SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team opens its 2025-26 season this weekend when it travels to the Atlantic Region Challenge hosted by Gannon University. The Rock officially starts the season 4 p.m. Saturday against the University of Charleston trailed by a 2 p.m. Sunday matchup with Davis & Elkins College.

TICKETS
Fans are encouraged to purchase advance tickets online HERE.

Online Tickets Price Below
Adult General Admission: $10
Visiting Student with valid student ID: $5
Reserved Seating: $20

WATCH LIVE
Fans can watch Saturday's and Sunday's games live for free via the link below provided by Gannon Media Relations.

GAME 1 of 26
Opponent: Charleston
Date: Saturday – 4 p.m.
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Venue: Highmark Events Center
Live Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter/X (@Rock_Athletics)

SERIES HISTORY vs. CHARLESTON
Overall: Slippery Rock leads 2-1
Current Streak: L1
At a Neutral Site: N/A
First Meeting: Nov. 19, 1995 (SRU won 82-74)
Last Meeting: Nov. 17, 2012 (Charleston won 93-76)
Most Points, SRU: 82 - Nov. 19, 1995
Most Points, Charleston: 93 – Nov. 17, 2012
Largest Victory, SRU: 14 (66-52), Dec. 19, 2011
Largest Victory, Charleston: 17 (93-76), Nov. 17, 2012
SRU coach Ryenn Micaletti vs. Charleston: 0-0
Charleston coach Bubby Johnson vs SRU: 0-0

TOP ACTIVE SRU PLAYERS AGAINST THE GOLDEN EAGLES
No active player on either team has played in the SRU vs. Charleston series.

GAME 2 of 26
Opponent: Davis & Elkins
Date: Sunday – 2 p.m.
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Venue: Highmark Events Center
Live Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter/X (@Rock_Athletics)

SERIES HISTORY vs. DAVIS & ELKINS
Overall: Slippery Rock leads 5-0
Current Streak: W5
At a Neutral Site: SRU leads 2-0
First Meeting: Nov. 20, 1990 (SRU won 99-46)
Last Meeting: Nov. 9, 2024 (SRU won 79-42)
Most Points, SRU: 99 - Nov. 20, 1990
Most Points, D&E: 75 – Nov 12, 2022
Largest Victory, SRU: 53 (99-46), Nov. 20, 1990
Largest Victory, D&E: N/A
SRU coach Ryenn Micaletti vs. Davis & Elkins: 1-0
Davis & Elkins coach Donna Carr vs SRU: 0-2

TOP ACTIVE SRU PLAYERS AGAINST THE SENATORS
Alyssa Gillin – 2 GP: 5.5 points, 1 assist, 1 rebound
Kayley Joseph-Bernard – 1 GP: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists
Mairan Haggerty – 1 GP: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block
Sophia Hook – 1 GP: 6 points, 5 rebounds
Deryn Moye – 1 GP: 5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist

ROCK BY THE NUMBERS
Roster: Link
2024-25 Stats: Link
2024-25 Overall Record: 7-19
2024-25 PSAC West Record: 4-16
2024-25 PSAC West Finish: 7^th
2025-26 PSAC West Preseason Poll: 7^th
Head Coach: Ryenn Micaletti | Third season (9-42)

ATLANTIC REGION CHALLENGE HISTORY
This will be Slippery Rock's second year in the Atlantic Region Challenge. The Rock went 1-1 last year with a 79-42 win over Davis & Elkins and a 89-75 loss to Glenville State University.

THE ROCK vs. THE MEC
Since the Mountain East Conference was formed in 2013, Slippery Rock has a 9-4 record against teams from the MEC.

SEASON OPENER DETAILS
Overall Record: 30-22
Home: 11-5
Away: 6-11
Neutral: 13-6
Longest Winning Streak: 8 games (1988-96)
Most Points Scored: 89 (2012-13 vs. Urbana | 1975-76 vs. IUP)
Largest Victory: 47 points (78-31) vs. Thiel (1982-83)
Current Streak: W1
vs. Davis & Elkins (79-42 / 2024-25)

NOTES FROM DUQUESNE
Slippery Rock played a preseason exhibition against Duquesne last week. The game counted for the Dukes, but was just a tune-up match for The Rock.

Sophia Hook led The Rock with 11 points, three rebounds, one steal and one assist. Hook shot an efficient 4-of-6 from the field overall, including a 2-of-3 mark from 3-point territory.
 
Kayley Joseph-Bernard and Hannah Pugliese contributed eight points each with Joseph-Bernard also compiling four rebounds, four blocks, two steals and two assists. Mairan Haggerty rounded out SRU's top scorers with seven points.
 
Freshman guard Iyanna Wade dished out a game-best six assists all the while matching Alyssa Gillin for team-high honors in rebounds at five in addition to making one steal. Fellow freshman Jorja Bernesser blocked a pair of shots.
 
Collectively, Slippery Rock closed the exhibition shooting 33.9 percent (20-for-59) from the field overall and 34.5 percent (10-for-29) from 3-point range.

SEASON-OPENING ROAD TRIP
The Rock open their season with a three-game trip away from Morrow Field House. The last time Slippery Rock started its season with three consecutive games away from home was in 2022-23, when it played four straight games on the road. SRU finished that four-game trip with a 3-1 record.

NON-CONFERENCE DETAILS
Under Ryenn Micaletti, SRU is 3-6 during the non-conference slate. All three wins came last season against Davis & Elkins, Salem University and Lake Erie College.

BACK-TO-BACK PLAY
Dating back to the 2015-16 season, Slippery Rock has posted a 30-24 record when playing back-to-back games.

LOOKING TO IMPROVE AGAIN
Slippery Rock will look to improve on its win total for the second consecutive season as it saw a five-win improvement from 2023-24 to 2024-25.

KEY RETURNERS
#1 Deryn Moye: 5-4 - Guard - Beaver Falls, Pa.
• Moye has established herself as a key piece to The Rock's rotation over the last two years. Since joining the program, Moye has appeared in 50 of a possible 51 games while drawing 27 starts. She heads into her senior year with career averages of 4.3 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 0.8 steals per game with shooting percentages of .366 from the field overall, .358 from 3-point territory and .796 at the foul line.

#8 Kayley Joseph-Bernard: 6-0 - Forward - Milton, Ontario
• A do-it-all forward, Joseph-Bernard enjoyed a productive first season with The Rock a year ago after transferring in from Hofstra. A constant on the floor (30.5 mpg) with 23 starts in 26 games played, Joseph-Bernard averaged 6.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 46.7 percent from the field and 77.8 percent at the foul line.

#11 Sophia Hook: 5-7 - Guard - Brookfield, Ohio
• Hook closed last season as SRU's third-leading scorer with 9.0 points per game all the while pulling down 3.9 rebounds and producing just under one assist and one steal a contest in 22 appearances. The Rock's leader in made 3-pointers last year, Hook was particularly impressive from long range early in 2024-25 as she connected on 25 of her first 71 3-point attempts (.352) through the opening 11 games of the season.

#12 Hannah Pugliese: 5-8 - Guard - Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Pugliese played in only three of The Rock's first 18 games a season ago before becoming a key part of SRU's rotation down the stretch of her rookie year as she played 19.1 minutes per game over the final month of the season while averaging 4.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals a contest over the same stretch of time.

#21 Alyssa Gillin: 6-0 - Forward - Monaca, Pa.
• Gillin was one of four Rock athletes to play in all 26 games last year while starting a team-high 24 contests on the way to averaging 7.1 points on 39 percent shooting overall including a 31.7 percent clip from 3-point range along with a Rock-best 77.8 percent mark at the foul line in addition to grabbing 3.8 rebounds and blocking 15 shots.

#34 Mairan Haggerty: 6-0 - Forward - New Castle, Pa.
• Haggerty spent her freshman season in 2023-24 at Seton Hill before coming to The Rock prior to last year and proceeded to play in all 26 games, 11 of which were starts, in 2024-25 with per game averages of 5.5 points and 3.3 rebounds. In the 14 games in which Haggerty played at least 15 minutes her per game production jumped to 8.5 points and 4.7 rebounds on 38.5 percent shooting from field.

INCOMING TRANSFERS
Among Slippery Rock's six newcomers for 2025-26 are two transfers who will be leaned on heavily. 
 
#24 Laney Bone: 5-11 - Forward - Chattanooga, Tenn.
• Bone began her collegiate career at Buffalo prior to transferring to Cleveland State Community College for her sophomore season. She averaged a double-double of 15.1 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.6 steals per game at CSCC to earn NJCAA All-America honors and was named the 2022-23 Tennessee Community College Athletic Association Player of the Year.
 
Bone spent her junior year at Longwood University, playing in 28 games with six starts before transferring to UNC Asheville.
 
#30 Karianna Woods: 5-8 - Guard - Ann Arbor, Mich.
• The guard portion of Slippery Rock's transfer duo, Woods started 44 of 56 games played over three years at Bethune-Cookman. She averaged 5.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game at BCU.

FRESH FACES
#0 Iyanna Wade: 5-4 - Guard - Clairton, Pa.
• Wade was a highly decorated star at Clairton A four-time all-state honoree, she graduated as not only Clairton's all-time leading scorer, but second on the WPIAL all-time scoring ledger with 3,119 career points. Wade capped off a star-studded high school career by averaging 38.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.0 steals and 4.5 assists per game.
 
#2 Claudia Ierullo: 5-7 - Guard - Coraopolis, Pa.
• Ierullo closed out her high school career by averaging 16.5 points, 4.1 steals and 3.5 assists per game as a senior at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. No stranger to success, Ierullo led Sacred Heart to three sectional crowns and two state tournament semifinal appearances.
 
#3 Sarah Chawki: 5-7 - Guard - Alexandria, Va.
• The lone non-Pennsylvania native of The Rock's rookie class, Chawki joins the program from Alexandria, Virginia where she led Edison to four district championships as a three-time all-region honoree.
 
#23 Jorja Bernesser: 6-2 - Forward - Glenshaw, Pa.
• A 6-foot-2-inch interior presence with immense potential; Bernesser was a two-time all-section selection during her prep career at Shaler.

FROM BEYOND THE ARC
The duo of Alyssa Gillin and Sophia Hook combined to make 65 3-pointers last season and were only the second pair of Rock players to each make at least 30 3-pointers in a season over the last 11 years: Deleah Gibson (56) and Isabellah Middleton (36) also accomplished the feat in 2022-23.

BLOCK PARTY
Kayley Joseph-Bernard and Alyssa Gillin both open the year ranked among the program's all-time best shot blockers. Joseph-Bernard already ranks 23rd in program history for blocks in a career (28) with Gillin (25) close behind in 26th place.
 
If Gillin and Joseph-Bernard each reach 35 career blocks this year it would mark just the 10th time in program history - and first since 2017-18 - that Slippery Rock will have multiple active athletes playing with at least 35 career blocks.

A LOOK AT THE PSAC WEST PRESEASON POLL
Slippery Rock was picked to finish seventh in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division this season, the league office announced recently with the unveiling of its annual preseason poll.
 
Defending Atlantic Region champions Gannon University was picked to win the Western Division after garnering seven first-place votes. Seton Hill University was slotted second after accounting for the remaining first-place vote. The Golden Knights and Griffins were followed in the top half of the poll by Indiana University (Pa.) and California (Pa.). The back half of the PSAC West prognostication saw Clarion fifth followed by Edinboro, The Rock and Pitt-Johnstown.

THE 2025-2026 SCHEDULE
Slippery Rock will play a 26-game schedule consisting of its 20-game PSAC schedule and six non-conference contests. Of the 26 games, 12 games will take place inside Morrow Field House.

In addition to its 14-game Western Division slate, SRU plays crossover contests against Mansfield, Shepherd University, Shippensburg University, Lock Haven, Bloomsburg and East Stroudsburg University of the PSAC East.

The Rock's non-conference schedule features games against Charleston, Davis & Elkins, Lake Erie, Glennville State, Tiffin University and Walsh University.

Under Micaletti, The Rock are 4-6 in crossover games against the PSAC East.

2025-2026 SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN BY 2024-2025 RECORD
Made NCAA Tournament (4): Gannon (28-7), Edinboro (25-7), Seton Hill (24-7), Indiana (Pa.) (23-8)

Made Conference Tournament (6): Lock Haven (20-9), Glennville State (19-12), Bloomsburg (18-12), California (Pa.) (16-12), Clarion (14-15), East Stroudsburg (13-15)

Losing Record (8): Mansfield (10-17), Tiffin (9-19), Walsh (9-19), Shippensburg (8-19), Shepherd (7-21), Lake Erie (4-22), Pitt-Johnstown (3-24), Davis & Elkins (2-25)

RECORD WATCH 
Blocks
21. Haley Gaidosh – 30 (2006-09)
22. Aidan Geise – 29 (2012-14)
23. Kayley Joseph-Bernard 28 (2024-present)
24. Jazmyne Frost – 27 (2012-14)
25. Danielle Smith – 26 (2010-12)
26. Alyssa Gillin – 25 (2022-present)

CHARLESTON BY THE NUMBERS
Roster: Link
2024-25 Stats: Link
2024-25 Overall Record: 16-14
2024-25 MEC Record: 10-10
2024-25 MEC Finish: 8^th
2025-26 MEC Preseason Poll: 4^th
Head Coach: Bubby Johnson | Second season (16-14)

CHARLESTON SCOUTING REPORT
The Golden Eagles are coming off a 16-14 year in 2024-25 in which they fell from the MEC Tournament in the quarterfinal round.

Charleston's leading scorer, Paris Stokes, returns for her sophomore season after averaging 12.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.1 steals per game in her freshman campaign.

Forward Harper Annarino returns has the secod hisghest returning scorer from last season. In her freshman season, Annarino averaged 10.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.7 made three's per game. Annarino led Charleston in three-point percentage with a .342 clip (51-of-149).

The Golden Eagles landed a key player from the transfer portal as Kristel Rattasepp arrived at Charleston from Wheeling University. Rattasepp averaged 10.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists per game last season with Wheeling. Rattasepp will be key shooter for the Golden Eagles as she shot .306 from beyond the arc in 2024-25 (30-of-98).

DAVIS & ELKINS BY THE NUMBERS
Roster: Link
2024-25 Stats: Link
2024-25 Overall Record: 2-25
2024-25 MEC Record: 1-19
2024-25 MEC Finish: 11^th
2025-26 MEC Preseason Poll: 11^th
Head Coach: Donna Carr | Fourth season (11-68)

DAVIS & ELKINS SCOUTING REPORT
The Senators are coming off a 2024-25 season where they finished 2-25.

Davis & Elkins only returns one of its top five scorers from a season ago. Jahniya Marion was the Senators top scorer with 9.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.3 steals per game. Marion did most of her damage from inside the arc as she only made four three-pointers in 2024-25.

Kylie Morris and Briyana Sapp are the next two highest returning scorers for Davis & Elkins. Morris averaged 4.8 points, 2.9 rebounds per game, while Sapp had 3.6 points, 1.5 rebounds per contest.

LOOKING AHEAD
Slippery Rock continues its road trip 5:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at Lake Erie.




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