SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team will close the regular season with two games in a three-day stretch this week, first hosting Edinboro Wednesday at 4 p.m. before traveling to Mercyhurst Friday for a 5 p.m. game. 
 
GAME PROGRAM INFO
Slippery Rock has moved away from printed game programs. 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. Edinboro
The Rock (12-3, 8-2)	Edinboro Fighting Scots (2-13, 0-10)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Taryn Burkholder	Coach Anthony Turini
Program Records	Program Records
PSAC Standings  |  PSAC Stats  |  PSAC Schedule
Mihalik-Thompson Stadium

 
SPECTATOR INFO
There will be no admission or parking charges for this game. Fans are reminded that there are NO PETS allowed in any SRU athletics facilities. Please do not bring dogs or any other pets to the game. You will be asked to remove your pet from the facility. Parking is available on a first-come basis in the lots immediately surrounding the stadium.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
•  Live Stats vs. Edinboro: LINK
•  Live Video for Both Games: LINK
•  Live Stats at Mercyhurst: LINK
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch the game live and on-demand for free on the Rock Athletics Digital Network, created and operated by the SRU Athletic Communication Office.
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* Friday's game at Mercyhurst will be produced by Mercyhurst and simulcast on the network
 
GAME 16 DETAILS
• Opponent: Penn West Edinboro
• Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024  |  4 p.m.
• Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium  |  Slippery Rock, Pa.
• All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 19-0
• Current Streak: Slippery Rock +9
• Last Meeting: April 10, 2024 at Edinboro – SRU won 22-4
 
GAME 17 DETAILS
• Opponent: Mercyhurst University
• Date: Friday, May 3, 2024  |  5 p.m.
• Location: Saxon Stadium  |  Erie, Pa.
• All-Time Series: Mercyhurst leads 20-2
• Current Streak: Slippery Rock +1
• Last Meeting: April 5, 2024 at SRU – SRU won 8-7 in OT
 
RECORDS
Slippery Rock enters the game with a 12-3 overall record and an 8-2 mark in PSAC West action with two of the three losses coming in one-goal overtime games. The Rock are coming off a 2-0 week last week with a 15-4 win at Gannon and a 14-5 win over IUP that locked up a spot in the PSAC Playoffs. Edinboro enters the game with a 2-13 overall record and an 0-10 mark in PSAC action. Mercyhurst is also out of playoff contention and owns a 3-11 overall record with a 2-8 mark in PSAC games.
 
PSAC WEST STANDINGS  |  Standings
Seton Hill has already locked up the No. 1 seed in the PSAC West and will get the first round bye in the playoffs. The Griffins will then host the PSAC semifinals and final next weekend in Greensburg. Slippery Rock sits second in the division with an 8-2 record and can lock up the No. 2 seed and earn a home game in the quarterfinals with a win over Edinboro. Lock Haven is third at 8-3 and can lock up the final PSAC playoff spot in the Western Division Wednesday if IUP (6-4) loses to Seton Hill.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES WITH EDINBORO  |  Game-by-Game Scores
Slippery Rock is a perfect 19-0 all-time against Edinboro in a series that began in 2009. The Rock have been dominant over the last five meetings, outscoring the Fighting Scots 118-11 in the five games since the beginning of the 2022 season.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES WITH MERCYHURST  |  Game-by-Game Scores
Mercyhurst owns a 20-2 advantage in the all-time series that dates back to 2008 and is likely to end this week. The Lakers, which will miss the PSAC playoffs this year, are headed to Division I in all sports after a surprise announcement earlier this spring. Slippery Rock snapped an 11-game losing skid to Mercyhurst with an 8-7 overtime win back on April 5. Nine of the last 13 games in this series have been decided by three goals or less.
 
LAST MEETING WITH EDINBORO – APRIL 10, 2024  |  Box Score
Slippery Rock jumped out to a 16-2 halftime lead and cruised to a 22-4 win on the road at Edinboro back on April 10. The Rock posted advantages of 46-8 in shots, 21-8 in draw controls and 21-13 in ground balls. Camryn Whipple handed out five assists, Krysta Frankowski scored one goal and had four assists and Abby Fink and Lauren Searles each had three goals and one assist. Izzie Sutton made two saves in goal and Paige Jenkins tallied six caused turnovers and four ground balls. Edinboro got one goal and one assist from Rylee Jones and nine saves from Addy Ours.
 
LAST MEETING WITH MERCYHURST – APRIL 5, 2024  |  Box Score
Slippery Rock never trailed in the game but needed overtime to get by Mercyhurst, 8-7 at home back on April 5. The Lakers scored with 24 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 7-7 and force overtime, but Camryn Whipple gave The Rock a win when she scored with 1:18 to play in the extra period. SRU posted advantages of 32-24 in shots and 13-8 in draw controls. Whipple had one goal and two assists and Lauren Searles had two goals and one assist. Gillian O'Rourke made 12 saves in goal. The Lakers got three goals from Emma Cimino and 14 saves from Paige Maneri.  
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 12-3
• PSAC Record: 8-2
• Home Record: 6-1
• Away Record: 6-2
• Streak: Won 2
• Last Five Games: 4-1
• Head Coach: Taryn Burkholder (3rd season, Niagara '12)  |  Record: 32-17
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS
Slippery Rock is receiving votes in both of the Division II national polls this week, including the IL Women/IWLCA coaches' top 25 poll and the USA Lacrosse Magazine top 20 poll.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock jumped out to a 7-1 halftime lead and never trailed in a 14-5 win over IUP Saturday at home. The Rock put up advantages of 27-20 in shots and 17-5 in draw controls with Charleigh Rondeau grabbing 13 draws herself. Reagan Richeson scored four goals, Camryn Whipple scored a hat trick, Lauren Searles had three assists and Krysta Frankowski scored two goals and handed out two assists. Gillian O'Rourke matched her season-high with 14 saves in goal.
 
PLAYOFF BOUND FOR THIRD TIME EVER
Slippery Rock is headed to the PSAC Playoffs for just the third time ever and the first time since 2018. The Rock brought lacrosse back as a varsity sport at the Division II level in 2007 and made their first PSAC Tournament in 2017.
 
WINS RECORD ON THE LINE
Slippery Rock's 12 wins this spring are tied for the second most in a single-season in program history. The Rock can tie the all-time record of 13 with a victory against Edinboro and the 2024 team can stand alone with the most wins in school history with two more wins this spring.
 
SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS IN SIGHT
Slippery Rock enters this game with multiple players on the cusp of setting single-season program records. Camryn Whipple needs one assist to tie the SRU single-season record of 37 assists, which is owned by Emily Benham (2022). Charleigh Rondeau needs two draw controls to tie her own SRU single-season record of 144. Gillian O'Rourke needs one more win in goal to tie Emily Bitka's record of 13 (2018) for the most wins by a goalie in a single-season.
 
CAREER RECORD ABOUT TO GO DOWN
Goalie Gillian O'Rourke enters the game with 166 career ground balls, which is tied with Emily Bitka for the all-time career record at SRU. With one more ground ball, O'Rourke will set her second SRU career record this spring after she previously set the all-time record for wins by a goalie (currently at 35).
 
THIRD STRAIGHT 10-WIN SEASON
Slippery Rock has already locked up a third straight 10-win season after winning 10 games in both 2022 and 2023, marking the eighth 10-win season in program history. Head coach Taryn Burkholder becomes the first coach in program history to win at least 10 games in three different seasons and is guaranteed to go three-for-three in leading SRU to winning seasons in her first three years on the job.
 
RONDEAU GOES OVER 500 DRAW CONTROLS
Charleigh Rondeau owns the SRU single-game (18x2), single-season (144) and career (502) records for draw controls. She became the first player in SRU history to reach 400 career draw controls earlier this season and then became the first player to hit 500 when she crossed that milestone Saturday. She now has 142 draws on the season, which is 59 more than any other player in the PSAC. Her 502 draw controls are 150 more than any other active PSAC player and rank No. 3 among all active players in Division II. This spring, Rondeau ranks second nationally and first in the PSAC in draw controls per game, averaging 9.47.
 
RONDEAU STANDS ALONE AT SRU
Charleigh Rondeau is one of just five players in program history with at least 100 draw controls, 100 points, 100 ground balls, 60 goals, 50 caused turnovers and 30 assists (Amy Halls, Casey Quinn, Katie Roof, ShyAnne Toomer). Of those other four, Rondeau is the only one with at least 200 draw controls.
 
WHIPPLE MOVING UP RECORD BOOK
Senior attacker Camryn Whipple has racked up 64 points on 28 goals and 36 assists this spring, which is already a new career-high for her and ranks eighth all-time at SRU. The 36 assists this season rank second on the SRU single-season record list, one away from tying Emily Benham (37) at the top. She became the fourth player in program history to reach 60 career assists and now has 62 over the last three seasons. She can move up to No. 2 all-time in assists with one more assist and currently trails Emma VanDenburg (74) by 12 for the all-time career record.
 
TRIO OF SENIORS MOVING UP SCORING LEDGER
Seniors Camryn Whipple, Charleigh Rondeau and Lauren Searles are all in the top 20 all-time scorers in program history entering this game and all reached the 100-point milestone this spring. Whipple, who has already set a single-season career-high in points, is up to 130 points and has moved up to No. 10 all-time at SRU. Rondeau, who owns all the draw control records at SRU, is now up to No. 19 on the scoring ledger with 101 points, which is tied with Searles, who also has 101 career points.
 
THREE IN TOP 20 IN CAUSED TURNOVERS
Three members of the team enter this week ranked in the top 20 all-time at SRU in caused turnovers. Charleigh Rondeau leads the way at No. 11 with 63, followed by Hailey Ohlsen at No. 15 with 56 and Amelia Nitsche at No. 19 with 45.
 
O'ROURKE HAVING CAREER YEAR IN GOAL
Goalie Gillian O'Rourke became the all-time goalie wins leader (35 wins currently) at SRU earlier this season and has climbed up to No. 2 all-time at SRU in career saves with 452 stops. O'Rourke is 12-3 on the season and leads the entire PSAC in goals against average (7.57) while ranking third overall and first in the PSAC West in save percentage (.505). O'Rourke enters this game ranked fifth nationally in Division II in goals against average and seventh in save percentage.
 
DEFENSIVE NUMBERS
Slippery Rock enters this game ranked No. 12 in Division II in scoring defense with opponents averaging 8.20 goals per game. Four players on the roster are averaging more than one caused turnover per game with Hailey Ohlsen leading the way with 20 caused turnovers. Paige Jenkins and Nicole Masi each have 18 and Charleigh Rondeau has 17. Amelia Nitsche and Brooke Wisniewski both have 10 to give SRU six players with double-digit caused turnovers.
 
SCORING LEADERS
Slippery Rock enters this game with 11 players with double-digit points on the year, led by Camryn Whipple with 64 points on 28 goals and 36 assists. Lauren Searles is second in points with 35 goals and 12 assists for 47 points, followed by Krysta Frankowski with 12 goals and 20 assists (32 points), Regan Richeson with 27 goals and two assists (29 points) and Charleigh Rondeau with 29 points on 17 goals and 12 assists. Brooke Wisniewski has 28 points on 27 goals and one assist with Rachel Mahoney (16g, 6a), Isabella Buono (15g, 3a), Erin Melcher (9g, 3a), Sydney Ulmer (11g) and Maddie Blazey (8g, 3a) rounding out the leading scorers.
 
FIELD STATS
Charleigh Rondeau leads the team by a wide margin with 142 draw controls and also has 17 caused turnovers and 24 ground balls. Paige Jenkins ranks second on the team among field players with 55 draw controls to go along with 19 caused turnovers and 23 ground balls. Hailey Ohlsen leads the defense with 20 caused turnvoers and 23 ground balls. Nicole Masi leads the field players with 25 ground balls, while goalie Gillian O'Rourke leads the squad overall with 33 ground balls.
 
GOALIE NUMBERS
Gillian O'Rourke has started 14 games in goal this spring and has been the goalie of record in all 15 games, playing a total of 777 minutes. She owns a 12-3 record with a 7.57 goals against average and a .505 save percentage. Lily Ventresca has played just shy of 79 minutes and Izzie Sutton has played 60 minutes. The trio have combined for an 8.06 goals against average and a .477 save percentage.
 
SRU'S NUMBERS AGAINST THE OPPOSITION
Slippery Rock is outscoring opponents 219-123 and outshooting the opposition 450-305 through 15 games. The Rock have also posted advantages of 260-131 in draw controls, 269-266 in ground balls and 156-149 in caused turnovers. SRU is 202-for-240 (84.2%) on clear attempts this season, while opponents are 199-for-269 (74.0%).
 
CAREER GAMES PLAYED
Charleigh Rondeau enters this game with 65 career games under her belt, while Brooke Wisniewski has appeared in 61 games and Rachel Mahoney and Gillian O'Rourke have both played in 60 career games. The SRU record for career games played is 68, set by four players (Brittany Brewer, Katie Roof, Amy Halls and Emma VanDenburg).
 
WISNIEWSKI INTO TOP 10 ON CONSECUTIVE STARTS LIST
Senior midfielder Brooke Wisniewski enters this game with 49 consecutive starts, a streak that began with the first game of the 2022 season. That number ranks her ninth all-time at SRU in consecutive starts. She can become the ninth player in SRU history to start 50 straight games if she starts against Edinboro. Wisniewski ranks second among all SRU players in career goals with 75, which ranks No. 17 all-time at SRU.
 
MILESTONE WATCH (50-75-100-150…etc.)
• #3 Nicole Masi: 8 GB from 75, 8 CT from 50
• #4 Rachel Mahoney: 15 pts from 75
• #11 Lauren Searles: 24 pts from 125, 22 goals from 100
• #12 Amelia Nitsche: 21 GB from 75, 5 CT from 50
• #16 Eryn Little: 17 goals from 50, 15 pts from 50, 11 DC from 50
• #19 Charleigh Rondeau: 24 pts from 125, 20 GB from 125, 12 CT from 75, 23 DC from 525
• #20 Camryn Whipple: 7 goals from 75, 13 assists from 75, 20 pts from 150, 5 GB from 50
• #22 Krysta Frankowski: 23 pts from 75
• #26 Hailey Ohlsen: 19 CT from 75, 21 GB from 100
• #32 Gillian O'Rourke: 23 saves from 475, 1 GB from setting SRU record 167
• #34 Brooke Wisniewski: 0 goals from 75, 18 pts from 100, 12 GB from 50, 12 DC from 100
 
EDINBORO PRIMER
• Overall Record: 2-13
• PSAC Record: 0-10
• Home Record: 2-5
• Away Record: 0-8
• Streak: Lost 8
• Last Five Games: 0-5
• Head Coach: Anthony Turini (3rd season)  |  Record: 6-43
 
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING SCOTS
Edinboro is riding an eight-game losing streak coming into the game and is being outscored 230-103 on the season. Opponents also have advantages of 228-148 in draw controls, 212-166 in caused turnovers and 319-246 in ground balls.
 
Rylee Jones leads the team in scoring with 36 points on 20 goals and 16 assists. She also leads the team with 67 draw controls, 41 caused turnovers and 60 ground balls. Jacqui Detelich is second in scoring with 33 points on 27 goals and six assists. Angelina Anderson has 27 points on 16 goals and 11 assists and Traci Culver caps the top scorers with 23 points on 18 goals and five assists. Lexi Boyk is the top defender with 31 caused turnovers and 33 ground balls.
 
Addy Ours has been the goalie of record in all 15 games and is 2-13 with a 16.27 goals against average and a .366 save percentage. Sydney Kosko has played just shy of 118 minutes and has a 10.19 goals against average and a .333 save percentage.
 
MERCYHURST PRIMER (Roster, Schedule, Stats)
• Overall Record: 3-11
• PSAC Record: 2-8
• Home Record: 2-5
• Away Record: 1-6
• Streak: Lost 1
• Last Five Games: 1-4
• Head Coach: Lindsay Weaver (1st season)  |  Record: 3-11
 
SCOUTING THE LAKERS
Mercyhurst owns a 3-11 overall record in its final season in Division II and is 2-8 in PSAC West play with a pair of wins over Edinboro. The Lakers are being outscored 193-152, outshot 410-402 and outdrawn 227-166.
 
Whitley Easton has twice as many points as the next player on the roster with 56 points on 35 goals and 21 assists. Emma Cimmino is second in scoring with 28 points on 26 goals and two assists, while Marlee Antinora is third with 15 goals and eight assists. Amanda Bailey leads the team with 44 draw controls, while Stephanie VanRiper paces the defense with 14 caused turnovers.
 
Paige Maneri has played just over 620 minutes in goal and is 2-10 with a 14.12 goals against average and a .360 save percentage. AJ Jameson has played 207 minutes and has a 12.17 goals against average and a .408 save percentage.
 
NEXT UP
Slippery Rock will host the No. 3 seed in the quarterfinals of the PSAC Playoffs next Tuesday at 4 p.m. if The Rock pick up a win in either game this week. That game would mark the first time SRU has hosted a PSAC Playoff game as a Division II program.
 




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