SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University field hockey team plays its first ranked opponent of the year when it travels to No. 2 Shippensburg University noon Friday for a non-conference game.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
Video of Friday's game will be provided free of charge by the Shippensburg sports information office at the below link.
 
GAME 5 DETAILS
Opponent: Shippensburg University
Date: Friday – Noon
Location: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Venue: Robb Sports Complex
Video: PSAC Sports Digital Network
Live Stats: N/A
In-game Updates: X (formerly Twitter)
All-Time Series: Shippensburg leads 51-6-1
Last Played: Oct. 19, 2024 (SU won 3-0)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Shippensburg has won 40 consecutive games against The Rock and owns a 51-6-1 all-time record in the series. SRU's last win against Shippensburg came in 1998 while the last road victory over the Raiders occurred in 1991. Grace Williams is the only active Rock athlete to have recorded a point against Shippensburg; she scored her first collegiate goal at SU a season ago.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Stats: Link
Roster: Link
Overall Record: 3-1
PSAC Record: 0-0
Home Record: 2-0
Away Record: 1-1
Streak: W1
Head Coach: Missy Revesz | First season (3-1)
 
ROCK LEADERS
POINTS: Lucy Hutchinson (8), Hilary Hoffman (4)
GOALS: Hutchinson (4), 3 tied (1)
ASSISTS: Hilary Hoffman (2) / Roz Mikulak (2)
S.O.G.: Hutchinson (5) / Hoffman (4)
SAVES: Emily Newton (15), Leah Riegling (8)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Behind Lucy Hutchinson's 70th minute score, which was set up by Roz Mikulak, Slippery Rock earned a 2-1 overtime victory Sept. 14 at Converse University.

THE ROCK ATTACK
• The early stages of the 2025 season have seen Slippery Rock's offensive efforts being led by Hutchinson's four goals.
 
• Supplementing Hutchinson's surge with one goal apiece have been Hilary Hoffman, Coral Piramo and Madison Shomo.
 
• SRU has recorded assists on five of its seven goals. Hoffman and Mikulak have both accounted for two assists with Williams also tallying one.
 
PEPPERING THE CAGE
• After getting off just three shots in its season-opening win over Adelphi, Slippery Rock has posted at least 10 shots in each of its previous three encounters.
 
• SRU's shot production has been relatively evenly distributed. Hoffman (8) and Hutchinson (7) have combined for 15 of The Rock's 39 total shots this year followed by Mikulak (6), Piramo (5), Shomo (4) and Riley Cloude (4).
 
• Williams (2), Christina Clymer (2) and Maddie Orrson (1) round out SRU's shot takers heading into the Shippensburg game.
 
• As far as pressuring the opposing goalkeeper is concerned, 22 of The Rock's 39 shots have been on goal with Hutchinson (5), Hoffman (4) leading the S.O.G. category as well.
 
THE ROCK'S LAST LINE OF DEFENSE
• Slippery Rock's goalkeeping responsibilities have been split between Leah Riegling and Emily Newton.
 
• Riegling started the opening three games of the season, going 2-0 with eight saves, a .833 save percentage and 0.80 Goals Against Average over 150 minutes of playing time.
 
• Newton took over for Riegling in the second half of The Rock's overtime loss at Lander before playing the entirety of SRU's victory over Converse. All told, Newton has been on the field for 102:02 while compiling 15 saves, a .833 save percentage and 1.76 GAA.
 
• The Lander game, which saw Newton make eight saves, served as the Great Meadows, New Jersey native's first collegiate appearance.

HUTCHINSON ON A HOT STREAK
• Hutchinson enters the Shippensburg game having scored goals in all four Rock games this year. She is the first Rock athlete since 2003 (22 years) to have scored a goal in four consecutive games.
 
• Three of Hutchinson's four goals this season have been game-winning strikes. The last time SRU had an athlete score three game-winning goals in a season was Jessie Trube in 2019. Hutchinson, Trube, Kailee Krupski (2017) and Megan McKay (4 / 2015) are the only Rock athletes to have produced at least three game-winning goals in a single-year over the last 12 seasons.
 
• Nationally, Hutchinson ranks ninth in Division II in goals per game (1.00), 11th in points per game (2.00) and 15th in shots on goal percentage (.571).
 
SECOND-HALF SURGE
Five of The Rock's seven goals this season have come in the second half of games, with three of those scores occurring in the final 13 minutes of regulation or overtime.
 
CLEARING CORNERS
Opponents have scored goals on just two of their 34 penalty corners against SRU this season.
 
SHUTTING OPPONENTS DOWN EARLY
Heading into the Shippensburg game, Slippery Rock has surrendered just one goal in the first three quarters of contests this season - Lander scored a second quarter goal. The other four goals yielded by The Rock have come after the 51st minute of games.
 
CONSISTENT LINEUP
Slippery Rock's starting lineup has remained predominantly unchanged over the first two weeks of the season with nine athletes - Hoffman, Piramo, Shomo, Mikulak, Cloude, Clymer, Hanna Thomas, Ava Masorti and Megan Rude - having started all four games.
 
ROCK AMONG BEST IN RPI
As of Wednesday, Slippery Rock ranked fifth out of 34 teams in Division II in Rating Percentage Index (RPI) according to finalwhistlefh.com. RPI is a statistical method to rank teams based on their strength of schedule and winning percentage.
 
REVESZ AMONG BEST ROOKIE COACHES
Entering the third week of the season, The Rock's Missy Revesz is ranked fourth in wins among the 20 first-time head coaches in the NCAA – regardless of Division – so far this year. Only Maggie Sohns (Dickinson / 5), Derek Aspinall (Marian / 4) and Kristi Gannon Fisher (Michigan /4) have more wins in 2025.
 
NO NIGHT'S OFF
Slippery Rock currently ranks 12 in Division II in strength of schedule.
 
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).
 
WHEELS REMEMBRANCE GAME IS SEPT. 27
All alumni, friends and family of the Slippery Rock field hockey program are invited to attend SRU's Sept. 27 contest against Millersville for the team's Meghan "Wheels" McKinney remembrance game.
 
The Wheels Remembrance Game will serve as a celebration of life for McKinney, who tragically passed away Sept. 29, 2015. Alumni, family and friends of the field hockey program are invited to attend the game, which is scheduled for a 12 p.m. start at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
After the game, all attendees who wish to take part are invited to join the current team and members of McKinney's family by the bench that was dedicated in McKinney's honor outside of the Field Hockey / Lacrosse Center for a group picture.
 
Additionally, there will be a social gathering that night for program alumni at the Slippery Rock – California (Pa.) football game. Alumni who are planning to attend are asked to RSVP by e-mailing Revesz at melissa.revesz@sru.edu.
 
Read more about the day HERE.
 
ACTIVE STREAKS
Starts: Megan Rude (36), Christina Clymer (20), Roz Mikulak (19)
Games Played: Rude (54), Clymer (20), Riley Cloude (20)
Games With a Goal: Lucy Hutchinson (4), Hilary Hoffman (1)
Games With a Shot: Hilary Hoffman (5)
Games With a SOG: Hutchinson (4)
Games With an Assist: Mikulak (2)
 
NEXT FIVE GAMES
Sept. 23 (4 p.m.) at Frostburg State
Sept. 27 (Noon) vs. Millersville (Wheels Remembrance Game)
Oct. 1 (7 p.m.) at Indiana (Pa.)
Oct. 4 (1 p.m.) at East Stroudsburg
Oct. 8 (3 p.m.) vs. Roberts Wesleyan
 
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: 5-0
PSAC Record: 0-0
Home Record: 2-0
Away Record: 1-0
Neutral Site Record: 2-0
Streak: W5
Head Coach: Rayell Wallace | First season at SU (5-0)  - Fifth season overall (27-44)
 
RAIDER LEADERS
POINTS: Lilly Cantabene (8), Kelly Naude (8)
GOALS: Cantabene (3), Naude (3)
ASSISTS: Cantabene (2), Naude (2)
S.O.G.: Agus Garibaldi (21) / Cantabene (16)
SAVES: Emma Albee (23)
 
SCOUTING SHIPPENSBURG
• The Raiders have opened the season with five consecutive victories, its most recent being a 5-0 home victory over Frostburg State and most impressive coming in the form of a 1-0 win against then fifth-ranked Assumption.
 
• Shippensburg has notched four shutouts early on in the 2025 season, resulting in a +18 goal differential.
 
• The Raiders feature a balanced offense that has seen 11 athletes score at least one goal. Agus Garibaldi has placed 21 of her team-high 43 shot attempts on target.
 
• Goalkeeper Emma Albee has played every second so far in 2025. She possesses a .920 save percentage and a 0.38 GAA.
 
• After being in charge of the Slippery Rock field hockey program for five years, Rayell Wallace is in her first season as Shippensburg's head coach.
 
• Among active Shippensburg athletes, Garibaldi has five goals and two assists against The Rock over her career. Lilly Cantabene (4 G / 3 Ast.), Anne Gardner (3 G) and McKenna Boyle (3 G) all have at least three goals versus Slippery Rock as well.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock concludes its four-game road trip 4 p.m. Sept. 23 at Frostburg State.




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