Slippery Rock vs. Edinboro
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The Slippery Rock softball team announced several changes to its weekend slate Thursday afternoon: Friday's road doubleheader at California (Pa.) has been postponed to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 10. Saturday's 1 p.m. doubleheader versus Edinboro has been rescheduled to 12:45 p.m. Monday, April 7. As a result, SRU's non-conference doubleheader against Lock Haven rescheduled for Monday, April 7 has been canceled. 

Kasnevich Day will still go ahead as planned 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Light refreshments will be available in the concession stand and dugout areas at Kasnevich Field with the dedication ceremony set to culminate at 12:30 p.m. with a ribbon cutting with Jan Kasnevich.

The following preview was edited April 3 to reflect the changes above.
 

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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — The Slippery Rock softball team will host Edinboro 12:45 p.m. Monday and travel to California (Pa.) 2 p.m. Thursday in a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division doubleheaders.

The Rock will look to get through the weekend maintaining their top spot in the PSAC West at 14-14 overall and 8-2 inside the conference.
 
The California Vulcans enter the slate with a 7-23 overall record and a 4-6 mark inside the PSAC West, locked in a three-way tie for fourth.
 
The Edinboro Fighting Scots will be playing their first home games of the year Friday against Seton Hill University before coming to The Rock, looking to improve upon a 4-16 start to the season that includes a 3-5 record in conference play.
 
CELEBRATING KASNEVICH DAY SATURDAY
Slippery Rock's home previously scheduled doubleheader against Edinboro Saturday will be celebrated and honored as Kasnevich Day by the team and its alumnae. Despite the postponed games, Kasnevich Day will still go ahead as planned 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday.
 
SRU Hall of Famer Jan Kasnevich – for whom the field was named after in 2022 – will join the team in officially dedicating and opening the newly-renovated Kasnevich Field, helping cut the ribbon to the new facility at approximately 12:30 p.m.
 
Light refreshments will be available to alumnae in the concession stand and dugout areas beginning at 11:30 a.m. For more information, please contact SRU head coach Stacey Rice at stacey.rice@sru.edu. To RSVP to the event as a Rock softball alumna, please email Brandon Berns at brandon.berns@sru.edu.
 
MOTHER NATURE IS UNPREDICTABLE
With the unpredictable spring weather in western Pennsylvania, fans are reminded that any time / location / date changes will be posted on rockathletics.com and all of SRU athletics' official social media accounts as information becomes available. Updates regarding potential postponements and rescheduled games will be included below.
 
NO PETS AT KASNEVICH FIELD
Fans are reminded that there are NO PETS allowed at Kasnevich 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.
 
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GAMES 29-30 of 46
Opponent: Edinboro
Date: Monday - 12:45 p.m. / 2:45 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Kasnevich Field
Live Video: Rock Athletics Digital Network
Live Stats: Slippery Rock Athletic Communication
In-game Updates: X (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: 67-80
Current Streak: L1
Last Played: April 27, 2024 at Boro (Game One: W, 12-9 | Game Two: L, 9-7)
 
TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER STATS vs. EDINBORO
Alexsa Hurd (.382) – 13-for-34, 5 HR, 1 2B, 11 RBI, 9 runs (10 GP)
Aubrey Mansfield (.381) – 8-for-21, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 9 runs (8 GP)
Arielle Brown (.270) – 10-for-37, 1 HR, 4 2B, 8 RBI, 8 runs (10 GP)
Emma Kennedy (.313) – 5-for-16, 2 2B, 4 runs (8 GP)
Alexsa Hurd (2-2) – 7.52 ERA, 14 strikeouts (12.0 IP)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. EDINBORO
147 games make up the series history between The Rock and the Fighting Scots, a fairly even history that has seen The Rock go 67-80.
 
SRU is 41-36 all-time when hosting Edinboro, settling for a split last season. Slippery Rock dropped game one 10-5 prior to Kelsi Anderson spinning a no-hitter in game two, an 8-0 win. That marked Anderson's 34^th career victory, breaking the school's all-time wins record by tossing the program's first no-no since another 8-0 win over Edinboro in 2013.
 
Both twin bills last year between The Rock and Edinboro resulted in splits, but Slippery Rock went 4-0 against Edinboro in the 2023 season, claiming 7-2 and 14-12 wins at home.

GAMES 31-32 of 46
Opponent: California (Pa.)
Date: Thursday - 2 p.m. / 4 p.m.
Location: California, Pennsylvania
Venue: Lilley Field
Live Stats: California (Pa.) Athletic Communication
In-game Updates: X (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: 41-98
Current Streak: W1
Last Played: April 13, 2024 at SRU (Game One: L, 3-2 | Game Two: W, 2-1)
 
TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER STATS vs. CALIFORNIA (Pa.)
Arielle Brown (.324) – 12-for-37, 1 2B, 10 RBI, 7 runs (12 GP)
Julia Montie (.243) – 9-for-37, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 6 runs (13 GP)
Aubrey Mansfield (.267) – 8-for-30, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 run (10 GP)
Naomi Childs (.875) – 7-for-8, 2 runs (8 GP)
Alexsa Hurd (3-2, 1) – 2.45 ERA, 47 strikeouts (40.0 IP)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. CALIFORNIA (Pa.)
Game one Friday will mark the 140^th all-time meeting between The Rock and the Vulcans, a series that Cal owns a 98-41 record in. That said, The Rock have won 15 of the teams' last 24 meetings dating to 2016.
 
Every series between SRU and Cal has been a split since Slippery Rock took both games at home in 2019. The Rock dropped game one on the road last year at Cal, 7-4, but rallied late in game two to steal an 8-7 thriller in eight innings. The two teams split later in the year at Kasnevich Field with the Vulcans again taking game one.
 
SRU is 20-54 when playing California on the road but have not been swept in an away doubleheader versus the Vulcans since 2015. The Rock picked up both wins in 2017, blanking the Vulcans 7-0 and 4-0.
 

TEAM COMPARISON (as of April 3)
The Rock	Stat	Cal	Boro
14-14	Overall Record	7-23	4-16
8-2	Conference Record	4-6	3-5
.271	Batting Avg.	.295	.267
5.0	Runs per Game	5.0	3.4
6.1	Opp. Runs per Game	7.6	7.0
7.6	Hits per Game	7.8	6.7
7.5	Opp. Hits per Game	9.6	7.8
1.6	Errors per Game	1.8	2.4
0.9	HR per Game	0.4	0.3
.428	SLG%	.407	.388
.350	OB%	.375	.328
.947	FLD%	.938	.909
4.35	ERA	6.85	7.60
.276	Opp. Batting Avg.	.343	.298

THE ROCK BY THE NUMBERS (as of April 3)   |   Roster   |   Stats
Overall Record: 14-14
PSAC West Record: 8-2
Home Record: 5-1
Away Record: 7-3
Neutral Record: 2-10
Last Five Games: 3-2
Streak: L1
PSAC West Rank: T-1^st of 8
Head Coach: Stacey Rice | 11^th season at SRU (196-242-1)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock went 6-2 in its last four doubleheaders, sweeping Gannon University on the road and Seton Hill at home, and drawing splits at Clarion and versus Indiana University (Pa.).
 
SRU posted a convincing sweep at Gannon March 27, taking game one 4-2 in eight innings and rolling to a 5-2 game-two victory. Alexsa Hurd tossed a school-record 19 strikeouts in game one and joined Julia Montie and Shaylyn Shall in producing home runs to lift The Rock to their game-two win. Paige Gresgott and Kayla Williams combined for a two-hitter in the game-two victory.
 
The Rock run-ruled Clarion in five innings in a 10-1 game-one win before falling late in game two, 13-9. SRU generated 15 of game one's 20 hits before allowing 10 runs in the final two innings, as well as 13 total runs on just five hits in game two.
 
SRU returned to winning fashion at home with a solid sweep over Seton Hill March 29. Hurd had a complete-game shutout going until the final at-bat of game one, which resulted in a 3-2 Slippery Rock win. The Rock were outhit in game two, 10-9 but took an 8-3 win after trailing 3-0 heading into the second inning.
 
The Rock concluded their stretch with a thrilling home split with IUP April 1. The Rock battled back from a five-run deficit to snatch game one 6-5 but fought through a tumultuous game two in a 16-10 loss.
 
LEADING THE ROCK
Shall has continued to climb SRU's leaderboard in several statistics. The freshman leads the team with a .391 batting average and has racked up 20 RBI with one home run and four doubles. Shall also boasts a .482 on-base percentage, drawing 12 walks in 22 games.
 
Emma Kennedy is batting .333 on the season, going 19-for-57 with a home run and three doubles. Kennedy had a field day in game one against Clarion, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, a home run and two runs.
 
Julia Nutter has been producing some phenomenal power hitting as of late, now batting .311 on the year while slugging .649. The first baseman leads the team with an OPS of 1.027 and has contributed a team-leading seven home runs. All seven of her homers have come in the last nine games, slugging 1.188 in PSAC West competition.
 
Montie (.270), Hurd (.266), Aubrey Mansfield (.250) and Arielle Brown (.246) round out Slippery Rock's high-volume batters. Sydney Brown (.414), Naomi Childs (.364) and Jessica Goldhardt (.300) have all put together impressive offensive showings, each playing fewer than 18 games this season.
 
THE BULLPEN REPORT
Hurd's (9-4, 1) is continuing her superb season as The Rock's leading pitcher, now up to an incredible 142 strikeouts in 90.1 innings pitched with a 2.79 ERA. The senior from Suffield, Ohio ranks fourth in the nation with 11.0 strikeouts per seven innings and enters the weekend on an eight-game streak of throwing at least 10 strikeouts per complete game.
 
Gresgott (2-7) has made 14 starts for Slippery Rock in the circle and picked up her first two career wins against Gannon and Seton Hill. The Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania local has delivered 45 strikeouts in 57.0 innings with a 5.77 ERA.
 
Both of Gresgott's wins have been capped off with saves from Kayla Williams (1-2, 2), who made her 10^th career appearance in a 5.0-inning stint against IUP. The freshman pitcher has tossed seven strikeouts in 17.1 innings and now has a 6.87 ERA.
 
Mackenzie Borkovich has racked up six strikeouts in 13.0 innings, accumulating a 3.77 ERA. Alexa Uphold (2-1) has dealt three strikeouts in 10.2 innings with a 6.56 ERA to round out the pitching staff.
 
Slippery Rock's pitchers combine to rank seventh in Division II with 7.6 strikeouts per seven innings, third in the PSAC only behind East Stroudsburg University (8.8) and Shepherd University (8.6), the top two pitching staffs in the nation.
 
HURD ON TRACK FOR HISTORY
Slippery Rock has 20 games left on its regular season schedule, and Hurd is only 46 strikeouts away from breaking the school's single-season record. Hurd currently sits at 131 strikeouts, and has already guaranteed her 2025 season a spot in the top five all-time. Anderson's 2023 campaign came with 176 strikeouts leading the record book.
 
SRU Single-Season Strikeouts Record:
1. Kelsi Anderson – 176 – 2023
2. Kelsi Anderson – 160 – 2024
3. Alexsa Hurd – 151 – 2024
4. Kelsi Anderson – 146 – 2022
5. Alexsa Hurd – 131 – 2025
6. Alexsa Hurd – 124 – 2023
 
Hurd already holds the top spot in single-season strikeouts per seven, with 8.6 Ks per seven innings last season. She currently sits at 11.0 strikeouts per seven through 16 appearances.
 
A WHOLE LOT OF HOMERS
Slippery Rock has now tallied 26 home runs this season while giving up just four. 10 different players have recorded at least home run, while four players have more than one. Nutter leads the crew with seven, while Hurd ranks just behind her with six. Montie has crushed five home runs with two coming from Goldhardt.
 
Shall, Kennedy, Mansfield, Sarah Brown, Alyssa Sheely and Grace Smith have all tacked on one home run this year.
 
The Rock broke their program record with 50 home runs last season, surpassing the 46 home runs produced by the 2007 SRU roster. Regardless of how many more home runs the 2025 lineup posts, this year will rank within the top 10 all-time among Rock softball seasons.
 
RACKING UP THE RUNS
Since returning from The Spring Games, game twos Slippery Rock has played in have averaged a combined 21.2 runs. SRU has posted a 4-2 record in game two since March 19, scoring at least 10 runs on four separate occasions.
 
Game Two Since March 19:
W, 15-14 vs. Wheeling (9 inn.)
W, 18-14 at Pitt-Johnstown
W, 5-2 at Gannon
L, 13-9 at Clarion
W, 8-3 vs. Seton Hill
L, 16-10 vs. Indiana (Pa.)
 
SHAYLYN SHINING BRIGHT
Shall became the first SRU freshman to be named the PSAC West Athlete of the Week in seven years March 31 after posting a .450 batting average (9-for-20) through a 5-1 week that came with a team-leading 10 RBI.
 
The true freshman, who primarily serves as Slippery Rock's designated player, is an early-season contender to compete with Slippery Rock's all-time freshman class records. Courtney Vincent batted .409 in 2007, the best freshman batting average in SRU history.
 
Shall is currently leading the team batting .391, trying to become the first Rock softball freshman to hit over .350 since Katie Kaiser (.373) in 2013. In conference play, the Aliquippa, Pennsylvania native has batted .424 and slugged .545, totaling an OPS of 1.080 with 15 RBI.
 
NUTTER MAKING NOISE
Nutter, Slippery Rock's senior first baseman from Columbiana, Ohio, has played some of the best softball of her career in PSAC West competition this season. In that span, Nutter has batted .469, slugged 1.188 and produced an on-base rate of .528.
 
Nutter has also launched seven home runs in the last nine games, as well as two doubles and 14 RBI. She hit two home runs in one game against both UPJ and IUP, combining for three homers and four RBI in the same doubleheader against Indiana.
 
RICE CLOSING IN ON 200
Slippery Rock head coach Stacey Rice needs just four additional wins to reach 200 career victories, earning her 196^th in the split with IUP.
 
Rice became the all-time wins leader in Rock softball history earlier this season with a 3-2 extra-innings win over the University of Sioux Falls March 9.
 
Among active coaches in Division II, Rice's 196 wins rank her 13^th in the Atlantic Region and second in the PSAC West.
 
A DREAM START TO CONFERENCE PLAY
Slippery Rock's 8-2 record in PSAC West competition is the program's best start in conference play in 42 years. Jan Kasnevich led the 1983 team to a 9-1 conference record as well as a win in the PSAC Tournament.
 
What makes SRU's entrance into league play even more impressive is that it has come with one of the program's best in-season turnarounds. The Rock got back from Florida with a 4-12 overall record and have since won 10 of their last 12 games to reach 14-14.
 
RECORD WATCH
• Montie, Arielle Brown and Hurd all moved up in the all-time record books for most games started and played, with Montie leading the way now with 167 appearances, tied for fourth all-time. Head coach Rice leads the way with 179. Arielle Brown moved up to 166, with Hurd improving to 160. Arielle Brown and Montie also started their 166^th games, tied for fourth.
 
• Arielle Brown became the third Rock softball player in history to take 500 at-bats, joining Kaiser (546) and Rice (511). Brown enters the week with 506 career at-bats, while Hurd is nearing that benchmark as well with 495. Likewise, Montie is at 491.
 
• Hurd is one run away from reaching 100 career runs, which would tie Emily Nagle for fourth all-time. She is three doubles away from matching Rice's 37, picking up her 34^th career double against the Crimson Hawks. Additionally, Montie became the fourth recorded SRU softball player to reach 30 doubles in the IUP doubleheader.
 
• Nutter's three home runs against IUP increased her career total to 15, which tied her for 10^th all-time with Katie Saluga. Montie took sole possession of fifth with her 23^rd career bomb, surpassing Kirsten Brant.
 
• With one RBI against IUP, Hurd tied her head coach Stacey Rice for second with 129 career RBI. Jessica Kortz leads the school's history with 153.
 
• In the circle, Hurd moved up to third all-time with 32 career wins. She is just one win shy of Brooke Dawson's 33, as both Hurd and Dawson rank behind Anderson's 39.
 
• Williams earned her second career save against Seton Hill, becoming just the 11^th recorded Rock softball pitcher with more than one save. Chloe Sharman leads the way with nine, while Hurd sits in a five-way tie for third with three. 
 
THE VULCANS BY THE NUMBERS (As of April 3)  |   Roster   |   Stats
Overall Record: 7-23
PSAC West Record: 4-6
Home Record: 3-3
Away Record: 3-9
Neutral Record: 1-11
Last Five Games: 3-2
Streak: W2
PSAC West Rank: T-4^th of 8
Head Coach: Nikki Yanchak | First season at Cal (7-23, .233)
HC Career Record: 56-114, .329 (Four seasons)
 
CALIFORNIA (Pa.) SCOUTING REPORT
Following a 3-17 non-conference showing, the Vulcans have begun PSAC West competition at 4-6 to amass a 7-23 overall record. Cal most recently earned its first conference sweep of the year, overcoming deficits in both games against Clarion to produce a 7-2 win before run-ruling the Golden Eagles in a six-inning game two, 19-11.
 
The Vulcans have allowed 12 hits per seven innings this season, more than any other PSAC squad and 16^th in Division II. Junior Cheyenne Beayon (3-8) has been Cal's top pitcher, tossing 17 Ks in 58.0 innings and posting a 5.07 ERA. Taylor Babcock (2-6) is another consistent starter in the circle with 15 strikeouts in 57.2 innings and a 7.16 ERA.
 
Freshman infielder Amarah McCutcheon has impressed at the plate, leading the team with a .369 batting average. The Scottdale, Pennsylvania native has racked up a 1.108 OPS on .662 slugging and a .446 on-base percentage. She also leads the team with five of the squad's 12 home runs.
 
The Vulcans are led by first-year head coach Nikki Yanchak, who took over for two-time NCAA National Championship-winning coach Rick Bertagnolli this past offseason.
 
THE FIGHTING SCOTS BY THE NUMBERS (As of April 3)  |   Roster   |   Stats
Overall Record: 4-16
PSAC West Record: 3-5
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 3-5
Neutral Record: 1-11
Last Five Games: 2-3
Streak: W1
PSAC West Rank: 7^th of 8
Head Coach: Dan Gierlak | 36^th season at Edinboro (517-732-5, .414)
HC Career Record: Same
 
EDINBORO SCOUTING REPORT
The Fighting Scots will look to improve upon a 4-16 overall record that contains a 3-5 showing in conference play with a home doubleheader against Seton Hill Friday prior to traveling to The Rock Saturday. Boro has split with Gannon, Cal and Clarion, and lost two five-inning games to Indiana.
 
Freshman pitcher Giana Ficcaglia (1-8, 1) out of Geneva, New York has started a team-leading 10 games for Boro, dealing 49 strikeouts in 50.0 innings. She will head into the SHU doubleheader with a 8.46 ERA and a WHIP of 1.96. Game two duties have been split largely between Grace Kessel (2-3) with a 9.22 ERA and Annalise Smith (1-2) with a 5.97 ERA.
 
Cassidy Weller is leading Edinboro offensively with a .358 batting average. The freshman third baseman out of Lake View, New York has six RBI and a team-high .404 on-base percentage. Sophomore Adeline Maguire (.338) has contributed 25 percent of the team's RBI (15-of-60) with two home runs, seven triples and three doubles.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Rock will continue a four-doubleheader homestand 2 p.m. April 11 against Pitt-Johnstown and 2 p.m. April 15 against Gannon at Kasnevich Field.





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