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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's soccer team welcomes Gannon University for a battle with the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division title at stake 3 p.m. Wednesday at James Egli Field.
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GAME 16 of 18
Opponent: Gannon
Date: Wednesday – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: James Egli Field
Live Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-Game Updates: X (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: 14-17-7
Current Streak: T1
Last Played: Sept. 9, 2026 (Tied 1-1)
SERIES HISTORY
Slippery Rock and Gannon first played in 1996. Over the past 30 years, Slippery Rock and Gannon have matched up 40 times and in every season since 2008. The overall series record for SRU against the Golden Knights is 14-17-7. A win on Wednesday would give SRU its first victory over Gannon since 2021.
THE FIRST TIME AROUND
Slippery Rock earned a 1-1 draw in PSAC West play against Gannon Sept. 9 at McConnell Family Stadium.
Jilly Deivert scored Slippery Rock's goal with less than five minutes to play in the first half on The Rock's first shot of the game.
Lindsey Price was the only other Rock player to take a shot, landing it on goal.
Leah Allman made five saves in the draw, making one in the first half and four in the second.
Gannon ended the game outshooting Slippery Rock, 13-2, including 7-2 in shots on goal. SRU ended with six saves compared to Gannon's one.
TOP ACTIVE SRU PLAYERS AGAINST GANNON
Leah Allman – 7 GP: 46 SV, 22 GA, 720 MIN
Bailey McGee – 6 GP: 1 G, 4 SH, 2 SOG, 481 MIN
Sophia Palermo – 6 GP: 1 A, 2 SH, 1 SOG, 424 MIN
Jilly Deivert – 1 GP: 1 G, 1 SH, 1 SOG, 30 MIN
| TEAM COMPARISON |
| The Rock |
2026 Stats |
Golden Knights |
| 12-2-1 |
Overall Record |
11-2-2 |
| 11-1-1 |
Conference Record |
10-2-1 |
| 2.67 |
Goals per Game |
2.13 |
| 0.80 |
Opp. Goals per Game |
0.53 |
| +28 |
Season Goal Differential |
+24 |
| 18.4 |
Shots per Game |
20.3 |
| 6.5 |
Opp. Shots per Game |
4.8 |
| 9.1 |
SOG per Game |
9.1 |
| 3.1 |
Opp. SOG per Game |
2.4 |
| 2.1 |
Assists per Game |
1.7 |
| 6.1 |
Corners per Game |
6.7 |
| 7.0 |
Fouls per Game |
10.1 |
| 2.3 |
Saves per Game |
1.9 |
ROCK BY THE NUMBERS | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS
Overall Record: 12-2-1
PSAC West Record: 11-1-1
Home Record: 8-0-0
Away Record: 4-2-1
PSAC West Rank: 1
st of 9
Streak: W7
Head Coach: Noreen Herlihy | 22
nd season overall at SRU (274-119-32, .682) | 32
nd season overall (329-212-64, .597)
Alma Mater: Mercyhurst '92
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock extended its win streak to seven games in PSAC West action with a 1-0 victory against California (Pa.) Oct. 17 at the Phillipsburg Soccer Facility.
Abby Paterline scored her team-leading sixth goal of the season, including her team-high fifth game-winning goal of the campaign in the 87
th minute. Paterline's goal was Slippery Rock's third game-winning goal in the final five minutes of a game in 2026.
Miley Kariotis picked up her first assist of the season on Paterline's goal.
Deivert led all players with six shots and four shots on goal. Paterline (4) and
Bailey McGee (2) also took multiple shots for Slippery Rock.
Allman made one save in her 25
th career clean sheet and earned her 45
th career win in goal for The Rock.
Slippery Rock ended the game with advantages in shots (16-4), shots on goal (12-1) and corner kicks (7-2).
PSAC WEST TITLE AT STAKE
Slippery Rock and Gannon are locked in a battle for supremacy in the PSAC West with The Rock holding a three-point advantage over the Golden Knights entering the matchup. Both SRU and GU have two games remaining after the matchup.
Edinboro and Indiana University (Pa.) trail Slippery Rock and Gannon with 21 points apiece, while Lock Haven rounds out the provisional PSAC Tournament teams from the Western Division with 20 points in the fifth spot. Seton Hill University (19) and Clarion (16) are still alive in the race to make the conference tournament, while California (Pa.) (6) and Pitt-Johnstown (2) round out the PSAC West.
No. 4 Kutztown University, No. 17 West Chester University, Shepherd University and Bloomsburg have clinched spots in the PSAC Tournament from the Eastern Division. Millersville University has a six-point lead over East Stroudsburg University in the live standings for the final spot in the conference tournament from the eastern side.
CLINCHING SCENARIO
Slippery Rock has a chance to clinch its second consecutive PSAC West title Wednesday with a win versus Gannon. Slippery Rock has five regular season championships in program history, with its earliest coming in 2003 and its latest in 2025. SRU has has won consecutive regular season PSAC titles one time, in hte 2003 and 2004 seasons.
SECOND SET OF NPI RANKINGS RELEASED
Slippery Rock stayed fourth in the Atlantic Region NCAA Power Index Rankings after the second set of rankings were released Monday.
The NCAA Power Index (NPI) is a rankings system used in Division II and Division III to evaluate team performance. NPI considers game results and the strength of opponents to calculate a team's NPI value and ranking.
NPI calculations update throughout the season as teams play additional contests and opponent NPI values change. A team's final NPI is not determined until the final games and rankings of the season are complete.
The NPI takes place of the NCAA's previous regional rankings system and will determine the at-large teams selected to the championship after the automatic qualifiers have been decided.
For more information on the NCAA Power Index click
HERE.
The Division II women's soccer playoff field features 56 teams from across the nation, with each region receiving a pre-determined amount of berths based on access ratio.
The Atlantic Region has seven spots in the NCAA Tournament this season as the conference champions from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and the Mountain East Conference will earn automatic berths in addition to five at-large selections determined by the final NPI rankings.
The second set of rankings includes six teams from the PSAC and three from the MEC. Inside the PSAC, there were two schools in the rankings from the PSAC West and four from the PSAC East.
Slippery Rock enters its game Wednesday versus Gannon University with a 12-2-1 overall record and the fourth-best NPI among all teams in the region. The three teams ahead of SRU are No. 21 Fairmont State University (62.245 / 13-0-2), No. 4 Kutztown (60.087 / 12-1-2) and No. 17 West Chester University (59.750 / 11-1-1). SRU is 1-1-1 against the top nine teams in the Atlantic Region in the first set of rankings, going 1-0-0 against Frostburg State University, 0-0-1 against Gannon and 0-1-0 against Fairmont State.
A look at the top nine teams based on NPI in the Atlantic Region can be seen below.
ATLANTIC REGION RANKINGS
Oct. 19, 2026
| Rank |
Team |
NPI |
Record |
| 1 |
Fairmont State |
62.245 |
13-0-2 |
| 2 |
Kutztown |
60.087 |
12-1-2 |
| 3 |
West Chester |
59.750 |
11-1-1 |
| 4 |
Slippery Rock |
58.637 |
12-2-1 |
| 5 |
Gannon |
57.165 |
11-2-2 |
| 6 |
Frostburg State |
57.134 |
11-2-2 |
| 7 |
Shepherd |
54.854 |
10-4-1 |
| 8 |
Millersville |
54.479 |
8-3-3 |
| 9 |
Point Park |
54.373 |
9-5-1 |
RECEIVING VOTES
Slippery Rock stayed in the receiving votes portion of the United Soccer Coaches (USC) Top 25 poll released this Tuesday. The Rock are the third team on the list of teams receiving votes and are looking to become ranked in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 2013-14 seasons. Slippery Rock was No. 23 as its highest in the USC poll last season. To see the full top 25 click
HERE.
DOUBLE-DIGIT WINS
With the win against the Vulcans, Slippery Rock claimed its 12
th win of the season. Slippery Rock's head coach
Noreen Herlihy has 18
th straight 10-win season at the helm at The Rock. Herlihy has had 10 or more wins in 19 of her 21 seasons overall across both stints at SRU.
PATERLINE TAKES HOME PSAC WEST ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS
Paterline was selected as the PSAC West Athlete of the Week for the first time in her career, the conference office announced Monday.
Paterline, a sophomore from Murrysville, Pennsylvania, earned Slippery Rock its third PSAC weekly award this season. Paterline became the 26
th different player to earn a PSAC weekly award for SRU and as well as earn its 57
th PSAC weekly award overall since 2004.
The sophomore guided Slippery Rock to a 2-0-0 week overall. Paterline scored two game-winning goals on five shots on goal in 129 total minutes (64.5 mpg) in victories over Seton Hill and California.
The Murrysville native scored SRU first goal in a 4-0 win vs. the Griffins, as well as The Rock's lone goal in the 87
th minute of a 1-0 victory on the road against the Vulcans.
LEADING THE ROCK
Paterline leads The Rock in points with 14 on six goals and two assists in 15 games played.
Lilia Battalini trails Paterline with 13 points on five goals and three assists, while
Sophia Palermo rounds out Slippery Rock's top three point scorers with 12 points on five goals and two assists.
Deivert (4), McGee (3),
Peyton Los (4),
Gianna Revetta (2),
Eden Williams (2) and
Summer Hill (2) each have multiple goals, while Price,
Jordyn Constable,
Chloe Flynn,
Irene Doleno,
Leah Walter and
Addison Bell each have one goal for The Rock.
McGee paces SRU in assists with five, while Williams trails the senor with four helpers. Battalini (3), Price (3), Deivert (2) and
Libby Earley (2) all have multiple assists as well.
Palermo leads the charge with 46 shots, followed by Deivert with 42 shots as well as Battalini and McGee, with 28 and 27 shots, respectively.
Madisyn Sedor, a crucial part of Slippery Rock's backline, leads all Rock field players with 1,105 minutes played respectively (73.7 mpg).
IN GOAL FOR THE ROCK
Allman leads Slippery Rock in all goalkeeper statistics after starting all 15 games. Allman has a 0.72 goals against average with a .744 save percentage on 29 saves.
Rosie Willmott Joyce has appeared in three games and made four saves in 73 minutes of play, while
Allie Burkholder has appeared in two games, totaling 32 minutes.
AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION … AND THE PSAC
* PSAC RANKS IN ITALIC
With the regular season hitting the 15-game mark, Slippery Rock as a team and individually, ranks near the top of numerous leaderboards throughout the nation and the PSAC ranks.
Team:
Total goals: 14
th – 40 –
3rd
Total points: 17
th – 111 –
3rd
Scoring offense: 18
th – 2.67 –
3rd
Goal differential: 18
th – +28 –
3rd
Total assists: 18
th – 31 –
2nd
Individual:
Game-winning goals: Abby Paterline – 7
th – 5 –
3rd
Game-winning goals: Sophia Palermo – 16
th – 4 –
5th
Total assists: Bailey McGee – 62nd– 5 – 5th
Shots/game: Sophia Palermo – 75
th – 3.1 –
7th
SURGING UP THE RECORD BOOK
Allman is approaching numerous records among Slippery Rock goalkeepers. The senior currently sits inside the top five in four different categories (goalie games started, saves, wins and shutouts). Allman is Slippery Rock's leader in goalie wins with 45 and career goalie starts with 70.
Allman is also three save away from second and one shutout away from moving into third place in the respective categories.
RECORD WATCH
Leah Allman – First in games started as a goalie with 70
Leah Allman – First in wins with 45
Leah Allman – Third in saves with 211 – three saves away from second
Leah Allman – Fourth in shutouts with 25 – one away from third
Sophia Palermo – T-8 on game winning goals with eight – one away from T-7
Abby Paterline – T-11 on game-winning goals with seven – one away from T-8
GOLDEN KNIGHTS BY THE NUMBERS | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS
Overall Record: 11-2-2
PSAC West Record: 10-2-1
Home Record: 5-1-1
Away Record: 6-1-1
PSAC West Rank: 2
nd of 9
Streak: W7
Head Coach: Colin Petersen | 25
th season at Gannon (248-169-48, .585)
Alma Mater: Gannon '01
GANNON SCOUTING REPORT
The Golden Knights enter the matchup with The Rock holding a 11-2-2 record overall and 10-2-1 in the PSAC West. Like Slippery Rock, Gannon is on a seven-game winning streak dating back to Sept. 26. Over its winning streak, Gannon has a +16 goal differential (19-3).
Senior forward Brooklyn Respecki leads Gannon in scoring with 18 points on seven goals and four assists. Grace Emanuel (17) and Olivia Dixon (12) join Respecki with double-digit points for Gannon.
Sophomore goalkeeper Alwa Wennstroem has started 10 games for Gannon, holding a 9-0-1 record with a 0.21 GAA and a .909 save percentage on 20 saves and two goals against.
LOOKING AHEAD
Slippery Rock returns to action against Lock Haven for its penultimate game of the regular season 4 p.m. Saturday at Hubert Jack Stadium. Earlier this season, Slippery Rock defeated Lock Haven, 6-1, Aug. 30 at James Egli Field.
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