Away Record: 6-11
Neutral Record: 6-9
PSAC West Rank: 4th 
Streak: W1
Last Five Games: 3-2
Head Coach: Stacey Rice | 10th season at SRU (179-225-1)
Roster: Link
Stats: Link

SERIES HISTORY
Slippery Rock is 16-25 against Seton Hill all-time with the last six games having been split, 3-3. Slippery Rock's sweep at Kasnevich Field over SHU last year was the team's first since 2007. The Rock defeated the Griffins in 2-1 and 4-0 victories and picked up three of the four games on the season.
 
The Rock will be meeting the Fighting Scots on the diamond for the 146^th time Saturday, with Edinboro holding a 79-66 all-time series lead. Both teams have a lead on their home turf, with Edinboro recording a 43-24 record when hosting Slippery Rock. With last year's away games at Edinboro moved to Erie, this will be SRU's first trip to Edinboro since 2019.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock fell to Gannon University, 5-3, April 23 in game one before game two was suspended in the third inning due to inclement weather. The Rock returned home April 24 to resume another suspended game, coming back from a 7-1 deficit to defeat Clarion, 8-7 at Kasnevich Field.
 
RECAPPING THE WEEK
4/23 @ Gannon – L, 5-3
4/23 @ Gannon – Play suspended to TBA
4/24 vs. Clarion – W, 8-7
 
WHERE THEY STAND
While Slippery Rock still controls its own destiny in qualifying for the PSAC Tournament, The Rock will be closely monitoring Thursday's doubleheader between Gannon and Edinboro.
 
Slippery Rock will have the opportunity to clinch a berth in the PSAC Tournament by splitting with Seton Hill Friday if Gannon sweeps Edinboro Thursday. If the Golden Knights and Fighting Scots split, The Rock could clinch a spot in the postseason with a sweep of the Griffins.
 
With eight of the nine PSAC West teams still needing to play at least four games in the regular season, there are a plethora of ways Slippery Rock could finish the year as high as the third seed or as low as seventh in the division.  
 
While the top five teams in each division will qualify for the PSAC Tournament May 1-4 in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, the top three teams in each division will receive a bye through the first round of the double-elimination tournament.
 
LEADING THE ROCK
Arielle Brown leads Slippery Rock's offense as the lone batter north of .300. The infielder from Galena, Ohio has averaged .318 at the plate this season going 42-for-132. Brown has slugged .371 with an on-base percentage of .486, also a team-high.
 
Alexsa Hurd (.298) begins the weekend just shy of .300 after being named PSAC West Athlete of the Week following five home runs in nine games. Hurd has now hit six home runs in 10 games with eight total homers and nine doubles on the year. The utility player is slugging .532 with a .390 on-base rate.
 
Julia Montie (.293) leads Slippery Rock with 10 home runs as well as a squad-best 29 RBI, 13 doubles and one triple. The centerfielder is slugging a whopping .614 while having rounded 86 total bases in her 46 appearances.
 
Aubrey Mansfield (.273) has been prolific in the batter's box as of late with at least one hit in 11 of her last 13 games. She has homered three times and driven in 12 runs in that span.
 
Julia Nutter (.269) has slugged .519 this season with seven home runs and 20 RBI. The infielder from Columbiana, Ohio has crushed three home runs past the outfield in her last five games, coming into the weekend on a five-game hit streak.
 
Jeanna Sukey has put the ball in play in seven of her last nine games with a plate appearance, recording her first career home run earlier this week at Gannon. She has totaled eight RBI in the last eight games.
 
Naomi Childs (.377) has gone to the plate just 53 times this year in 36 games but has been an offensive asset with 20 hits and an RBI. She has recorded five hits through her last five appearances, going 5-for-10 in the four-game series against Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Mackenzie Freeman (.304), Emma Kennedy (.235) and Grace Smith (.220) have combined for seven home runs and 42 RBI this season, all accounting for home runs in PSAC West play this year.
 
25 WINNING SEASONS ON THE HOME DIAMOND
With a 10-4 record at home, Slippery Rock has the opportunity to end the regular season with one of its best marks on home soil in program history.
 
A sweep versus Seton Hill would leave Slippery Rock at 12-4 through the 2024 campaign at Kasnevich Field, its first 12-win season at home since a 12-5 record in 2007.
 
Slippery Rock has multiple 10-win seasons at home, most recently a 10-12 showing in 2021. The Rock posted a 10-2 (.833) record at home in 1989, its best winning percentage at home in program history.
 
Since the birth of the program, Slippery Rock is 24-19-3 in recording winning seasons at home. Regardless of the outcome in the SHU doubleheader, Slippery Rock will earn its 25^th winning record at home in program history Friday and its second in the last three years.  
 
MONTIE LEADS THE BOMBSQUAD
With 10 home runs, Montie has raked the most of the 10 different home-run hitters SRU has produced this season. In total, Slippery Rock has hit 41 home runs on the year, ranking third in the all-time single-season record book.
 
The Rock produced a program-best 46 home runs in 2007 and followed that up with 42 homers in the 2008 season.
 
Hurd is coming off her 25^th career home run in the 8-7 win over Clarion, now eight back from Jenna Geibel's 33 from 2010-13 for third all-time.
 
After her first career shot earlier this week at Gannon, Sukey became the 10^th different player for SRU with a home run in 2024. The Rock produced nine different home-run sluggers last year.
 
BROWN AROUND THE BAGS
An on-base percentage of .486 ranks Brown ninth in the PSAC. On top of her team-high .318 batting average, Brown is walked 0.7 times per game, which ranks second in the PSAC and 27^th in Division II.
 
Once on base, Brown has been consistently successful advancing by ranking eighth in the conference with 19 stolen bases.
 
MOVE HER ON OVER
With 0.2 sacrifice bunts per game, Childs ranks on top of the PSAC West and 34^th nationally throughout Division II. The junior outfielder from Boise, Idaho has sac-bunted eight times this year, while Slippery Rock as a team ranks first in the PSAC West with 39 total sac-bunts, also good enough for 37^th in Division II.
 
KELSI ON A TEAR
Anderson, the most experienced pitcher in Slippery Rock softball history, had a 4-9 record April 16 but enters the weekend with a 9-10 mark in the circle after winning five of her last six games. The veteran from Dublin, Ohio has struck out 53 batters in her last 38.2 innings pitched, averaging 9.6 strikeouts per seven innings in that span.
 
Most notably in those six most recent appearances, Anderson earned her first career no-hitter and the 11^th documented no-hitter in SRU history April 18 in an 8-0 win against Edinboro. In that performance, Anderson fanned nine of the 16 batters faced, simultaneously picking up her program-best 34^th career win.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK IS SLUGGING
The Rock have hit .400 or better as a team in six of their last 11 games and have averaged above .300 in eight of those 11 contests. The Rock hit a season-high .524 against Mercyhurst University in a 9-1 win April 16 and recorded batting averages of .462, .400 and .467 in three of the four games against Pitt-Johnstown last weekend.
 
Slippery Rock's offense has averaged 10.6 hits per game since April 17, a span of nine games.
 
THE BULLPEN REPORT
Hurd (8-10, 1) leads Slippery Rock's pitchers with a 2.81 ERA on the season as well as 140 total strikeouts tossed in 114.2 innings. Anderson (9-10) is just behind her with a 3.89 ERA and 137 strikeouts in 117.0 innings under her belt.
 
Mackenzie Borkovich (5-3) pitched 5.2 innings in game one against Edinboro April 18 as well as 5.2 innings in game one against Pitt-Johnstown April 21. On the year, the sophomore has netted 41 Ks in 60.1 innings pitched.
 
A SUPERB STAFF OF PITCHERS
Slippery Rock's bullpen continues to lead the PSAC West with a 3.53 ERA. With 7.6 strikeouts per seven innings, Slippery Rock ranks eighth in Division II. In the Atlantic Region, Slippery Rock stands at third in that category behind East Stroudsburg University (9.1) and the University of Charleston (8.1).
 
Individually, Hurd is ranked fourth in the PSAC while Anderson is sixth in strikeouts per inning. The duo finds themselves 31^st and 41^st in Division II, respectively. Hurd averages 8.5 strikeouts per seven frames while Anderson has recorded 8.2.
 
RECORD WATCH
With 103 runs, Brown ranks third all-time in runs scored and is just six away from tying Jordan Zeunges's 109 runs scored from 2008-11. Head coach Stacey Rice is the all-time leader with 143 (2005-08).
 
With her senior year nearing a conclusion, Anderson has averaged 7.8 strikeouts per seven innings in her career, which would put rank her first all-time in SRU history. Just behind her with 7.3 is Hurd. Shaylee Ianno averaged 6.95 strikeouts per seven innings from 2009-12, the most all-time of a non-active player.
 
Montie is one home run away from her 11^th of the year, which would put her in the top five single-season home run record book by tying Geibel's 11 homers his in 2010. Rice sits atop that category as well with 14 homers in 2007.
 
THE GRIFFINS BY THE NUMBERS (as of April 25)
Overall Record: 34-12
PSAC West Record: 22-6
Home Record: 18-4
Away Record: 13-5
Neutral Record: 3-3
PSAC West Rank: 1^st
Streak: L2
Last Five Games: 3-2
Head Coach: Cassie Moore | Second season at Seton Hill (63-29, .685)
 
SETON HILL SCOUTING REPORT
Despite a PSAC West-leading 22-6 mark in the conference, Seton Hill is coming off its first doubleheader defeat of the year being swept by California (Pa.), 3-2 and 2-1. Already clinched in the PSAC Tournament, the Griffins swept Slippery Rock April 7 with 9-1 and 7-0 wins.
 
SHU's team slash of .368 / .440 / .598 leads the PSAC in all three categories. Kassidy Wittig leads the PSAC with a .456 batting average, 21^st in Division II. Camryn Murphy's .858 slugging percentage ranks first in the conference and 20^th in the nation, while Morgan Toal's 0.5 doubles per game are good enough for third in Division II.
 
Seton Hill ranks in the top five in Division II in batting average, doubles, on-base percentage, slugging, scoring offense and total stolen bases.
 
While pitching does not rank as highly statistically, SHU has a solid bullpen led by Logan Hartman (19-4, 2.86 ERA) and Lauren Dellett (15-8, 3.77 ERA). With 8.4 strikeouts per seven innings, Dellett ranks fifth in the PSAC right between Hurd and Anderson. The two have combined for nine shutouts.
 
THE FIGHTING SCOTS BY THE NUMBERS (as of April 25)
Overall Record: 14-24
PSAC West Record: 11-15
Home Record: 6-6
Away Record: 5-9
Neutral Record: 3-9
PSAC West Rank: 7^th
Streak: W1
Last Five Games: 3-2
Head Coach: Dan Gierlak | 35^th season at Edinboro (512-711-5, .419)
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
 
EDINBORO SCOUTING REPORT
The Fighting Scots are seventh in the PSAC West prior to a twin bill against Gannon Thursday but are still mathematically eligible to make the PSAC Tournament. In addition to seeing the Golden Knights, Edinboro will travel to Cal Saturday before hosting The Rock Saturday.
 
Edinboro is coming off three straight splits with Clarion, California and Mercyhurst, defeating the Lakers in a 9-1 six-inning game two. Isabella Becker (.358) and Adeline Maguire (.336) have spearheaded the Fighting Scots' attack, with Maguire leading the PSAC West with 0.4 doubles per game.
 
Macy Sral (5-10) is Edinboro's top pitcher with a 6.86 ERA. Lauren Bush (6-9) has started a team-high 16 games, accumulating an 8.13 ERA.  
 
LOOKING AHEAD
With Slippery Rock not having been mentioned in the latest release of the NCAA Regional Rankings, The Rock will hope to earn a berth in the PSAC Tournament by finishing in the top five in the PSAC West. The PSAC Tournament will begin May 1 in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.





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