GAME PROGRAM INFO
Slippery Rock has moved away from printed game programs for all sports. This page will serve as the "Digital Game Program" for this week's game. 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. D'Youville
The Rock (5-13)	Saints (10-9)
Roster	Roster
Head Coach Dylan Lasher	Head Coach Allison Post
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Program Records	-
Morrow Field House
PSAC Standings
PSAC Leaders
PSAC Schedule

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University volleyball team returns to competition with two matches this week. SRU first hosts D'Youville University 7 p.m. Tuesday at Morrow Field House before traveling to Clarion 6 p.m. Friday.

WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch both of this week's matches 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 19 DETAILS
Opponent: D'Youville University
Date: Tuesday – 7 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Morrow Field House
Watch: Link
Live Stats: Link
All-Time Series: SRU leads 1-0
Last Played: Sept. 19, 2025 (SRU won 3-2)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Slippery Rock claimed a five-set victory (22-25, 25-20, 25-19, 23-25, 16-14) at D'Youville a season ago in what was the first all-time meeting between The Rock and Saints.
 
Gwen McCarthy posted a team-best 14 kills in the win, while Lauren VonderHaar had 10 kills and nine blocks. Other active Rock athletes with quality performances in last year's win over D'Youville included Paityn Krause's 31 assists, Leah Schreckengost's two aces and Kara Pasquale's 18 digs.
 
For D'Youville, returning outside hitter Madeline O'Brien had an 18-kill, 16-dig double-double.
 
MATCH 20 DETAILS
Opponent: Clarion
Date: Friday – 6 p.m.
Location: Clarion, Pennsylvania
Venue: Tippin Gymnasium
Watch: Link
Live Stats: Link
All-Time Series: Clarion leads 60-57
Last Played: Sept. 16, 2026 (Clarion won 3-0)
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Golden Eagles earned a 25-17, 25-22, 25-23 victory over The Rock in three sets earlier in the season at Morrow Field House to improve their record in a series which traces back to 1973 to 60-57. While SRU has not defeated Clarion since 2011, The Rock and Golden Eagles have played to five sets in three of the last five meetings.
 
In the match earlier in the season between SRU and Clarion, Ava Haynes provided The Rock with nine kills, while Victoria Nalbach turned in five blocks and Marley Annis chipped in seven kills. However, Clarion totaled 11 blocks – eight of which came from Cara Vandeborne - while Raegan Stader had 14 kills via a .440 attack percentage.  

SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall: 5-13
PSAC West: 0-7
PSAC West Standings: 8th
Home Record: 2-5
Away Record: 1-5
Neutral Site Record: 2-3
Streak: L9
Last 5 Matches: 0-5
Head Coach: Dylan Lasher | 2nd season at SRU (15-30) | 6th overall (60-91)
 
LAST TIME OUT (Box Score)
Slippery Rock ended its weekend with a four-set (25-11, 25-16, 25-27, 25-20) loss to PSAC West foe California (Pa.) on the road Oct. 10.
 
Ali Haynes led The Rock's efforts Saturday. In what was her first career start, the freshman recorded a team-high 14 kills on a .324 attack percentage to go with one block and a pair of digs.
 
ROCK LEADERS
ATTACK: Marley Annis (131 kills / .152), Ava Haynes (116 kills, .103)
ASSISTS: Paityn Krause (282 / 5.04 per set), Emily Loeffler (147 / 3.77 per set)
ACES: Ellie Friedrichs (19), Leah Schreckengost (11)
DIGS: Kara Pasquale (210 / 3.56 per set)
BLOCKS: Victoria Nalbach (32), Chloe Shirk (18)
 
ROCK SINGLE-MATCH LEADERS
KILLS: Marley Annis – 18 at Lake Erie
ASSISTS: Emily Loeffler – 28 at California
ACES: Ellie Friedrichs – 5 at Lake Erie
DIGS: Kara Pasquale – 25 (2x)
BLOCKS: 5 – Three Times (Victoria Nalbach 2x / Hayden Deming 1x)
 
ROCK TEAM SINGLE-MATCH LEADERS
KILLS: 56 at Lake Erie
ATTACK %: .286 vs. Post
ASSISTS: 56 at Lake Erie
ACES: 11 at Lake Erie
DIGS: 73 at Lake Erie
BLOCKS: 8 at Lake Erie
 
 HOW THE ROCK STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 15th (.123)
• Opponent Attack %: 16th (.228)
• Kills Per Set: 14th (10.8)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 15th (13.2)
• Aces Per Set: 15th (1.2)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 4th (1.2)
• Digs Per Set: 13th (14.0)
• Blocks Per Set: 15th (1.4)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 15th (2.1)
 
SRU AMONG THE PSAC'S BEST (Individual rankings)
Kills Per Set: Marley Annis (2.98) – 9th
Digs Per Set: Kara Pasquale (3.56) – 12th

STANDINGS CHECK
• Slippery Rock enters the second leg of its round-robin PSAC West schedule sitting eighth in the division standings with a 0-8 league mark.
 
• While nowhere close to being mathematically eliminated from PSAC Tournament contention, Slippery Rock does need to start stacking up league victories if it is to break its postseason drought.
 
• The top five teams in the PSAC West standings at the end of the regular season qualify for the conference tournament.
 
• IUP and Clarion open the week tied for first place in the PSAC West standings with matching 6-1 records. Gannon is on the heels of the Crimson Hawks and Golden Eagles in third place (5-2).
 
• Behind IUP, Clarion and Gannon in a three-way tie for fourth place via 3-4 PSAC West records are Seton Hill, Pitt-Johnstown and Edinboro.
 
• Rounding out the PSAC West standings in seventh and eighth place are California (2-5) and SRU (0-7).
  
PRODUCTION OF LATE
• Ava Haynes and Gwen McCarthy share the team-lead in kills over the last five matches with 30.
 
• Ali Haynes and Kaitlyn Danszczak have each registered 27 kills on the season overall. Of those 54 combined kills, 41 have come in the last five matches.
 
• Victoria Nalbach has tallied three, three-block outings in the last five matches (11 total). Supplementing Nalbach's efforts up front in those five matches has been Hayden Deming (9 blocks). She also has 22 kills over the same period of time.

YOUTH MOVEMENT
 Slippery Rock's starting lineup in its most recent match at California displayed a young core of talent in freshmen Ali Haynes, Chloe Shirk, Ryan Cameron and Emily Loeffler in addition to fellow rookie Ellie Friedrichs serving as the libero with upperclassmen Kara Pasquale and Ava Haynes joining the group in the opening lineup.
 
• Ali Haynes racked up a season-best 14 kills on a .324 attack percentage in the match. Loeffler passed out a season-high 28 assists and made six digs. Cameron had three kills and two blocks and Friedrichs compiled 11 digs.
 
• Also contributing off the bench against the Vulcans was another underclassman in sophomore Hayden Deming (9 kills, .467, two blocks).
 
THE ROCK ATTACK IN 2026
• Starting the week, Marley Annis (131) and Ava Haynes (116) have both eclipsed 100 kills for the year, securing career-highs in the process. Annis' 2.98 kills per set rank ninth in the PSAC, while her .152 attack percentage is also the best on SRU among The Rock's outside hitters.
 
• Behind Annis and Haynes are a quartet of Rock athletes with between 50 and 80 kills on the year in Emry Rumbaugh (77), Victoria Nalbach (68), Gwen McCarthy (56) and Hayden Deming (53).
 
• Slippery Rock is 5-3 on the year when either Annis, Haynes or Rumbaugh reaches a double-digit kill total, but 0-8 when they are held under 10 kills.
 
• The trio of Ellie Friedrichs (19), Leah Schreckengost (11) and Paityn Krause (11) have been The Rock's top servers this season in terms of aces, with double-digit totals each.
 
• Setting duties have been primarily split between Krause and Emily Loeffler. Krause has started 15 of 18 matches on the way to totaling 282 assists (5.04 per set). Loeffler has distributed 147 assists (3.77 per set) in her first 15 collegiate matches.
 
DEFENSIVELY SPEAKING
• Victoria Nalbach leads The Rock in blocks with 32 (6 solo / 26 assisted).
 
• The race for SRU's No. 2 leader in blocks is being contested among Chloe Shirk (18), Ava Haynes (17), Emry Rumbaugh (16) and Hayden Deming (16).
 
• Kara Pasquale, who is the only SRU athlete to have played all 59 sets this season, has made a Rock-high 210 digs and is 12th in the PSAC in digs per set (3.56).
 
• Ellie Friedrichs has made 41 digs over her last four matches, upping her season total to 111 (2.13 per set). Annis is also over 100 digs on the season with 108.

UPCOMING MILESTONES
• Kara Pasquale: 121 digs from 1,000
• Kara Pasquale: 7 aces from 50
• Marley Annis: 90 digs from 400
• Marley Annis: 36 kills from 300
• Emry Rumbaugh: 46 kills from 300
• Emry Rumbaugh: 25 blocks from 100
• Victoria Nalbach: 21 kills from 200
• Kaitlyn Danszczak: 8 kills from 200
• Kaitlyn Danszczak: 6 blocks from 50
• Gwen McCarthy: 10 kills from 200
• Abby Kolcum: 8 assists from 100
• Emily Loeffler: 53 assists from 200
• Hayden Deming: 29 kills from 100
• Paityn Krause: 3 aces from 50
• Addison Jones: 7 blocks from 50
 
NEXT FIVE MATCHES
Oct. 23 (6 p.m.) vs. Pitt-Johnstown
Oct. 24 (6 p.m.) at IUP
Oct. 30 (6 p.m.) at Edinboro
Oct. 31 (2 p.m.) at Gannon
Nov. 6 (6 p.m.) vs. California
 
RECORDS WATCH
Assists (12-16)
12. Sarah Cybulski (2001-02): 1,300
13. Stephanie Kluge (1999-02): 1,171
14. Paityn Krause (Active): 1,065
15. Alexandra Fleagle (2010-13): 885
16. Michele Shatto (1994-97): 822
 
Digs (17-20)
17. Kaylee Smith (2008-11): 1,284
18. Andrea Hoover (1995-98): 1,194
19. Lindsay Weber (2002-05): 1,169
20. Layna Heilman-Houser (2002-05): 1,163
NR. Kara Pasquale (Active): 879

D'YOUVILLE PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall: 10-9
Home Record: 2-4
Away Record: 3-4
Neutral Site Record: 5-1
Streak: W2
Last 5 Matches: 3-2
Head Coach: Allison Post | 2nd season at DYU (20-25)
 
RECENT RESULTS
Oct. 11: vs. Daemen (W, 3-0)
Oct. 10: at Roberts Wesleyan (W, 3-1)
Oct. 4: at St. Thomas Aquinas (L, 3-2)
Oct. 3: at Molloy (W, 3-2)
Sept. 26: at Southern Conn. State (L, 3-0)
 
 HOW DYU STACKS UP (ECC Team rankings)
* 7 Teams in ECC
• Attack %: 5th (.155)
• Opponent Attack %: 3rd (.173)
• Kills Per Set: 3rd (10.9)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 2nd (10.7)
• Aces Per Set: 4th (2.1)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 3rd (2.1)
• Digs Per Set: 4th (13.0)
• Blocks Per Set: 3rd (1.9)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 7th (2.1)
 
SAINT LEADERS
ATTACK: Cameron Ulinski (221 kills / .141), Madeline O'Brien (206 kills, .138)
ASSISTS: Ashley Ballou (494 / 6.77 per set)
ACES: Ulinski (35), Ballou (29)
DIGS: Angelyn Jaramillo (166 / 2.52 per set)
BLOCKS: Maddie Boglev (62), Giselle Ramirez (47)
 
CLARION PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall: 14-5
PSAC West: 6-1
PSAC West Standings: t-1st
Home Record: 7-1
Away Record: 5-1
Neutral Site Record: 2-3
Streak: W4
Last 5 Matches: 4-1
Head Coach: Jennifer Herron | 20th season (435-200)
 
RECENT RESULTS
Oct. 10: at Seton Hill (W, 3-2)
Oct. 9: at California (W, 3-2)
Oct. 3: vs. Edinboro (W, 3-1)
Oct. 2: vs. Gannon (W, 3-2)
Sept. 26: vs. IUP (L, 3-2)
 
 HOW CLARION STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 14th (.156)
• Opponent Attack %: 1st (.107)
• Kills Per Set: 13th (11.1)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 6th (10.5)
• Aces Per Set: 9th (1.9)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 1st (1.1)
• Digs Per Set: 5th (15.9)
• Blocks Per Set: 1st (2.8)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 7th (1.7)
 
GOLDEN EAGLE LEADERS
ATTACK: Taylor Haupt (199 kills / .130), Raegan Stader (161 kills, .171)
ASSISTS: Natalie Karrick (375 / 4.81 per set), Marisa Markou (234 / 4.18 per set)
ACES: Lauren Fjerstad (33), Karrick (30)
DIGS: Kalina Powell (335 / 4.29 per set)
BLOCKS: Cara Vandeborne (108), Finley Kearney (83)
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock hosts Pitt-Johnstown 6 p.m. Oct. 23 on Alumni Night at Morrow Field House.





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