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.
 

Slippery Rock vs. Seton Hill
The Rock (1-1-1, 1-0 PSAC West)	Griffins (2-0-1)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Jessica Giegucz	Coach Riley Butler
Program Records	-
James Egli Field
PSAC Standings
PSAC Leaders
PSAC Schedule

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — The Slippery Rock University women's soccer team will welcome fans to James Egli Field for the first time in 2024 when it hosts Seton Hill University 12 p.m. Saturday.
 
The Rock enter the weekend with a 1-1-1 overall record and a 1-0 mark in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division action. The Griffins will be playing their first PSAC West game of the year, looking to stay undefeated with a 2-0-1 non-conference showing.
 
NO PETS AT 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.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch Saturday'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.
 
GAME 4 of 17
Opponent: Seton Hill
Date: Saturday – 12 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: Slippery Rock leads, 15-3-1
Current Streak: Slippery Rock W3
Last Played: Oct. 7, 2023 (SRU won, 2-0)
 
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS GAME
Saturday will serve as Slippery Rock's Mental Health Awareness Game. The Rock women's soccer team has once again partnered with 2 Out Rally, an organization that was founded in honor of Alex Bradford, who passed away in 2022.
 
Dr. John Mathe will be giving a halftime speech at the game as well. Dr. Mathe is a counselor who works primarily with the student-athletes at The Rock, leading a support group that was founded by former SRU women's soccer player Shannon McIntyre.
 
The Rock women's soccer team and 2 Out Rally will be hosting a raffle and have informational resources available at the game. Fans can learn more about 2 Out Rally at their website here.
 
TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER STATS vs. SETON HILL
Maddie DeLucio – 2 points: 1G, 5 shots, 4 SOG (3 GP)
Jaime Dermotta – 2 points: 1G, 5 shots, 4 SOG (5 GP)
Olivia Yoder – 2 points: 1G, 2 shots, 2 SOG (3 GP)
Sydney Patrick – 2 points: 2A, 9 shots, 5 SOG (4 GP)
Leah Allman – (2-0), 0.00 GAA, 8 saves on 13 SF, 2 shutouts (2 GP)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Saturday will mark the 20^th all-time meeting between The Rock and the Griffins, a series that Slippery Rock has controlled through the 21^st century. Other than two losses to SHU in 1994-95, The Rock have gone 15-1-1 against the Griffins, unbeaten in their last eight matchups.
 
Seton Hill is not only looking for its first win against SRU since 2018, but the Griffins have not scored a goal in the last four meetings with Slippery Rock. Additionally, Seton Hill has never won on the road against The Rock, with SRU boasting an 8-0-1 home record in the series. SRU earned a pair of 2-0 victories over the Griffins a year ago.
 
Slippery Rock's home win versus Seton Hill last year came about with two second-half goals from Ashley Rea (55') and Maddie DeLucio (67'). SRU outshot the Griffins, 18-9, taking 11 of the game's 14 corner kicks in the process.
 

TEAM COMPARISON
The Rock	Stats	Seton Hill
1-1-1	Overall Record	2-0-1
1-0	PSAC West Record	-
1.3	Goals per Game	0.7
1.0	Opp. Goals per Game	0.0
+1	Season Goal Differential	+2
12.3	Shots per Game	11.3
15.7	Opp. Shots per Game	11.7
5.7	SOG per Game	4.0
7.0	Opp. SOG per Game	4.7
1.3	Assists per Game	0.7
3.7	Corners per Game	4.3
8.3	Fouls per Game	11.3
6.0	Saves per Game	4.7

 
THE ROCK BY THE NUMBERS
Overall Record: 1-1-1
PSAC West Record: 1-0
2023 Home Record: 7-0-2
Away Record: 1-1-1
Streak: W1
PSAC West Rank: T-1^st of 8
Head Coach: Jessica Giegucz | 10^th season at SRU (96-43-21, .666)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock earned its first victory of the season by way of a 3-0 shutout at Pitt-Johnstown Sept. 11. SRU's scoring came from DeLucio (4'), Morgan Sarver (29') and Libby Zacharyasz (88').
 
Sydney Patrick bookended the team's goals with a pair of assists while Ava Balazentis also picked up an assist.
 
SRU outshot the Mountain Cats 17-10 with Leah Allman making five saves in net.
 
LEADING THE ROCK
Patrick leads the six SRU players who have earned points through the first three games, sitting on four points on one goal and two assists. The senior is also one of the team's most efficient shooters so far this year, placing three of her four attempts on target. Coincidentally, SHU is the last remaining PSAC West team Patrick has yet to score against.
 
Following SRU's 3-0 win at UPJ, DeLucio, Sarver and Zacharyasz all carry two points on the year from one goal. The trio has combined for 14 total shots on the year with Sarver and Zacharyasz leading the way with five apiece.
 
Both Balazentis and Sydney Smith – two players who began the season looking for their first career points – round out SRU's scoring statistics with one assist each.
 
Faith Diffenbacher, Bailey McGee and Sophia Palermo have all registered two shots this year, while Kierstyn Maxey, Skylar Munnikhuysen and Lindsey Price round out the team's 13 shot-takers with one.
 
SENSATIONAL SET PIECES
Slippery Rock's first and third goals against UPJ came via corner kicks taken by Patrick.
 
DeLucio scored her first goal of the year just 3:51 into the game against the Mountain Cats, heading in the cross while Zacharyasz was the recipient of a loose ball that came on a corner with 3:00 left in the game.
 
In total, The Rock earned eight of the game's 11 total corners, marking the first game this season in which SRU led in corner kick opportunities.
 
CAREER POINT #1
A sophomore midfielder from Mars, Pennsylvania, Balazentis was only on the field for 59 seconds at UPJ when she found herself earning her first career point.
 
Not only did her assist on Sarver's 29^th-minute goal come less than a minute into her 27-minute shift, but it occurred in just her second career appearance at Slippery Rock.
 
A TEAM EFFORT
With The Rock's 3-0 win at Pitt-Johnstown, Slippery Rock is now 9-0-1 over the last three years when scoring at least three goals in a game.
 
The Rock have seen three unique scorers in eight of those 10 games, with the victory over UPJ marking the first time DeLucio, Sarver and Zacharyasz have all scored in the same game.
 
MAXEY IN THE STARTING XI
Maxey became the 13^th different starter for Slippery Rock this year at UPJ, playing 48 minutes and recording her first career shot.
 
A defensive midfielder from Fairmont, West Virginia, Maxey joins Jordyn Constable and Libby Earley in freshmen to have started this year for The Rock. Additionally, freshman midfielder Chloe Flynn made her Slippery Rock debut against the Mountain Cats.
 
OUT OF THE GATES
Of the four goals Slippery Rock has scored this season, two have come within the first eight minutes. Patrick got SRU on the board just 7:39 into the team's 2024 campaign with a goal at Shepherd University while DeLucio's game-winner at Pitt-Johnstown only took 3:51 to come to fruition.
 
Albeit just three games into the 17-game regular season schedule, this is a change of pace from last year for Slippery Rock. In 2023, only 18 of the team's 43 total goals (41.9 percent) came prior to the halftime whistle.
 
DEFENSIVE STANCE
Zacharyasz and Nina King have played all 270 possible minutes this year in Slippery Rock's defensive third, now averaging just one goal allowed per game. Diffenbacher once again played the full 90 minutes in the backfield at UPJ as well.
 
LEAH HOLDS DOWN THE FORT
In just her 22^nd career start, Allman logged her seventh shutout, averaging a blank slate in nearly every third game played in goal. Through three games in 2024, Allman has already made 18 saves, a number that took the Olmsted Township, Ohio native nine games to get to in her freshman season.
 
Two of Allman's seven career shutouts have come against the Griffins, not allowing a goal to SHU through the two meetings last year. She enters Saturday with a 1.00 GAA this season and an .857 save percentage, having faced 47 shots so far.
 
BACK AT EGLI
The Rock will be opening up the James Egli Field's 2024 action on a 12-game unbeaten streak at the venue and a 10-game undefeated run at home when games played at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium are factored in.
 
In the last five years, Slippery Rock has put together an impressive 34-6-9 (.786) record at home, highlighted by a 7-0-2 stretch last year, the team's first perfect record on home soil since 2007's 12-0 effort.
 
RECORD WATCH
Patrick's two assists at UPJ jumped her into the top five all-time, now with 23. Patrick is tied for fourth all-time with Sonya Maher (1996-99) and trails Ashley Paganie, who leads the program history books with 26, by three assists.
 
Patrick joins Sarver in the top 20 all-time in total shots attempted, as well. Patrick has attempted 105 total career shots, moving up to a tie for 17^th all-time. Four shots at UPJ were enough to lift Sarver from 14^th to 13^th, using 117 career shots to jump Andrea Felix (2013-16). Sarver is now 16 shots back from the top 10 all-time.
 
Patrick also started her 60^th consecutive game at Pitt-Johnstown, becoming one of just six Rock women's soccer players to start at least 60 straight games. With a spot in the starting eleven against Seton Hill, Patrick would become only the fourth player in school history with 61 straight starts. Jordyn Minda and Emma Yoder both saw their streaks end at 60.
 
Playing in her 22^nd game as a goalie, Allman now holds sole possession of 11^th all-time in that category, moving past Melinda Swan's 21 games played from 1998-99.
 
THE GRIFFINS BY THE NUMBERS
Overall Record: 2-0-1
2023 PSAC West Record: 6-9-4
Home Record: 2-0-1
2023 Away Record: 2-7-1
2023 PSAC West Rank: 4^th of 9
Streak: W1
Head Coach: Riley Butler | Second season at SHU (9-11-2, .455)
 
SETON HILL SCOUTING REPORT
The Griffins will be playing their first game on the road this year after opening the season 2-0-1 in non-conference play. Seton Hill found 1-0 wins against the Mountain East Conference's West Liberty University and Fairmont State University, sandwiching a 0-0 draw with Lock Haven University.
 
The undefeated start marks the second time in three years that Seton Hill has gone unbeaten through its first three games. Slippery Rock hosted a 3-0 SHU group in 2022, playing to a 0-0 draw at James Egli Field. Just like in 2022, Seton Hill will not only look to remain undefeated but continue its defensive streak of not allowing a goal.
 
Seton Hill returns its top two attackers from last season in Jessica Molitoris and Kilee Coatney. Molitoris has already scored one of SHU's two goals this year with the other coming from senior striker Samantha Hallow.
 
Despite losing their top defender from 2023 in Elizabeth Adams, the Griffins are one of just seven Division II teams remaining nationally who have not allowed a goal through their first three games of the season.
 
Seton Hill has started two goalkeepers so far this year – Sydney Caldwell for two games and Rhys Caplinger for one – both reserves from last season's roster that backed up Lindsey Pazdziorko.
 
Second-year head coach Riley Butler will be looking for his first career victory as a head coach against Slippery Rock.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Rock will begin their final three-game road trip of the season after a full week off, hitting the road for Indiana University (Pa.) 1 p.m. Sept. 21. Slippery Rock swept the Crimson Hawks a year ago in a pair of one-goal wins.





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