LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Slippery Rock goalkeeper, Dylan Bliss, was selected as the final Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week this season, the conference office announced Friday.

Bliss, a junior from Lancaster Pennsylvania, earned Slippery Rock its sixth PSAC West weekly award this season, and is the 26^th different men's soccer player to win a PSAC weekly award since 2004, accounting for 40 PSAC weekly awards.

Six PSAC weekly awards this season for Slippery Rock are tied for its highest amount in program history with The Rock's 2024 squad.  

The Lancaster native made his first career start and made four saves to earn a clean sheet in Slippery Rock's regular-season finale, a 0-0 draw against Seton Hill University Thursday at James Egli Field.

Slippery Rock ended the regular season with a 5-5-7 record overall and a 3-3-4 mark inside the division. The Rock earned their first PSAC Tournament berth since 2024 as they locked up the fourth seed in the Western Division. Slippery Rock's last PSAC Tournament appearance ended with a trip to the semifinals after a 1-0 win over Seton Hill, before it eventually fell to No. 13 Bloomsburg in penalty kicks.

The Rock will be back in action for the PSAC Tournament Quarterfinals 1 p.m. Sunday against Millersville University at Pucillo Field.







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