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Slippery Rock at Millersville
The Rock (5-5-7)	Marauders (12-4-2)
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's soccer team travels to Millersville University for a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinal matchup 1 p.m. Sunday at Pucillo Field.

TICKETS
Fans can purchase tickets on the PSAC Tournament Central website page or at this LINK provided by the PSAC. All entry at Pucillo will require tickets with all transactions being cashless. Adult ticket prices are $12, while tickets for students in 12^th grade or younger are $7. Free admission for students from member institutions with valid I.D. PSAC Passes will be honored. It is advised to purchase tickets prior to arriving, however, tickets will be available for purchase on site.  

WATCH LIVE
Fans can follow along to Sunday's game live for free via the links below provided by Millersville Athletic Communications.
 
PSAC Tournament Quarterfinals
Opponent: Millersville
Date: Sunday –  1 p.m.
Location: Millersville, Pennsylvania
Venue: Pucillo Field
Live Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-Game Updates: X (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: 11-20-2
Current Streak: L3
Last Played: Oct. 12, 2018 (Millersville won 4-0)

SERIES HISTORY
Slippery Rock and Millersville first played in 1993, which ended with a 4-0 Marauders victory. Since then, the two sides have faced off on 32 different occasions. The Rock holds an 11-20-2 record overall against Millersville, but haven't lost a PSAC Tournament game against the Marauders.

TOP ACTIVE SRU PLAYERS AGAINST MILLERSVILLE
No player on either team has played in the Slippery Rock versus Millersville series.

PSAC TOURNAMENT SETUP
• The top four teams in the Western Division and Eastern Division standings at the end of the regular season qualified for the PSAC Tournament.
 
• Quarterfinals: On Sunday, the quarterfinal round will be contested with Slippery Rock at Millersville, East Stroudsburg University at Lock Haven, Seton Hill University at West Chester University and Shepherd University at Gannon University.
 
• Semifinals: Advancing teams will face the remaining team from its part of the bracket in the semifinal round, which will be held Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. with the higher remaining seed hosting the matchup.
 
• Finals: The 2026 PSAC Tournament championship game will be held 1 p.m. Nov. 8. The PSAC Tournament champions earns an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

WHO'S IN
• PSAC West: Gannon took home the PSAC West title and the first seed, followed by No. 2 Lock Haven, No. 3 Seton Hill and No. 4 Slippery Rock.
 
• PSAC East: Millersville locked up the top seed in the Eastern Division followed by No. 2 West Chester, No. 3 East Stroudsburg and No. 4 Shepherd.
 
HOW THEY GOT HERE
Slippery Rock enters the PSAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed out of the PSAC West after a 3-3-4 conference record in the regular season. SRU comes into the conference tournament on a hot streak, as The Rock are unbeaten in their last six games, including three wins in those matches. Slippery Rock is 3-3-3 on the road this season.
 
Millersville earned the No. 1 seed from the PSAC East with a 6-3-1 conference record. The Marauders finished the regular season with a 12-4-2 record overall. Millersville has won seven of its last 10 games, including consecutive 3-0 victories against Shippensburg University and Lackawanna to round out the regular season. Millersville is 7-3-0 at home this season.
 
PSAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Slippery Rock will be making its 17^th PSAC Tournament appearance since the conference championships expanded to at least three teams in 1991. SRU has won eight PSAC championships all-time with league titles coming in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1974, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2015.
 
SRU is coming off a PSAC Tournament semifinals appearance in 2024, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals during its previous chance.
 
The Rock and the Marauders have met in the PSAC Tournament on three previous occasions. In 2009, Slippery Rock downed Millersville, 2-1, before a 0-0 draw in 2013, where SRU won on penalty kicks. The two teams' most recent PSAC Tournament battle was in the 2015 Championship Game, where Slippery Rock took down No. 21 Millersville, 2-1. The 2015 PSAC Tournament Championship was SRU's most recent conference title.
 

TEAM COMPARISON
The Rock	2026 Stats	Marauders
5-5-7	Overall Record	12-4-2
3-3-4	Conference Record	6-3-1
1.71	Goals per Game	2.11
1.18	Opp. Goals per Game	0.78
+9	Season Goal Differential	+24
15.2	Shots per Game	15.0
9.9	Opp. Shots per Game	6.9
6.9	SOG per Game	6.6
4.4	Opp. SOG per Game	3.1
1.9	Assists per Game	1.4
4.6	Corners per Game	5.6
13.5	Fouls per Game	8.3
3.2	Saves per Game	2.3

ROCK BY THE NUMBERS | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS
Overall Record: 5-5-7
PSAC West Record: 3-3-4
Home Record: 2-2-4
Away Record: 3-3-3
PSAC West Rank: 4^th of 6
Streak: T1
Head Coach: Kevin Wilhelm | Ninth season at SRU (51-64-27) | 12^th season overall (58-106-30)
            Alma Mater: Slippery Rock '98

LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock ended its regular season with a scoreless draw against Seton Hill in PSAC West play Thursday afternoon at James Egli Field.

Tom Roantree, Caleb Alldredge, Sie Parker, Dalton DeShong and Javier Garrido Burgos each took one shot for SRU, while Roantree and Garrido Burgos' shots landed on goal.

Dylan Bliss made his first career start in goal for The Rock and came away with four saves in his first clean sheet.

Slippery Rock ended the game with advantages in saves (4-2), while SHU had more shots (12-5) and corner kicks (5-3).

The Rock ended the regular season with a 2-2-4 record at James Egli Field with a +4 goal differential (14-10).

THE ROCK AGAINST THE PSAC EAST
Since 2019, Slippery Rock has played 18 games against the PSAC East, including postseason. Over that span, The Rock have a 5-7-6 record in those games with a +1 goal differential (26-25).

BLISS EARNS FINAL PSAC WEST DEFENSIVE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK OF THE SEASON
Bliss was selected as the final PSAC West 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 Thursday at James Egli Field.

LEADING THE ROCK
Heading into the postseason, Kaden Reynolds paces The Rock with 17 points on six goals and five assists. Boele Zwartele follows Reynolds in points with 12, but is tied with the junior in goals with six. Roantree rounds out SRU's top three goal scorers with four and two helpers.  Alldredge and Jimmy Irani sit at two goals each, while Aashi Pandher, Patrick Tierney, Jonathan Anthony, Dylan Greggs and Ryan Hanes each have one goal on the season as well, while Pandher leads SRU with seven assists.

Reynolds also leads SRU in shots with 53 and shots on goal with 22. Pandher follows Reynolds with 43 shots and 18 on goal, while Roantree rounds out Slippery Rock's top three shot takers with 26.

Slippery Rock's minutes leader in the field in 2026 is Tierney who has totaled 1,445 minutes (85 mpg).

IN GOAL FOR THE ROCK
Troy Nine has started 16 out of 17 games in goal so far in 2026 for The Rock. Nine has a 1.26 goals against average along with a .710 save percentage with 49 saves and two clean sheets.

Bliss has appeared in two games this season with one start, making five save and surrendering no goals in 104 minutes of play.

DIFFERENT STARTING LINEUPS FOR THE ROCK
Slippery Rock has shown 12 different starting lineups in its 17 games in 2026, while having two different lineups starting the most games with three.

WHERE THE ROCK STANDS IN THE NATION … AND THE PSAC
* PSAC STATS IN ITALICS
Team:
Shots/game – 25^th – 15.2 – 1^st
Assists/game – 25^th – 1.9 – 2^nd
SOG/game – 29^th – 6.9 – 2^nd
Points/game – 55^th – 5.4 – 4^th

Individuals:
Shots/game – 19^th –  Kaden Reynolds – 3.3 – 2^nd
Total assists – 25^th  – Aashi Pandher – 7 – 3^rd
SOG/game – 59^th – Kaden Reynolds – 1.4 – 4^th
Shots/game – 82^nd – Aashi Pandher – 2.5 – 6^th
Total saves – 92^nd  – Troy Nine – 49 – 7^th

MARAUDERS BY THE NUMBERS | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS
Overall Record: 12-4-2
PSAC West Record: 6-3-1
Home Record: 7-3-0
Away Record: 5-1-2
PSAC West Rank: 1^st of 6
Streak: W2
Head Coach: Steve Widdowson | 19^th season at Millersville (232-104-41, .670)
        Alma Mater: Rutgers '94

MILLERSVILLE SCOUTING REPORT
The Marauders enter the matchup with The Rock as the PSAC East Champions, holding a 12-4-2 record overall with a 6-3-1 mark inside the division.

Millersville has had two different unbeaten streaks of five games this season and have won its last two contests, 3-0, against Lackawanna and Shippensburg. At home this season, Millersville has a 7-3-0 record with a +13 goal differential (23-10). The last time the Marauders fell at home was Oct. 14 against Shepherd, 3-1.

Senior midfielder Roy Parkyn leads Millerville with 21 points, seven more points than the Zander Leik, who as the second most points on the team. Parkyn's nine goals are a team-high and his three assists are tied for the team-lead with five other players. Leik and Omar Warthen round out the Marauders top three goals scorers with six and four goals, respectively.

Junior goalkeeper Gavin Massimi has started 15 out of the 18 games for Millersville, holding a 0.99 GAA with a .702 save percentage on 33 saves and 14 goals allowed.

LOOKING AHEAD
Slippery Rock would play the winner of Lock Haven and East Stroudsburg with a win at Millersville, while its season would come to an end with a loss to the Marauders.





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