SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The No. 7 Slippery Rock University field hockey team heads to No. 4 Shippensburg University 4 p.m. Wednesday in a meeting of nationally ranked teams.
 
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GAME 9 DETAILS
Opponent: Shippensburg University
Date: Wednesday – 4 p.m.
Location: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Venue: Robb Sports Complex
Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
All-Time Series: SU leads 53-6-1
Last Played: Oct. 22, 2025 (SU won 3-0)
 
SERIES HISTORY
In a series that traces back to 1979, Shippensburg has compiled a 53-6-1 all-time record against The Rock. SRU's last victory against the Raiders came in 1998, while the last time Slippery Rock won at Shippensburg was in 1991.
 
Shippensburg, which went on to win the 2025 national championship, swept the season series over SRU a year ago in 4-0 and 3-0 wins.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Stats: Link
Roster: Link
NFHCA Top 10: No. 7
Overall Record: 8-0
PSAC: 1-0 (t-1)
Home Record: 4-0
Away Record: 4-0
Last 5 Games: 5-0
Streak: W8
Head Coach: Missy Revesz | 2nd season (13-12)
 
ROCK LEADERS
POINTS: Lucy Hutchinson (24), Coral Piramo (13)
GOALS: Hutchinson (10), Grace Williams (5), Piramo (5)
ASSISTS: Hutchinson (4), Three Tied (3)
S.O.G.: Hutchinson (34), Hilary Hoffman (24)
SAVES: Sam Black (20)
DEF. SAVES: Haylie Sucharski (2)
 
RECENT RESULTS
Oct. 3: at Millersville (W, 2-1)
Sept. 27: at Maryville (W, 3-0)
Sept. 26: at Maryville (W, 5-1)
Sept. 22: at Roberts Wesleyan (W, 6-1)
Sept. 18: vs. Converse (W, 2-1)
 
LAST TIME OUT (Box Score)
Slippery Rock went on the road to open Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference play and returned home with a 2-1 victory over Millersville. The win was SRU's first over the Marauders since 2007 as well as being its first win in Millersville since 2001.
 
ROCK CLIMBS TO No. 7
Slippery Rock moved up one spot to No. 7 in the latest national poll, released Tuesday by the NFHCA. SRU's newest ranking is the second highest positioning in the national poll in program history.
 
DOWN TO 2 IN D2
Slippery Rock opens the week as one of only two undefeated teams remaining in Division II along with Kutztown (10-0). If SRU were to defeat Shippensburg and Kutztown earned a win against Millersville in their Wednesday games, it would set up a battle of unbeatens between The Rock and Golden Bears Saturday at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
STREAKING
Slippery Rock's eight-game winning streak is the second longest in Division II and tied for the sixth best active string of consecutive wins in entire NCAA regardless of division.
 
Active NCAA Winning Streaks
1. Northwestern (D1): 23
2. Tuffs (D3): 15
3. Maryland (D1): 11
t-4. Kutztown (D2): 10
t-4. Stevenson (D3): 10
t-6. Slippery Rock (D2): 8
t-6. Rowan (D2): 8
t-8. Four Teams: 7
 
BLACK EARNS WEEKLY HONOR
Sam Black was named the PSAC Defensive Athlete of the Week after leading SRU to a 2-1 conference victory on the road at Millersville.
 
In anchoring Slippery Rock's defense, Black was credited with six saves as SRU improved its undefeated record to 8-0 in 2026. Black's six saves were the most by a PSAC goalie in a victory last week.
 
A transfer from Wagner College, Black has been stellar in her first season at The Rock. A starter in all eight games, Black's recorded a .800 save percentage with 20 stops alongside a 0.74 goals against average.
 
On the Division II national stage, Black ranks sixth among all qualified goalies in GAA and eighth in save percentage. Of the 13 Division II goalkeepers to have played over 400 minutes this season, Black is one of just three athletes to have surrendered no more than five goals.
 
FRESHMEN GET IT DONE ON THE ROAD
The Rock's win over Millersville featured the rookie duo of Josie Shultz and Tatiana Calderon supplying SRU's offensive production. Shultz converted the game's first goal on a penalty stroke, while Calderon scored the game-winner in the 53rd minute on a shot that was assisted by Shultz.
 
STARTING PSAC PLAY STRONG
The Rock's victory over Millersville marked the first time SRU won its first conference game of the season since beating West Chester, 4-3, in 2017. The 2017 season is also the last time SRU won its first two league games as it returned home to best IUP in 2-1 fashion following the win at West Chester.
 
MOST WINS SINCE 2017, TIED FOR 7TH ALL-TIME
With nine regular season games still to be played in 2026, this year's team has achieved the highest win total inside the program since 2017 (10-9). Additionally, this year's team is already tied for the seventh most wins in a single-season in program history.
 
Wins at SRU
1. 1987 (14)
t-2. 10 (2017, 1988, 1976)
t-5. 9 (2014, 1975)
t-7. 8 (2026, 2012, 1998, 1997)
 
ROCKING THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Slippery Rock heads into the Shippensburg game ranked in the top 10 of Division II (34 teams) in a plethora of categories.
 
Points Per Game: 3rd (10.38)
Scoring Margin: 4th (3.00)
Goals Per Game: 4th (3.88)
Penalty Corners Per Game: 4th (10.63)
Assists Per Game: 4th (2.63)
Save Percentage: 5th (.821)
Goals Against Average: 6th (0.88)
 
THE ROCK ATTACK
Slippery Rock's offensive attack has seen 12 athletes tally at least one point on the season.
 
• Leading the way for Slippery Rock is the trio of Lucy Hutchinson, Coral Piramo and Grace Williams. All three have already compiled over 10 points.
 
• Hutchinson enters the week with 24 points on 10 goals and four assists while placing 34 shots on goal. She ranks third in Division II in points per game (3.00) and fourth in goals per game (1.25).
 
• Piramo and Williams have 13 and 12 points, respectively. Piramo has scored five goals and distributed three assists, while Williams has five goals and two assists.
 
• Hilary Hoffman (4) and Delaney Evans (3) are The Rock's other two multi-goal scorers. Hoffman also has one assist so far in 2026.
 
• Rounding out The Rock's point scorers through eight games are Josie Shultz (5: 1 G / 3 A), Roz Mikulak (4: 1 G / 2 A), Kaia Schutte-Hanekom (3: 1 G / 1 A), Riley Cloude (3: 3 A), Tatiana Calderon (2: 1 G), Paige Shannon (1: 1 A) and Haylie Sucharski (1: 1 A).
 
IMPECCABLE PACES
Slippery Rock's offensive and defensive production through eight games this season have exceeded or is on par with some of the best starts to a season in Rock history.
 
SRU Goals Scored (Through 8 Games)
t-1. 31 (2026)
t-1. 31 (1976)
3. 28 (1973)
4.  27 (1975)
5. 26 (1974)
 
SRU Goals Allowed (Through 8 Games)
t-1. 6 (1975)
t-1. 6 (1987)
3. 7 (2026)
t-4. 8 (1976)
t-4. 8 (1989)
 
FIRST HALF IS OUR HALF
Slippery Rock is outscoring its opposition 20-3 in the first two quarters of games this season.
 
CONSISTENCY IS KEY
Nine Rock athletes have started all eight games this season in Black, Hutchinson, Hoffman, Shultz, Mikulak, Cloude, Sucharski, Brooke Page and Ava Masorti.
 
Williams (7), Piramo (5) and Schutte-Hanekom (4) have also made multiple starts this year.
 
HOME ON THE HORIZON
Wednesday's game concludes a five-game road trip. Slippery Rock returns home to Mihalik-Thompson Stadium for a three-game stretch Oct. 10-17 against Kutztown, D'Youville and East Stroudsburg.
 
A FAMILIAR FACE
After overseeing the Slippery Rock field hockey program for five years (2020-24), Rayell Wallace was tabbed to lead the Shippensburg program prior to the 2025 season when Tara Zollinger left the Raiders for the same position at Delaware. Shippensburg went 20-3 and won the Division II national championship in 2025.
 
CHARTING THE ROCK
Career Games Played (Starts)
 
Hilary Hoffman: 49 (47)
Lucy Hutchinson: 46 (17)
Paige Shannon: 44 (14)
Riley Cloude: 41 (40)
Roz Mikulak: 40 (39)
Ava Masorti*: 40 (25)
Haylie Sucharski: 37 (18)
Grace Williams: 32 (13)
Coral Piramo: 26 (19)
Hanna Thomas: 23 (5)
Maddie Orrson: 22 (9)
Brooke Page: 19 (12)
Sam Black**: 18 (15)
Leah Riegling: 17 (11)
Payton Kane: 11 (0)
Josie Shultz: 8 (8)
Delaney Evans: 8 (0)
Meghan O'Donnell: 8 (0)
Amaly Klock: 7 (0)
Keila Schutte-Hanekom: 6 (4)
Tatiana Calderon: 6 (0)
Rylee Catterton: 2 (0)
 
* Played in 15 games at Converse
** Played in 10 games at Wagner
 
A LOOK AT LAST WEEK'S TOP 10
Below is a list of each team's results last week.
 
NFHCA Top 10
#1: Kutztown: IUP (W)
#2: East Stroudsburg: Shippensburg (W)
#3: Newberry: Wingate (W)
#4: Shippensburg: Millersville (W), East Stroudsburg (L)
#5: West Chester: Mansfield (W)
#6: Bloomsburg: Pace (L, OT), Frostburg (W)
#7: The Rock: Millersville (W)
#8: IUP: Kutztown (L)
#9: Saint Anselm: Saint Michael's (W), Bentley (W)
#10: Assumption: Southern New Hampshire (W), Franklin Pierce (W)
 
NEXT FIVE GAMES
Oct. 10 (11 a.m.) vs. #1 Kutztown
Oct. 14 (4 p.m.) vs. D'Youville
Oct. 17 (Noon) vs. #2 East Stroudsburg
Oct. 21 (Noon) at Frostburg State
Oct. 24 (Noon) at #6 Bloomsburg
 
ROCK SELECTS CAPTAINS FOR 2026
Seniors Lucy Hutchinson and Paige Shannon were selected as team captains for the 2026, the SRU coaching staff recently announced.
 
MALISHCHAK + EBERHART TO ROCK HALL OF FAME
Two former members of the Slippery Rock field hockey program were named to the SRU Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2026.
 
Vicki (Peterson) Eberhart and Gabrielle Malishchak will join five other former Slippery Rock greats as the latest members to join the SRU Athletics Hall of Fame when the 2026 class is enshrined Oct. 9.
 
In addition to being a two-time All-PSAC honoree in field hockey who still owns the single-season record for points per game, Eberhart was one of a rare group of athletes at Slippery Rock that not just participated in multiple sports, but excelled and earned numerous honors in multiple sports. She won two PSAC titles in the high jump and one PSAC title in the pole vault, was an All-American in the high jump.
 
Malishchak is the only four-time All-PSAC honoree in SRU field hockey history and the only first team All-American in program history. She still ranks fifth all-time at SRU in assists, played on an SRU team that reached as high as a No. 8 national ranking.
 
RECORD WATCH
Points (14-20)
t-14. Leslie Colliver (2021-24): 39
t-14. Gabrielle Malishchak (2009-12): 39
t-14. Allison Shade (2011-14): 39
17. Kelsey Gustafson (2011-14): 38
18. Deb Smith (1988-91): 36
19. Lucy Hutchinson: 34
20. Hilary Hoffman: 33
 
Goals (11-16)
11. Gianna Conti (2022-24): 18
t-12. Bailee Christman (2021-24): 17
t-12. Deb Smith (1988-91): 17
t-14. Kailee Krupski (2014-17): 16
t-14. Allison Shade (2011-14): 16
16. Lucy Hutchinson: 15
 
Assists (5-10)
t-5. Kayla Del Vecchio (2019-23): 11
t-5. Kailee Krupski (2014-17): 11
t-5. Gabrielle Malishchak (2009-12): 11
t-8. Bailee Christman (2021-24): 9
t-8. Lindsay Brown (2011-13): 9
t-10. Hilary Hoffman: 8
 
SHIPPENSBURG PRIMER
Stats: Link
Roster: Link
NFHCA Top 10: No. 4
Overall Record: 5-2
PSAC: 0-1 (t-6)
Home Record: 2-1
Away Record: 2-1
Neutral Site Record: 1-0
Last 5 Games: 3-2
Streak: L1
Head Coach: Rayell Wallace | 2nd season at SU (25-5) | 6th Overall (47-49)
 
RAIDER LEADERS
POINTS: Elaina Fragassi (10), Anne Gardner (7)
GOALS: Elaina Fragassi (4), Anne Gardner (3)
ASSISTS: Fragassi (2)
S.O.G.: Fragassi (19), Hannah White (10)
SAVES: Liv Schweighart (16)
DEF. SAVES: N/A
 
TEAM STATS
Goals Per Game: 2.00
Goals Per Game Allowed: 0.71
Shots Per Game: 13.9
Shots Per Game Allowed: 6.1
Penalty Corners Per Game: 7.4
Penalty Corners Per Game Allowed: 3.6
 
RECENT RESULTS
Oct. 3: vs. #4 East Stroudsburg (L, 1-0)
Sept. 30: vs. Millersville (W, 3-2)
Sept. 23: at Frostburg State (W, 4-1)
Sept. 17: at #2 Kutztown (L, 1-0)
Sept. 12: vs. #3 Newberry (W, 2-0)
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock returns home to host No. 1 Kutztown 11 a.m. Saturday at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
 

 
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