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 games. 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. West Chester
The Rock (5-9)	Golden Rams (10-4)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Missy Revesz	Coach Amy Cohen
Program Records	Program Records
Mihalik-Thompson Stadium
PSAC Standings
PSAC Leaders
PSAC Schedule

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – In the penultimate week of the regular season, the Slippery Rock University field hockey team will host a pair of nationally ranked teams at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
THE SCHEDULE
Slippery Rock first hosts No. 2 Shippensburg University 4 p.m. Wednesday followed by a noon Saturday matchup against No. 6 West Chester University.
 
LEAVE YOUR PETS AT HOME
Fans are reminded that there are NO PETS allowed at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium, 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.
 
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS GAME
In conjunction with the President's Commission on Women, Slippery Rock is hosting its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Games on Wednesday as part of the field hockey – women's soccer doubleheader at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium. A variety of giveaways, raffle baskets and activities have been planned.
 
• At halftime of the women's soccer game there will be a giveaway for pair of AirPods (Only SRU students with a valid SRU ID are eligible to enter).
 
• Gift baskets will be raffled off during both the field hockey and women's soccer games. Items being raffled off currently include:
-Raffle basket from SRU Campus Climate & Culture
-Raffle basket from SRU Payroll
-Raffle basket from SRU Athletics
-2 tickets for Fresh Moves SRU Dance Concert: Saturday, December 6th
-2 tickets for Emerging Artist SRU Dance Concert: Saturday, January 31
-$25 Starbucks Gift Card (Only SRU Students are eligible)
 
• PA Breast Cancer Coalition will be in attendance collecting donations as well as providing educational documents.
 
• Luminaries and signs will be available for anyone who would like to honor survivors or those who have lost their battle to breast cancer.
 
• Breast cancer pins and stickers will be given away.
 
• Cookie decorating and hot chocolate available.
 
SENIOR DAY SATURDAY
Prior to Saturday's game The Rock's 2025 senior class of Christina Clymer, Sammy Graci, Megan Rude, Madison Shomo and Julia Boettler will be recognized for their contributions to the program over their careers.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch both of this week'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 RV, 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 14 DETAILS
Opponent: Shippensburg University
Date: Wednesday – 4 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium
Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: X (formerly Twitter)
All-Time Series: SU leads 52-6-1
Last Played: Sept. 19, 2025 (SU won 4-0)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Shippensburg's 4-0 non-conference victory over The Rock earlier in the season improved the Raiders' all-time record against SRU to 52-6-1. Haylie Sucharski made a defensive save in the game for SRU, while Lucy Hutchinson and Riley Cloude each recorded two shot attempts.
 
A Wednesday victory over Shippensburg would mark The Rock's first win in the series since a 3-1 triumph during the 1998 season.
 
GAME 15 DETAILS
Opponent: West Chester University
Date: Saturday – Noon
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium
Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: X (formerly Twitter)
All-Time Series: WCU leads 14-1
Last Played: Sept. 28, 2024 (WCU won 6-2)
 
SERIES HISTORY
West Chester enters Saturday with a 14-1 all-time record against Slippery Rock. SRU's lone win to date in the series came in 2017 when Allison Grant and Kailee Krupski scored goals in the final seven minutes of regulation on the way to a 4-3 upset of the third-ranked Golden Rams.
 
In the most recent meeting between the two teams, West Chester earned a 6-2 decision over The Rock a season ago on Sept. 28, 2024. Seven current Rock athletes – Clymer, Graci, Rude, Shomo, Cloude, Roz Mikulak and Grace Williams played in the game.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Stats: Link
Roster: Link
Overall Record: 5-8
PSAC Record: 1-5
PSAC Standings: t-8th
Home Record: 4-2
Away Record: 1-6
Streak: L1
Last 5 Games: 2-3
Head Coach: Missy Revesz | First season (5-8)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock lost on the road Oct. 18 to No. 1 Kutztown, 7-0.

ROCK LEADERS
POINTS: Hutchinson (10), Williams (6)
GOALS: Hutchinson (5), 4 tied (2)
ASSISTS: Mikulak (4), Williams (2), Hilary Hoffman (2)
S.O.G.: Mikulak (13), Williams (10)
SAVES: Leah Riegling (33)
DEF. SAVES: Sucharski (4)
 
ACTIVE STREAKS
Starts: Rude (45), Mikulak (28), Cloude (23)
Games Played: Rude (63), Clymer (29), Cloude (29)
Games With a Goal: N/A
Games With a Shot: Cloude (3), Shomo (3)
Games With a SOG: Shomo (4)
Games With an Assist: N/A
 
WIN TOTAL SURPASSED
Slippery Rock's 1-0 victory over Frostburg State on Oct. 15 marked The Rock's fifth win of the season. No matter what happens the rest of the year, SRU's current record has already surpassed its win totals from both the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
 
Slippery Rock needs to win two of its final four games to match the program's previous eight-year high victory total of seven games which was set in both 2021 and 2022.
 
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
60 of The Rock's 95 wins (63.2 percent) over the last 12 years have come at the friendly confines of Mihalik-Thompson Stadium. SRU is 4-2 in home games this year.
 
WINS vs. NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS
Since the 2010 season, Slippery Rock has won nine games against nationally ranked teams. The Rock's previous wins against nationally ranked teams include victories against Kutztown (2017 / No. 5), West Chester (2017 / No. 3), East Stroudsburg (2014 / No. 5), Bloomsburg (2013 / No. 7), Indiana (2011 / No. 6, 2010 / No. 7, 2010 / No. 8) and LIU Post (2010 / No. 5).
 
A LOOK AT THE SENIORS
• Christina Clymer: Joined the Slippery Rock field hockey program after beginning collegiate career at Ball State University. She is yet to miss a game in a Rock uniform with 29 consecutive appearances, 25 of which have been starts. Clymer ranks sixth in program history in defensive saves with six while also placing 10 of her 21 career shots on goal.
 
• Sammy Graci: A four-year member of the program, Graci has played in 49 games over the course of Slippery Rock career while making 24 starts. She's totaled four points on one goal and two assists while placing eight of her 10 career shots on goal and making three defensive saves, the 13th highest career total in SRU history.
 
• Megan Rude: A four-year member of the program who has been a constant on the field for Slippery Rock over the entirety of her career. Rude's never missed a game in her collegiate career with 63 consecutive appearances, 61 of which have been starts. She ranks 11th in program history for consecutive games played. While being a standout defender, Rude has also scored three career goals.
 
• Julia Boettler: A junior in terms of athletic eligibility, Boettler will also be concluding her career this season. Over her three years with The Rock, Boettler has started six of her 27 games played while totaling one assist. She's appeared in all 13 games this year while earning a career-high in playing time.
 
• Madison Shomo: Like Boettler, Shomo will be forgoing her final season of athletic eligibility, Shomo has missed just one game over her career at SRU with 36 starts in 45 appearances. She's totaled 13 points on six goals and one assist while placing 19 of her 30 career shots on target.
 
WE LOVE WEDNESDAYS
While Slippery Rock does not play an abundance of Wednesday home games, when SRU does take to the turf of Mihalik-Thompson Stadium for a mid-week contest, it usually wins. Since the 2020 season, Slippery Rock is 6-1 when playing home games on a Wednesday.
 
Wednesday Success at SRU (Since 2021)
2025: Frostburg State (W, 1-0)
2025: Roberts Wesleyan (W, 3-0)
2024: D'Youville (W, 6-2)
2022: IUP (L, 3-0)
2022: Mercyhurst (W, 2-1)
2021: Seton Hill (W 7-0)
2021: Mansfield (W, 2-1)
 
NO NIGHT'S OFF
According to finalwhistlefh.com, Slippery Rock will open the week ranked fifth in Division II in strength of schedule and 12th in RPI.

THE ROCK OFFENSE
• Slippery Rock opens the week averaging 1.15 goals per game on 9.1 attempts per contest and 5.7 penalty corners a night.
 
• Hutchinson continues to lead The Rock in both goals (5) and total points (10) over her nine games played. She's placed seven of her 13 shots on goal, with three of her scores being eventual game-winners.
 
• Williams holds sole possession of second place on SRU's points ledger with six on two goals and two assists. She is one of two Rock athletes to have recorded double-digit shots on goal this season with 10.
 
• Coral Piramo, who scored the game-winning goal in SRU's recent victory over Frostburg State, ranks third on the team in total points with five by way of two goals and one assist. Piramo has placed eight of her 11 total attempts on goal.
 
• Behind Hutchinson, Williams and Piramo are a quartet of athletes with four points apiece in Shomo (2 G), Mikulak (4 A), Maddie Orrson (2 G) and Hilary Hoffman (1 G / 2 A). Mikulak has also fired off a team-high 13 shots on goal.
 
• Rounding out SRU's point production through 13 games is Cloude with three (1 G / 1 A) and the duo of Boettler and Graci at one assist apiece.
 
SETTING THE TABLE
With her assist on Piramo's game-winner against Frostburg State, Mikulak has now assisted on four of The Rock's 15 goals this year. Her four assists are tied for the third most in a single-season by a Rock athlete in the last nine years.
 
Season Assists (Since 2017)
1) Kayla Del Vecchio: 8 (2022)
2) Jordyn Isner: 6 (2021)
t-3) Roz Mikulak: 4 (2025)
t-3) Hilary Hoffman: 4 (2024)
t-3) Leslie Colliver: 4 (2024)
t-3) Leslie Colliver: 4 (2022)
t-3) Kayla Ulrich: 4 (2019)
t-3) Kayla Mack: 4 (2017)
 
A LOOK AT THE DEFENSE
• With 13 games played in 2025, Slippery Rock has yielded 2.62 goals per contest while allowing 15.16 shots and 8.7 penalty corners per outing. Opponents have scored just goals on only 0.06 percent of their 113 corners against SRU in 2025.
 
• Starting goalkeeper Leah Riegling is 3-3 with 33 saves, a .660 save percentage and 2.62 Goals Against Average in her six starts in 2025.
 
• Haylie Sucharski leads the PSAC, and ranks seventh in the nation, in defensive saves with four.
 
REMAINING SCHEDULE
Oct. 29 (4 p.m.) vs. Indiana (Pa.) (Make-A-Wish Game)
Nov. 1 (1 p.m.) at Mansfield
 
RECORDS WATCH
Assists (10-16)
t10. Katie Krouse (2007-10): 8
t10. Kayla Ulrich (2017-19): 8
t10. Kelsey Gustafson (2011-14): 8
t10. Ashley Stoner (2004-07): 8
t10. Courtney Bradshaw (2012-15): 8
t10. Samantha Badaczewski (2007-10): 8
t16. Hilary Hoffman: 7
t16. Courtney Page (2017-19, 21): 7
t16. Allison Shade (2011-14): 7
t16. Renee Rosenblum (2013-16): 7

SHIPPENSBURG PRIMER
Stats: Link
Roster: Link
NFHCA Top 10: No. 2
Overall Record: 12-2
PSAC Record: 4-2
PSAC Standings: t-2nd
Home Record: 6-0
Away Record: 4-2
Neutral Site Record: 2-0
Streak: L1
Last 5 Games: 3-2
Head Coach: Rayell Wallace | First season at SU (12-2) / Fifth overall (34-46)
 
RAIDER LEADERS
POINTS: Lilly Cantabene (22), Kelly Naude (18)
GOALS: Cantabene (8), Naude (7)
ASSISTS: Cantabene (6), Naude (4)
S.O.G.: Agus Garibaldi (37), Cantabene (35)
SAVES: Emma Albee (56)
DEF. SAVES: Savannah Silvestre (10, Hannah White (1)
 
SCOUTING THE RAIDERS
• Shippensburg comes to The Rock as the second-ranked team in the nation. While the Raiders have lost two of their last three games they have both been one-goal setbacks against nationally ranked teams in East Stroudsburg (3-2) and Bloomsburg (1-0, double overtime).
 
• Shippensburg comes to Mihalik-Thompson Stadium leading the nation in GAA and save percentage in addition to ranking fifth in scoring margin (+2.47) and sixth in penalty corners per game (10.29).
 
• Defensively, Emma Albee has stopped 56 shots while carrying a .875 save percentage and 0.55 GAA. She leads Division II in both save percentage and GAA. Shippensburg has logged eight shutouts on the year while surrendering just 0.64 goals per game.
 
• Shippensburg's offense, which averages 3.14 goals per game, is paced by trio of Lilly Cantabene (8 G, 6 A), Kelly Naude (7 G, 4 A) and Elaina Fragassi (6 G, 2 A).
 
• Cantabene and Naude each had one goal and one assist against The Rock in the first meeting between SRU and the Raiders earlier in the season. Annika Madeja and Mckenna Boyle added goals as well.  
 
• Shippensburg is led by former Slippery Rock head coach Rayell Wallace, who is in her first season in charge of the Raiders after spending the previous five years at SRU.
 
WEST CHESTER PRIMER
Stats: Link
Roster: Link
NFHCA Top 10: No. 6
Overall Record: 9-4
PSAC Record: 4-2
PSAC Standings: t-2nd
Home Record: 6-2
Away Record: 3-2
Streak: W1
Last 5 Games: 3-2
Head Coach: Amy Cohen | 14th season at WCU (214-65-1) / 19th overall (256-116-1)
 
GOLDEN RAM LEADERS
POINTS: Veerle Hersman (12)
GOALS: Hersman (12)
ASSISTS: 3 tied (6)
S.O.G.: Hersman (39), Caitlynn Szarko (34)
SAVES: Audra Szymborski (64)
DEF. SAVES: 4 Tied (1)
 
SCOUTING WEST CHESTER
• West Chester opens the week having split its last four games with wins over Frostburg State (8-1) and Mansfield (3-2) combined with losses to Shippensburg (4-1) and Kutztown (3-1). WCU hosts Bloomsburg Wednesday prior to making its trip to The Rock.
 
• Through 13 games, the Golden Rams average 3.00 goals per game while allowing 2.15 a contest. WCU takes 18.2 shots a game while allowing 11.1.
 
• Veerle Hersman paces West Chester's offense with 12 goals. Behind Hersman is a group of six athletes with at least three goals.
 
• Starting goalkeeper Audra Szymborski holds a .711 save percentage and 2.02 GAA while having made 64 saves.  
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock hosts Indiana University (Pa.) 4 p.m. Oct. 29 in its 2025 home finale at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.




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