Slippery Rock University Athletics

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The No. 10 Slippery Rock University field hockey team lost to Mansfield, 3-1, Saturday in its 2026 season finale at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
Slippery Rock concludes the year with a 10-7 overall record and a 2-7 mark inside the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. The Rock's 10 wins are tied for the second most victories in single-season program history in addition to marking a five-win improvement from 2025 which is currently the best win improvement among all Division II teams.
 
The highlight of the day belonged to senior Lucy Hutchinson, who broke SRU's single season goals record – previously belonging to Megan McKay (2015) - with her 17th score of the season. Hutchinson, who became one of the top offensive threats in NCAA Division II this season and is a strong candidate for a variety of postseason honors, also tied McKay's 2015 single season points record with her goal as she finished the year with 38 (17 G / 4 A).
 
Hutchinson scored her historic goal on a Keila Schutte-Hanekom assist, the freshman's fourth of the year.
 
Slippery Rock dominated possession in Saturday's game, finishing with team advantages over the Mounties in total shots (21-4), shots on goal (13-4) and penalty corners (13-2). However, Mansfield (7-11, 3-6 PSAC) was able to make the most of its limited chances to earn the win.
 
SRU jumped out to an early lead just under seven minutes into the first quarter when Schutte-Hanekom found Hutchinson on a penalty corner to give The Rock a quick 1-0 edge.
 
The lead held for the near remainder of the opening quarter, but with three seconds left in the period Korimae Reisinger finished an Alyssa Czekai pass to pull the contest into a 1-1 tie through 15 minutes.
 
Slippery Rock continued to rack up shots and penalty corners over the following two quarters, but couldn't find the go-ahead score leading the contest into a 1-1 tie going into the fourth quarter.
 
Mansfield posted what proved to be the game-winning goal two minutes into the fourth quarter when Ava Mondulick scored by way of a Jordan Brunnabend assist. The Mounties added a final insurance tally at 53:25 and stopped three Rock shots in the game's final moments for the two-goal win.
 
Riley Cloude registered a team-high four shots on goal for The Rock. Hutchionson (3) and Coral Piramo (3) also placed multiple shots on target, while Schutte-Hanekom, Haylie Sucharski and Hilary Hoffman added one apiece.
 
Seniors Sam Black and Leah Riegling, two of nine members of the program that took part in Saturday's pregame Senior Day celebration, split time in goal for SRU with each playing 30 minutes. Riegling made one save.
 
Joining Black and Riegling and Saturday's Senior Day festivities were Hutchinson, Hoffman, Sucharski, Paige Shannon, Brooke Page, Payton Kane and student assistant coach Lacey Berghorn.
 
 
 
 

 
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