SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The seventh-ranked Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team will close a two-game South Carolina swing with a 4 p.m. game Wednesday at Newberry College.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
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* Newberry broadcasts its games on FloSports, which requires a paid subscription to view the game. There is no option to purchase a single-game pass. This is the only game remaining on the SRU schedule that will be behind a paywall.
 
GAME 7 DETAILS
• Opponent: Newberry College
• Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026  |  4 p.m.
• Location: Setzler Field  |  Newberry, S.C.
• All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 1-0
• Current Streak: Slippery Rock +1
• Last Meeting: March 12, 2025 – SRU won 13-7 at Newberry
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS  |  IWLCA  |  USA Lacrosse Magazine
Slippery Rock held steady at No. 7 in the IWLCA rankings and No. 3 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine rankings this week for the third straight week. Newberry is unranked.
 
SPRING BREAK TRIP
Slippery Rock flew to South Carolina last Thursday and is spending a week down south for spring break. The Rock played Saturday on the road at Lander and came away with a 9-4 win and will close out the trip with a regional matchup at Newberry Wednesday.
 
RECORDS
Slippery Rock is 6-0 and is coming off a 9-4 win on the road at Lander Saturday. Newberry enters the game with a 5-4 overall record and is coming off a 16-3 loss at home to No. 1 Flagler Saturday. The Wolves will play their second straight top 10 team when SRU visits Wednesday.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
Slippery Rock is 1-0 in the all-time series against Newberry thanks to a 13-7 win on the road last March in the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
 
LAST MEETING  |  Box Score
Slippery Rock jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter and led wire-to-wire on the way to a 13-7 win on the road at Newbery last March. The Rock finished the game with advantages of 34-18 in shots, 18-6 in draw controls and 18-15 in ground balls. Reagan Richeson netted a game-high five goals to lead the SRU attack, while Grace Rotter chipped in two goals and one assist and Isabella Buono added one goal and two assists. Lily Ventresca earned the win in goal after recording four saves in just over 40 minutes of action. Ava Drath made two saves in the final 19:24. Newberry got two goals each form Scythe Shephard and Emma Jobs and goalie Mackenzie Dorr made 10 saves.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 6-0
• PSAC Record: 0-0
• Home Record: 3-0
• Away Record: 3-0
• Streak: W6
• Last Five Games: 5-0
• Head Coach: Taryn Burkholder (5th season, Niagara '12)  |  Record: 59-21
 
REGULAR SEASON WINNING STREAK
Slippery Rock has won 16 straight regular season games and is 21-1 in the regular season since the beginning of the 2025 season. The lone loss in that stretch is a 10-9 overtime loss at Lander on March 15, 2025. The only other two losses SRU has suffered since the opening of last season were in the PSAC title game last spring to No. 2 West Chester, which SRU avenged in the regional title game two weeks later, and in the national semifinals to No. 7 Adelphi. The Rock are 24-3 overall since the start of 2025.
 
WINS OVER THREE TOURNEY TEAMS
Slippery Rock opened the year with three straight games against defending conference champions and NCAA Tournament qualifiers from 2025. The Rock opened the year with an 18-9 win over GMAC champion Ashland, upset PSAC champion and No. 5 West Chester 13-12 on the road to snap the Golden Rams' 60-game regular season win streak and took down GLIAC champion Grand Valley State 10-6 in their first three games of the year.
 
SEVEN UNBEATENS LEFT
Slippery Rock enters the game Wednesday as one of just seven Division II teams that are still undefeated on the year. The Rock and East Stroudsburg (7-0) are the only two teams in the Atlantic Region that have yet to lose a game.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock jumped out to a 6-0 lead and rolled to a 9-4 win on the road at Lander University Saturday to open the spring break trip. The Rock outshot the Bearcats 28-16 and put up advantages of 25-12 in ground balls and 16-7 in caused turnovers. Abby Fink scored a game-high four goals and Reagan Richeson matched her point tally with three goals and one assist. Paige Jenkins caused four turnovers and Lily Ventresca made two saves while allowing just four goals. 
 
TOUGH TO SCORE ON
Slippery Rock has limited its last four opponents to six goals or fewer and has held opponents to single-digit scoring in five of six games this year. The Rock are outscoring their opponents 91-38 through six games, including 60-17 over the last four games. The only opponent to reach 10 goals this year was No. 5 West Chester back on Feb. 21.
 
NATIONAL OFFENSIVE RANKS
Slippery Rock enters the game ranked 13th in the nation in scoring offense at 15.17 goals per game. The Rock rank eighth in shots on goal per game (25.67) and ninth in total shots per game (33.00). SRU also ranks eighth in scoring margin at +8.83 goals per game and ranks 14th in assists per game at 8.33.
 
DEFENSIVE RANKS
The Rock enter the game ranked fourth nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 6.33 goals per game. SRU ranks fifth nationally in caused turnovers per game (13.83) and 18th in ground balls per game (21.33). The Rock defense has limited opponents to just 64.5 percent on clear attempts (69-of-107).
 
TOP 10 IN THE DRAW CIRCLE
Slippery Rock enters this game ranked 10th in the nation in draw control percentage (62.5%) and 16th in the nation in draw controls per game (15.00). Shannon Von Kaenel and her 43 draw controls are the primary reason for that as she currently ranks 10th in the nation in draw controls per game at 7.17. She also takes nearly all the draws and has helped The Rock to post an 90-54 advantage over opponents through six games. Grace Rotter has 20 draw controls and Paige Jenkins has 18 draw controls as that trio has 81 of the team's 90 draws.
 
FRESHMEN MAKING A MARK
Slippery Rock has started three true freshmen in every game so far this season and all three have made a noticeable impact. Midfielder Caitlyn Kelly is sixth on the team in scoring with nine goals and two assists for 11 points. The defensive midfielder combo of Aleigha Dubroc and Violet Freebody have combined for 21 caused turnovers and 27 ground balls. Freebody leads SRU with 16 ground balls to go along with 10 caused turnovers while Dubroc has 11 caused turnovers and 11 ground balls.
 
SIX IN DOUBLE DIGITS
Slippery Rock has six players with at least 10 points through six games, led by Reagan Richeson with team-highs of 23 goals and 26 points. Richeson has also been instrumental on the ride, causing eight turnovers in transition. Isabella Buono is second in scoring with 15 goals and five assists. All-American attacker Grace Rotter is third with 18 points on 10 goals and eight assists. Maddie Blazey has four goals and a team-high 14 assists, Abby Fink has 12 goals and four assists and Caitlyn Kelly has nine goals and two assists. Rotter, Richeson and Fink are all coming off 50-goal seasons in 2025 when they became the first trio in program history to score 50+ goals in a season.
 
BALANCED SCORING
The Rock also have 10 more players with points on the year, including Ava Dossier (5g, 2a), Cadyn Eismann (4g, 3a), Claire Petty (1g, 3a), Lauren Petty (2g, 1a), Sydney Ulmer (1g, 2a), Shannon Von Kaenel (1g, 1a), Ella Koslowski (1g, 1a), Madi Leach (1g), Amara Langstaff (1g) and Erin Melcher (1g).
 
LET'S TALK DEFENSE
The Rock rank fourth nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 6.33 goals per game. All-American Paige Jenkins leads the defense with 16 caused turnovers and 15 ground balls. Freshman Aleigha Dubroc has 11 caused turnovers and 11 ground balls and fellow freshman Violet Freebody has 10 caused turnovers and a team-high 16 ground balls. Attacker Reagan Richeson has eight caused turnovers and 13 ground balls and Gemma Sciarroni has six caused turnovers.
 
GOALIE PLAY
All-American goalie Lily Ventresca is 5-0 and has started all six games in goal. She ranks fourth nationally in goals against average 6.65. Ava Drath has played 80 minutes in relief and is 1-0. Ventresca owns a 6.65 goals against average and a .404 save percentage, while Drath is allowing 5.24 goals against average with a .417 save percentage. The pair have a combined 6.33 goals against average and .406 save percentage.
 
CENTURY MARKS THIS YEAR
Slippery Rock has already had three players hit different century milestones this year. Attacker Reagan Richeson tallied her 100th career goal and attacker Grace Rotter tallied her 100th career point at SRU (she also scored 33 points at Notre Dame before transferring to SRU). Draw specialist Shannon Von Kaenel surpassed 100 career draw controls. The Rock are likely to see that number increase. Isabella Buono is currently 10 points away from reaching 100 career points and Abby Fink is currently 11 points away from hitting 100 career points.
 
SRU PLAYERS IN TOP 20 IN CAREER RECORD BOOK
• Paige Jenkins – 154 draw controls (No. 6 at SRU – needs 16 to move up to No. 5)
• Reagan Richeson – 112 goals (No. 7 at SRU – needs 11 to move up to No. 6)
• Paige Jenkins – 80 caused turnovers (No. 9 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 8)
• Reagan Richeson – 130 points (No. 11 at SRU – needs 11 to move up to No. 10)
• Shannon Von Kaenel – 127 draw controls (No. 11 at SRU – needs 5 to move up to No. 10)
• Grace Rotter – 37 assists (No. 13 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 12)
• Maddie Blazey – 30 assists (No. 15 at SRU – needs 4 to move up to No. 14)
• Isabella Buono – 26 assists (No. 21 at SRU – needs 2 to move up to No. 20)
 
UPCOMING STAT MILESTONES FOR SRU
• Maddie Blazey: 18 points away from 75
• Isabella Buono: 11 goals away from 75
• Isabella Buono: 10 points away from 100
• Ava Dossier: 11 points away from 50
• Abby Fink: 11 points away from 100
• Abby Fink: 5 goals away from 75
• Abby Fink: 10 GB away from 50
• Paige Jenkins: 21 DC away from 175
• Paige Jenkins: 20 CT away from 100
• Paige Jenkins: 19 GB away from 100
• Erin Melcher: 11 points away from 50
• Reagan Richeson: 20 points away from 150
• Reagan Richeson: 13 goals away from 125
• Reagan Richeson: 21 GB away from 75
• Grace Rotter: 0 points away from 100 at SRU*
• Lily Ventresca: 3 GB away from 50
• Shannon Von Kaenel: 23 DC away from 150
* Rotter scored 33 points on 21 goals and 12 assists at Notre Dame College before transferring to SRU after the 2024 season
 
NEWBERRY COLLEGE PRIMER
• Overall Record: 5-4
• SAC Record: 2-1
• Home Record: 5-1
• Away Record: 0-3
• Streak: L1
• Last Five Games: 2-3
• Head Coach: Kace Sternkopf (1st season, Mount Olive '20)  |  Record: 5-4
 
SCOUTING THE WOLVES
Newberry is 5-4 on the year with one of those losses coming to No. 1 Flagler last Saturday. The Wolves are outscoring opponents 97-79 through nine games and are outshooting the opposition 240-205 while matching opponents evenly in draw controls.
 
Ella Todd leads the team in scoring with 33 points on 13 goals and 20 assists. Shannon Creagh has a team-high 16 goals to go along with five assists. Jadie Burns (14g, 3a) and Tunie Mullen (10g) round out the players with double digit points. Mullen also leads the team with 15 draw controls.
 
Skyla Duval-Lewis paces the defense with 12 caused turnovers and 19 ground balls. Presley Green and Catherine Downes have split time in goal with both playing more than 200 minutes. Green has started eight games and is 2-3 with a 9.82 goals against average and a .413 save percentage. Downes has made one start and is 3-1 with a 7.14 goals against average and a .444 save percentage.
 
NEXT UP
Slippery Rock will fly back to Pittsburgh Thursday before opening PSAC play at home Saturday with a noon game against Gannon.




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