GAME PROGRAM INFO
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Slippery Rock vs. Gannon
The Rock (9-8, 2-2)	Golden Knights (13-4, 4-0)
Roster	Roster
Head Coach Dylan Lasher	Head Coach Matt Darling
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Program Records	Program Records
Morrow Field House
PSAC Standings
PSAC Leaders
PSAC Schedule

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Winners of two straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division matches, and six of its last eight overall, the Slippery Rock University volleyball team will finish its season-long homestand this weekend with a pair of key league contests at Morrow Field House.
 
The Rock first hosts Edinboro 6 p.m. Friday followed by a 2 p.m. Saturday outing against division leader Gannon University.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch both of this weekend's matches 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.
 
MATCH 17 DETAILS
Opponent: Edinboro
Date: Friday – 6 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Morrow Field House
Watch: Link
Live Stats: Link 
All-Time Series: Edinboro leads 82-43
Last Played: Nov. 15, 2024 (SRU won 3-2)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Edinboro holds an 82-43 all-time record against Slippery Rock, but the recent history between The Rock and Fighting Scots has been much closer. Every match since 2022 has gone at least four sets, including a five-set Rock victory at Morrow Field House a season ago. 
 
Top Rock Performers vs. Edinboro
(Per match statistics)
Callie Chevalier: 11.2 Kills, .166%, 2.4 Blocks (5 Matches)
Lauren VonderHaar: 3.8 Blocks (6 Matches)
Jaeden Yost: 26.5 Assists, 1.7 Aces, 10.8 Digs (6 Matches)
Paityn Krause: 15.0 Assists, 7.5 Digs, 1.0 Aces (2 Matches)
Kara Pasquale: 10.0 Digs (2 Matches)
 
MATCH 18 DETAILS
Opponent: Gannon University
Date: Saturday – 2 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Morrow Field House
Watch: Link
Live Stats: Link 
All-Time Series: Gannon leads 45-10
Last Played: Nov. 2, 2024 (SRU won 3-0)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Slippery Rock will be looking to snap a 29-match losing streak against the Golden Knights that dates back to 2008.
 
Top Rock Performers vs. Gannon
(Per match statistics)
Callie Chevalier: 7.4 Kills (4 Matches)
Lauren VonderHaar: 4.3 Kills, .239%, 2.8 Blocks (4 Matches)
Jaeden Yost: 16.8 Assists, 1.2 Aces, 8.3 Digs (6 Matches)
Paityn Krause: 13.0 Assists (2 Matches)

SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Record: 9-7
PSAC West: 2-1
PSAC West Standings: t-2nd
Home Record: 2-1
Away Record: 2-2
Neutral Site Record: 5-4
Streak: W2
Last 5 Matches: 3-2
Head Coach: Dylan Lasher | First season at SRU (9-7) | Fifth overall (54-68)
 
ROCK LEADERS
ATTACK: Callie Chevalier (187 kills / .157), Lauren VonderHaar (122 kills / .259)
ASSISTS: Paityn Krause (346 / 5.41 per set), Jaeden Yost (255 / 3.98 per set)
ACES: Yost (20), Marley Annis (19)
DIGS: Kara Pasquale (311 / 4.86 per set)
BLOCKS: VonderHaar (86), Emry Rumbaugh (35)
 
ROCK SINGLE-MATCH LEADERS
KILLS: Callie Chevalier – 19 vs. UVa.-Wise
ASSISTS: Paityn Krause – 32 vs. Bloomsburg
ACES: Krause – 4 vs. Bloomsburg
DIGS: Kara Pasquale – 29 at Fairmont State
BLOCKS: Lauren VonderHaar – 14 vs. Assumption
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock earned back-to-back home PSAC West victories with a pair of four-set wins last week over Seton Hill University and California (Pa.).
 
STRONG START IN THE PSAC WEST
A successful weekend for The Rock inside Morrow Field House would mark a variety of accomplishments that have not been achieved by SRU in some time. 
 
• If SRU beats Edinboro, it would mark Slippery Rock's first 3-1 record to start conference competition since the 2014 team won its first four PSAC matches.
 
• Additionally, two wins or a weekend split would also put this year's team among the best 18-match starts to a year over the last decade.
 
• If Slippery Rock goes 2-0 this weekend, it will match this year's team with the 2023 and 2014 squads as having the best record through 18 matches (11-7) to start a season since 2013.
 
• A split against Edinboro and Gannon would still position this year's team as one of just three Rock teams since 2013 with a winning record through 18 matches.
 
VONDERHAAR HONORED
Lauren VonderHaar was named the PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Week after leading the Slippery Rock volleyball team to a perfect 2-0 record last week.
 
VonderHaar earned the honor – her second such accolade of the season and seventh PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Week award of her career – after recording 16 blocks (five solo / 11 assisted / 2.00 per set) in addition to going for 17 kills on an efficient .350 attack percentage.
 
The Rock's senior middle blocker has started all 16 matches this season on the way to compiling 86 total blocks (22 solo / 64 assisted) defensively all the while ranking second on the team in kills with 122 off a .259 attack percentage.
 
ROCKING THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Slippery Rock begins the week ranked highly in Division II in several statistical categories in addition to having two athletes prominently featured in the individual rankings.
 
• Collectively, Slippery Rock ranks ninth in the country – out of 275 Division II teams - in total blocks (153), 13th in total digs (1,069), 23rd in blocks per set (2.4) and 51st in total kills (741).
 
• Individually, VonderHaar sits fourth in total blocks and 12th in blocks per set, while Kara Pasquale is 15th in total digs (311) and 38th in digs per set (4.86).
 
COMING OUT HOT
• Slippery Rock has won the first set in 11 of its 16 matches this season.
 
• SRU is also a healthy 10-6 in the second set of its matches this year.
 
STARTING TO GET GOING LATE TOO
• While Slippery Rock is just 1-4 in the fifth set of matches this season, SRU has improved its showing in the fourth set of contests to 5-1 following its success against California and Seton Hill.
 
CHEVALIER LEADS THE WAY
Slippery Rock holds a 49-52 (.485) overall record in the last four years. Over that time range, SRU is an excellent 29-11 (.725) when senior outside hitter Callie Chevalier registers at least 10 kills in a match compared to a 20-41 (.328) showing when Chevalier is limited to single-digit kill production or does not play.
 
Chevalier is in the midst of what is shaping up to be a career year, and an appropriate cap to what's been a great collegiate career. She's started every match while playing all 64 sets en route to totaling 187 kills (2.92 per set) on a .157 attack percentage with seven aces, 184 digs (2.88 dps) and 31 blocks (4 solo / 27 assisted).

RUMBAUGH STEPPING UP EARLY
Emry Rumbaugh, a freshman out of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, is in the process of stacking up a string of great performances in what's turning into a stellar rookie year. Rumbaugh is averaging 11.5 kills, a .301 attack percentage and 3.0 blocks over The Rock's last four matches. Overall, she is third for Slippery Rock in kills with 109 via a .200 attack percentage.
 
Rumbaugh is on pace to end her first collegiate season with 190 kills and 61 blocks, which would make her the sixth freshman in program history - and first since Erinn Kahoe in 2017 - to close their inaugural season with at least 190 kills and 60 blocks.
 
SRU Freshmen with at least 190 Kills / 60 Blocks
Erinn Kahoe (2017): 222 Kills / 80 Blocks
Emily Sokolowski (2014): 202 Kills / 60 Blocks
Anastasia Urbanik (2005): 417 Kills / 92 Blocks
Louise Schultz (2004): 287 Kills / 67 Blocks
Nikki St. Antoine (1993): 442 Kills / 91 Blocks

GROUP EFFORT UP FRONT
While VonderHaar spearheads The Rock's defensive effort up front, it has been anything but a one-athlete show that's pushed SRU up among the nation's leaders in total blocks.
 
Alongside VonderHaar are seven other athletes with double-digit block totals in Rumbaugh (35), Chevalier (31), Addison Jones (31), Victoria Nalbach (26), Ava Haynes (19), Kaitlyn Danszczak (17) and Marley Annis (10).
 
The last time SRU had more than seven athletes with at least 10 blocks was in 2022.
 
MCCARTHY COMES UP BIG
One of the many keys to The Rock's victory over California was the play of Gwen McCarthy. In what was her fifth start of the year, McCarthy produced 12 kills courtesy of a .364 attack percentage all the while making three blocks.
 
McCarthy, who has 65 kills on the season, has tallied at least 12 kills in three of her five starts in 2025.

ANNIS DOING A BIT OF EVERYTHING
Marley Annis has been a key contributor in all facets of the game as a sophomore. A starter in 11 of 15 matches played, Annis enters the Edinboro match with 89 kills, 19 aces, 120 digs and 10 blocks. She ranks second on the team in aces, fourth in kills, fifth in digs and eighth in blocks.
 
In addition to posting at least 10 kills in five contests, Annis also has at least one ace in 11 appearances and five or more digs on 14 occasions.

ROUNDING OUT THE ATTACK
Rounding out The Rock's offensive attack is the trio of Nalbach, Danszczak and Haynes.
 
Nalbach has nearly tripled her previous career-high in kills with 57 on an efficient .273 attack percentage. Danszczak is up to 45 kills over her 13 matches played while Haynes has garnered 36 kills - 18 of which have come over her last three appearances.
 
SETTING THE TABLE
• For a second straight year, setting duties at The Rock are being shared by the duo of Paityn Krause and Jaeden Yost. Both have played every set in all 16 matches, with Krause drawing nine starts and Yost seven.
 
• Krause has distributed a team-high 346 assists (5.41 per set) while making 130 digs (2.03 dps).
 
• Meanwhile, the veteran Yost has passed out 255 assists (3.98 aps) to go with 138 digs (2.16 dps).
 
• The duo has also combined to serve 35 of The Rock's 84 aces this year (41.7 percent) with Yost leading the way at 20 aces and Krause ranking third with 15.

RECORD BOOK UPDATE
Entering the Edinboro match, a trio of Slippery Rock's seniors find themselves continuing to climb SRU career record book in several statistical categories.
 
• With 344 career blocks, VonderHaar is now 25 rejections away from becoming SRU's sole leader in career blocks. The current record belongs to Laurie Flynn (1991-94 / 368).
 
• Yost is 41 assists away from becoming the eighth athlete in program history to record 2,000 career assists. She is also 100 assists shy of surpassing Haley Defibaugh (2014-17) for seventh on SRU's career assists ledger.
 
• Additionally, Yost's 133 career aces currently rank 11th all-time at The Rock – two away from tying Sally Scott (1997-00) for 10th place.
 
• With 831 kills to her name, Chevalier sits in 16th place at SRU, 15 behind Lindsay Weber (2002-05) for 15th. Chevalier is also on pace to become the 12th athlete in Slippery Rock history to reach 1,000 career kills later in the year.
 
DOUBLING UP
Five Rock athletes have combined to record 27 double-doubles on the year with Chevalier leading the way at eight.
 
2025 Double-Double Leaders
1. Callie Chevalier (10)
t2. Jaeden Yost (6)
t2. Paityn Krause (6)
4. Lauren VonderHaar (3)
5. Marley Annis (2)
 
HOW THE ROCK STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 13th (.158)
• Opponent Attack %: 7th (.157)
• Kills Per Set: 12th (11.6)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 13th (12.3)
• Aces Per Set: 14th (1.3)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 1st (1.2)
• Digs Per Set: 4th (16.7)
• Blocks Per Set: 3rd (2.4)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 16th (2.1)
 
SRU AMONG THE PSAC'S BEST (Individual rankings)
Blocks Per Set: Lauren VonderHaar – 2nd
Digs Per Set: Kara Pasquale – 4th
Assists Per Set: Paityn Krause – 13th
Kills Per Set: Callie Chevalier – 14th
 
TOP ACTIVE STREAKS
Consecutive Starts: Lauren VonderHaar (71), Callie Chevalier (23)
Matches Played: Jaeden Yost (101), VonderHaar (71), Kara Pasquale (40)
Double-Doubles: Chevalier (2)
Matches With at least 10 Kills: Chevalier (2), Emry Rumbaugh (2)
Matches With at least 20 Assists: Paityn Krause (2)
Matches With at least 10 Digs: Pasquale (10)
Matches With at least 2 Blocks: VonderHaar (34)
Matches With at least 1 Ace: Yost (7)
 
NEXT FIVE MATCHES
Oct. 17 (6 p.m.) at Indiana (Pa.)
Oct. 18 (1 p.m.) at Pitt-Johnstown
Oct. 24 (6 p.m.) vs. Clarion (Dig for the Cure)
Oct. 31 (6 p.m.) at California (Pa.)
Nov. 1 (1 p.m.) at Seton Hill
 
RECORDS WATCH
Blocks
1. Laurie Flynn (1991-94): 368
2. Lauren VonderHaar (Active): 344
3. Anastasia Urbanik (2005-08): 342
4. Louise Schultz (2004-07): 334
5. Erin Green (2000-03): 326
 
Assists
5. Zoe Rivet (2016-19): 2,888
6. Anna Bixler (2007-10): 2,379
7. Haley Defibaugh (2014-17): 2,058
8. Jaeden Yost (Active): 1,959
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16. Peytan Gullickson (2020-23): 767
17. Logan Whitaker (2019, 21): 589
18. Paityn Krause: 579
 
Aces
7. Zoe Rivet (2016-19): 143
8. Laurie Flynn (1991-94): 142
9. Nikki St. Antoine (1993-96): 140
10. Sally Scott (1997-00): 135
11. Jaeden Yost (Active): 133
 
Kills
12. Leah Jones (2013-16): 949
13. Gaylene Abbott (1993-96): 878
14. Kristy Lake (2011-14): 874
15. Lindsay Weber (2002-05): 846
16. Callie Chevalier (Active): 831
 
EDINBORO PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall Record: 5-8
PSAC West Record: 0-3
PSAC West Standings: 8th
Home Record: 0-3
Away Record: 3-2
Neutral Site Record: 2-3
Streak: L5
Last 5 Matches: 0-5
Head Coach: Missy Soboleski | 30th season (540-413, .565)
 
HOW BORO STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 10th (.173)
• Opponent Attack %: 7th (.157)
• Kills Per Set: 13th (11.2)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 6th (10.9)
• Aces Per Set: 7th (2.2)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 10th (1.7)
• Digs Per Set: 14th (14.0)
• Blocks Per Set: 12th (1.6)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 3rd (1.6)
 
FIGHTING SCOTT LEADERS
ATTACK: Makayla Neelands (182 kills / .197), Reilly Parent (166 kills / .168)
ASSISTS: Laney Burns (245 / 4.80 per set), Grace Petro (220 / 4.31 per set)
ACES: Neelands (32), Burns (26)
DIGS: Neelands (155 / 3.04 per set)
BLOCKS: Maggie Koster (39), Emma Hiott (23), Josephine Bailey (23)
 
GANNON PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall Record: 11-4
PSAC West Record: 3-0
PSAC West Standings: 1st
Home Record: 4-0
Away Record: 4-1
Neutral Site Record: 3-3
Streak: W6
Last 5 Matches: 5-0
Head Coach: Matt Darling | 19th season (443-155, .741)
 
GOLDEN KNIGHT LEADERS
ATTACK: Sydney Wake (136 kills / .284), Abby Williams (135 kills / .197)
ASSISTS: Bengisu Arslan (576 / 10.67 per set)
ACES: Williams (23), Arslan (19)
DIGS: Alexis Fowler (215 / 3.98 per set)
BLOCKS: Lauren Atwell (51), Sydney Wake (35)
 
HOW GU STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 1st (.239)
• Opponent Attack %: 13th (.175)
• Kills Per Set: 2nd (13.1)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 9th (11.6)
• Aces Per Set: 9th (2.0)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 4th (1.4)
• Digs Per Set: 11th (14.5)
• Blocks Per Set: 6th (2.1)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 6th (1.7)
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock heads to Indiana University (Pa.) for a 6 p.m. Oct. 17 road PSAC West match.




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