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. Pace
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Coach Missy Revesz	Coach Kayte Biordi
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PSAC Standings
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University field hockey team officially opens its 2025 season this week with a pair of non-conference home games at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Slippery Rock will first play host to Adelphi University 1 p.m. Thursday followed by a 12 p.m. Sunday showdown with Pace 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.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch both of this week's games 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 1 DETAILS
Opponent: Adelphi University
Date: Thursday – 1 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium
Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: X (formerly Twitter)
All-Time Series: Tied 1-1
Last Played: Sept. 15, 2024 (SRU won 5-4)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Thursday's game serves as the third in the all-time series with both The Rock and Adelphi having each claimed one victory previously as Adelphi took a 3-0 decision in 2009 while SRU avenged the defeat via a 5-4 victory last year. Thursday's game is the first in the series that will be played at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
LAST MEETING
Behind a pair of Gianna Conti goals, Slippery Rock overcame a halftime deficit thanks to three fourth-quarter scores on the way to a 5-4 victory Sept. 15, 2024 on the road at Adelphi.

GAME 2 DETAILS
Opponent: Pace University
Date: Sunday – 12 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium
Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: X (formerly Twitter)
All-Time Series: Pace leads 2-0
Last Played: Sept. 16, 2024 (Pace won 4-1)
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Rock and Setters have played in two of the past three seasons with Pace claiming both games in the form of wins in 2022 (3-1) and 2024 (4-1). Like the Adelphi series, Slippery Rock and Pace will be playing in SRU for the first time this season.
 
LAST MEETING
Pace produced a goal in each quarter while limiting The Rock to just one score – a third-quarter strike by Conti – for an eventual 4-1 victory Sept. 16, 2024 in Pleasantville, New York.

SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
2024 Final Stats: Link
2024 Overall Record: 4-12
2024 Postseason: N/A
2024 PSAC Record: 0-9
2024 Home Record: 2-5
2024 Away Record: 2-7
2024 Neutral Site Record: 0-0
2025 PSAC Preseason Poll: 10th
Head Coach: Missy Revesz | First season (0-0)
 
TOP ROCK RETURNERS (2024 stats)
POINTS: Hilary Hoffman (8), Madison Shomo (5)
GOALS: Hoffman (2), Shomo (2)
ASSISTS: Hoffman (4), Shomo (1)
S.O.G.: Hoffman (16), Christina Clymer (8)
SAVES: N/A
DEF. SAVES: Clymer (6), Sammy Graci (3)
 
SRU BY THE NUMBERS
7 – Athletes that started at least 10 games in 2024 back for 2025.
73.9 – Percentage of goal production lost from 2024.
9 – Number of one-goal games The Rock played in last year.
 
NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
Dating back to the 2010 season, Slippery Rock holds a commanding 41-23 (.641) record against non-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference teams. SRU went 3-2 against teams from outside the PSAC a year ago with wins over Adelphi, D'Youville and Mercyhurst as well as losses to Pace and Newberry.
 
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
56 of The Rock's 90 wins (62.2 percent) over the last 12 years have come at the friendly confines of Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
SRU IN SEASON OPENERS
Slippery Rock is 6-6 in its last 12 season-openers. Most recently, The Rock opened 2024 with a 2-1 victory over Frostburg State. Thursday's game marks just the fourth time in the last 10 years that Slippery Rock has hosted its season-opener.
 
SUNDAY TICKET
Slippery Rock is 9-3 in games played against non-PSAC schools on Sundays. SRU plays two games on Sunday this season against Pace and Converse (9/14).
 
CATCH THEM WHILE YOU CAN
Following The Rock's back-to-back home games to open 2025, SRU embarks on a four-game road trip. Slippery Rock has not played four consecutive games away from home since 2011.  
 
REVESZ TAKES CHARGE
Missy Revesz was promoted to head coach in the offseason following the departure of Rayell Wallace, who took the same position at Shippensburg University. The 2025 season marks the eighth year in which Revesz has been on the sidelines at The Rock.
 
A pillar of stability inside the program, Revesz was previously the top assistant for the Slippery Rock field hockey program since joining former head coach Julie Swiney's staff in 2018. Upon Swiney's departure from The Rock in 2020, Revesz was retained as an assistant coach on Wallace's staff for the past five seasons.
 
Joining Revesz on the sidelines in her inaugural season officially in charge of the program is assistant coach Alex Pennington, who brings a winning pedigree with her after helping guide Bucknell to three Patriot League Tournament appearances (2022-24) and before that as an assistant for a Shippensburg team that won the 2021 Division II national championship.
 
RETURNING FIREPOWER
While Slippery Rock will be tasked with replacing an overwhelming chunk of its offensive production from last year (17 of 23 goals), four athletes do return that tallied at least one point a season ago.
 
• Hilary Hoffman: SRU's lone returning All-PSAC athlete, Hoffman has started every game she's suited up for in a Rock unfirm (32) on the way to compiling 18 total points in two seasons on six goals and six assists with 38 of her 61 shots being on target. She finished 2024 with two goals and four assists.
 
• Madison Shomo: The junior forward has proven to be remarkably consistent in her first two years at The Rock. A starter in 23 of her 32 career games played, Shomo has missed just one game at SRU while scoring two goals on eight shots in back-to-back years and tallying an assist as a sophomore.
 
• Grace Williams: The only returning sophomore to have notched her first career goal as a freshman courtesy of a score on the road at Shippensburg in what was one of her eight appearances in 2024.
 
• Sammy Graci: A veteran of 45 career games played – including 20 starts – Graci earned the most playing time of her career as a junior in 2024 when she appeared in all 16 games while making 13 starts and totaling three defensive saves to go with one goal.

NEW FACES BEHIND THE MASK
For the first time in four seasons, Slippery Rock will be breaking in a new goalie after the graduation of Grace Burker, who started 66 games before leaving SRU ranked third in program history in both wins and saves.  
 
The Rock's goalkeeping duties in 2025 will fall to the talented, but inexperienced, duo of sophomore Emily Newton and junior Leah Riegling. Newton is yet to appear in an official NCAA game while Riegling's only collegiate experience consists of a 30-minute second half appearance in The Rock's 2023 9-0 win over Roberts Wesleyan.
 
WINS COME FROM STOPS, NOT JUST SCORES
While SRU will be forced to replace the overwhelming majority of its offense, The Rock returns an abundance of defenders and midfielders.
 
• A constant on The Rock's back line throughout her career, Megan Rude has been a fixture on SRU's defense in each of her first three seasons. Rude is yet to miss a game in her collegiate career with 50 straight appearances including 32 consecutive starts. She made one defensive save a year ago.
 
• Senior Christina Clymer established herself as one of SRU's top athletes in her first season at The Rock in 2024. The Ball State transfer started all 16 games, totaling six defensive saves while placing eight of her 14 shots on target offensively. She closed the year ranked 10th in the nation in defensive saves.
 
• Graci and sophomore Roz Mikulak combined for five defensive saves while starting 13 and 15 games, respectively.
 
• Riley Cloude made an immediate contribution to SRU by starting 15 of 16 games during her freshman season in 2024.
 
ROUNDING OUT THE RETURNERS
The Rock also returns seven others were on the roster last season in juniors Julia Boettler, Paige Shannon, Lacey Berghorn, Lucy Hutchinson and Haylie Sucharski as well as the sophomore duo of Payton Kane and Coral Piramo.
 
PORTAL SHOPPING
Slippery Rock brought in a pair of transfers over the offseason in sophomore midfielder/back Ava Masorti and redshirt sophomore back Brooke Page.
 
Masorti played in 15 games as a rookie in 2024 at Converse while Page comes to SRU after two seasons on the roster of Division I Central Michigan University.
 
FAMILY TRADITION
Page, who was an all-state defender at Northwestern Lehigh High School prior to committing to Central Michigan, is carrying on a family lineage at Slippery Rock. Not only are her parents both Slippery Rock graduates, but her sisters Courtney and Taylor were members of the SRU field hockey program prior to graduating.
 
CHARTING THE ROCK VETS
Career Games Played (Starts)
Megan Rude: 50 (48)
Sammy Graci: 45 (20)
Hilary Hoffman: 32 (32)
Madison Shomo: 32 (23)
Lucy Hutchinson: 25 (0)
Christina Clymer*: 23 (16)
Paige Shannon : 23 (14)
Riley Cloude: 16 (15)
Roz Mikulak: 15 (15)
Lacey Berghorn: 15 (7)
Ava Masorti**: 15 (5)
Julia Boettler: 14 (3)
Haylie Sucharski: 12 (2)
Grace Williams: 8 (0)
Leah Riegling: 1 (0)
Payton Kane: 1 (0)
Coral Piramo: 0 (0)
Emily Newton: 0 (0)
 
* Played in 7 games at Ball State
** Played in 15 games at Converse
 
2025 ROOKIE CLASS
Included in Revesz's first recruiting class are five freshmen who will be making their collegiate debuts this season in back Sydney Hudak, forward/midfielder Amaly Klock, back Avery McCann, forward Maddie Orrson and midfielder Hanna Thomas.
 
TOUGH SLATE
Annually the toughest field hockey conference in Division II, 30 of the previous 35 national champions dating back to the 1981 season have come from the PSAC.
 
Eight of The Rock's 14 unique opponents in 2025 are coming off winning seasons a year ago with three others having finished just a game under .500. All told, Slippery Rock's opponents combined for a 150-112 (.573) overall record in 2024.
 
ACTIVE STREAKS (Top 3)
Starts: Megan Rude (32), Christina Clymer (16), Roz Mikulak (15)
Games Played: Megan Rude (50), Sammy Graci (24), Christina Clymer (16), Riley Cloude (16)
Games With a Goal: N/A
Games With a Shot: Hilary Hoffman (1)
Games With a SOG: N/A
Games With an Assist: N/A
 
2025 HOME GAME THEMES ANNOUNCED
The Slippery Rock field hockey program has announced its special events calendar, which features an array of notable celebrations, tributes and commemorations for the 2025 season. More information on each of the special events will be available soon.
 
Sept. 27 (12 p.m.) vs. Millersville – Wheels Remembrance Game / Alumni Appreciation Day
Oct. 15 (4 p.m.) vs. Frostburg State – Morgan's Message Game
Oct. 25 (12 p.m.) vs. West Chester - Senior Day
Oct. 29 (12 p.m.) vs. Indiana (Pa.) – Make-A-Wish Game

NEXT FIVE GAMES
Sept. 13 (12 p.m.) at Lander
Sept. 14 (12 p.m.) at Converse
Sept. 19 (12 p.m.) at Shippensburg
Sept. 23 (4 p.m.) at Frostburg State
Sept. 27 (12 p.m.) vs. Millersville (Wheels Remembrance Game / Alumni Day)
 
RECORDS WATCH
Assists (10-19)
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. Courtney Page (2017-19, 21): 7
t16. Allison Shade (2011-14): 7
t16. Renee Rosenblum (2013-16): 7
t19. Hilary Hoffman: 6
 
ADELPHI PRIMER
2024 Final Stats: Link
2024 Overall Record: 9-10
2024 Postseason: NE10 Tournament (QF)
2024 NE10 Record: 9-4
2024 Home Record: 4-6
2024 Away Record: 5-4
2024 Neutral Site Record: 0-0
2025 NE10 Preseason Poll: 6th
Head Coach: Jess Mulhern | Fourth season (33-29-3)

SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
• Tabbed sixth in the Northeast 10 Conference (NE10) preseason poll, Adelphi comes to The Rock with five returning starters from a season ago highlighted by Lana Mignon De Wet, who closed last season with 23 points on nine goals and five assists.
 
• Other returning field starters for Adelphi include Caroline Beakes (6G), Sydney Rossacci (2G, 4A) and Olivia Docyk (1A, 1 DS).
 
• The Panthers also bring back two of their three goalkeepers from a season ago in Tayla Szmak and Justina Cavallaro. Szmak made 15 starts last season, going 6-8 with a .703 save percentage and a 2.62 GAA.
 
• Beakes scored two goals in Adelphi's 5-4 loss to The Rock a season ago while Szmak played all 60 minutes, making three saves and surrendering SRU's second-highest goal output of the season.
 
• The Panthers ranked third in the nation in goals per game a year ago at 3.21.

PACE PRIMER
2024 Final Stats: Link
2024 Overall Record: 12-7
2024 Postseason: NE10 Tournament (QF)
2024 NE10 Record: 9-4
2024 Home Record: 6-5
2024 Away Record: 6-2
2024 Neutral Site Record: 0-0
2025 NE10 Preseason Poll: 3rd
Head Coach: Kayte Biordi | Eighth season at Pace (100-57)
 
SCOUTING THE SETTERS
• A traditionally strong program in the NE10, Pace has recorded six winning seasons over the last seven years while averaging 13 victories per year dating back to 2017.
 
• Picked to finish third in the NE10 this season, Pace returns five starters from last year but will be replacing All-Americans Krista Dietz and Jenna McCrudden. The duo combined for 33 goals and 29 assists.
 
• Top returning offensive performers for Pace include Katelyn Fairhurst (8G, 3A), Anne Kopec (3G, 3A), Kyleigh Kearney (2G, 3A) and Carlotta Oschmann (2G, 4A).
 
• Defensively, Molly Paterson is back for her senior season after leading the nation in defensive saves with 15 as a junior.
 
• Like The Rock, Pace will also be using a new starting goalkeeper from last season. 2024 backup Morgan Strecker returns after seeing limited time a year ago. She compiled a .775 save percentage and 2.27 GAA over 10 appearances (237:24). Freshman Caitlyn Zabko is the other goalie on the Setters' roster.
 
• Pace opens its season Thursday in a home game against Millersville University before coming to The Rock.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock embarks on its four-game road trip starting 12 p.m. Sept. 13 at Lander University.




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