SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The eighth-ranked Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team will continue Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division play with road game at Gannon University Saturday at noon.
 
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GAME 13 DETAILS
• Opponent: Gannon University
• Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026  |  Noon
• Location: McConnell Family Stadium  |  Erie, Pa.
• All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 14-10
• Current Streak: Slippery Rock +8
• Last Meeting: March 21, 2026 – SRU won 24-2 at SRU
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS  |  IWLCA Poll  |  USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll
Slippery Rock stayed at No. 8 in the IWLCA rankings this week and held steady at No. 3 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine rankings this week for the sixth straight week. Gannon is unranked.
 
RECORDS
Slippery Rock enters the game with a 12-0 overall record and a 5-0 mark in the PSAC West. The Rock are coming off a 20-5 win over Lock Haven last Saturday. Gannon is 4-8 overall and 1-4 in the PSAC West. The Golden Knights are coming off a 15-11 loss at No. 22 Seton Hill last Saturday.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES  |  Game-by-Game Scores
Slippery Rock is 14-10 in the all-times series that dates back to 2009. Gannon won the first seven meetings in the series from 2009-13, but Slippery Rock is 14-3 in the series since 2014 and has won the last eight straight meetings in the series. The last Gannon win over SRU was a 16-15 win in Erie back in 2022.
 
LAST MEETING  |  Box Score
Slippery Rock jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the first quarter and scored the first 21 goals of the game on the way to a 24-2 win over Gannon back on March 21 in the PSAC West opener for both teams. SRU put up advantages of 32-11 in shots, 30-7 in shots on goal, 16-12 in draw controls and 25-11 in ground balls. A total of 14 players scored points for SRU in the game, led by Grace Rotter with seven points on four goals and three assists. Abby Fink added three goals and two assists, Isabella Buono scored four goals and Reagan Richeson added a hat trick. Lily Ventresca made three saves and allowed no goals in the first half to earn the win in goal. Gannon got one goal and one assist from Isabella Veltre and six total saves from three different goalies.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 12-0
• PSAC Record: 5-0
• Home Record: 6-0
• Away Record: 6-0
• Streak: W12
• Last Five Games: 5-0
• Head Coach: Taryn Burkholder (5th season, Niagara '12)  |  Record: 65-21
 
REGULAR SEASON WINNING STREAK
Slippery Rock has won 22 straight regular season games and is 27-1 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 30-3 overall since the start of 2025.
 
PSAC WEST STREAK AT 19
Slippery Rock has won 19 straight PSAC West games dating back to the 2024 season. The Rock won their final four division games in 2024, went 10-0 in the division in 2025 and are 5-0 this year for a total of 19 straight PSAC West wins. That is the fifth longest active conference winning streak in the country, trailing Grand Valley State (58), Dominican (29), Frostburg State (25) and Flagler (20).
 
ROAD WIN STREAK
Slippery Rock has won its last eight straight road games dating back to the Atlantic Region semifinals and finals last spring. That is the third longest active road winning streak in the country behind only Wingate (12) and Young Harris (9).
 
THREE UNBEATENS LEFT
Slippery Rock enters the week as one of just three Division II teams that are still undefeated on the year. The Rock and East Stroudsburg (13-0) are the only two teams in the Atlantic Region that have yet to lose a game. The only other undefeated team across the nation is No. 1 Flagler (Fla.) (15-0).
 
THE ROCK AGAINST THE PSAC WEST
Saturday will mark the opening of the second round of divisional play in the PSAC West with all six teams having played each other once so far. The Rock came through the first round of the divisional slate with a 5-0 record and have outscored the division 94-17 in five games. No team in the division has scored more than five goals against SRU this spring. 
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock and Lock Haven played to a 2-2 tie through the first period before The Rock exploded for 18 goals over the final three periods to run away with a 20-5 win last Saturday. SRU fired off 50 total shots in the game and finished with advantages of 50-11 in shots, 32-7 in shots on goal, 22-5 in draw controls and 21-14 in ground balls. Isabella Buono led The Rock with five goals and two assists for seven points. Paige Jenkins caused five turnovers and grabbed a career-high nine ground balls to lead the defense.
 
ROCK SWEEPS PSAC WEST AWARDS AGAIN
Slippery Rock swept the PSAC West Athlete of the Week awards this week for the second time this season with Grace Rotter being named the Athlete of the Week and Paige Jenkins being named the Defensive Athlete of the Week. Rotter tallied nine goals and one assist across two games last week, including six goals and one assist in a win over Seton Hill. Jenkins caused seven turnovers and grabbed 13 ground balls to pick up her fourth PSAC Defensive Athlete of the Week award this spring.
 
JENKINS TIES SRU CAREER RECORD
Defender Paige Jenkins caused five turnovers and picked up nine ground balls in the win over Lock Haven last Saturday, bringing her over 100 caused turnovers and 100 ground balls on her career. In the process, she tied the SRU all-time career record with 101 caused turnovers. With one more this week, she can move into sole possession of the SRU record.
 
TOUGH TO SCORE ON
Slippery Rock has limited its last 10 opponents to six goals or fewer and has held opponents to single-digit scoring in 11 of 12 games this year. The Rock are outscoring their opponents 196-61 through 12 games, including 165-40 over the last 10 games, and outshooting opponents 436-182. The only opponent to reach 10 goals this year was No. 5 West Chester back on Feb. 21.
 
NATIONAL OFFENSIVE RANKS
Slippery Rock ranks first among all programs in Division II in shots per game at 36.33 and ranks third in the nation in shots on goal per game at 27.42. The Rock own the No. 7 scoring offense in the country at 16.33 goals per game and rank third in the nation in scoring margin at +11.25 goals per game. SRU also ranks 17th nationally in assists per game at 7.58.
 
NO. 1 DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY
The Rock enter this weekend ranked No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 5.08 goals per game. SRU ranks No. 2 nationally in caused turnovers per game at 14.83 and ranks 10th in ground balls per game at 22.42. Opponents have gone just 59.3 percent on clear attempts this year (127-of-214).
 
TOP 10 IN THE DRAW CIRCLE
Slippery Rock enters this game ranked 10th in the nation in draw control percentage (62.9%) and 17th in the nation in draw controls per game (15.00). Shannon Von Kaenel and her 99 draw controls are the primary reason for that as she currently ranks fifth in the nation in draw controls per game at 8.25. She takes nearly all the draws and has helped The Rock to post an 180-106 advantage over opponents through 12 games. Paige Jenkins has 35 draw controls and Grace Rotter has 29 draw controls as that trio has 163 of the team's 180 draw wins.
 
FIVE PLAYERS WITH 32+ POINTS
Slippery Rock's top scorers have separated themselves through 12 games and The Rock enter this week with five players that have 32 or more points on the year, including two players with at least 45 points. Reagan Richeson leads the squad in both goals (42) and points (47) and she leads all attackers with 15 caused turnovers and 21 ground balls as well. Grace Rotter has 31 goals and 14 assists, despite missing a game. Isabella Buono has 37 points on 28 goals and nine assists, while Abby Fink has 33 points on 25 goals and eight assists and Maddie Blazey has 32 points on nine goals and a team-high 23 assists.
 
THREE MORE IN DOUBLE FIGURES
Cailtyn Kelly leads all freshmen on the team in scoring with 17 goals and three assists to give SRU six players with at least 20 points. Ava Dossier has eight goals and seven assist and Cadyn Eismann has nine goals and four assists to give The Rock a total of eight players averaging more than a point per game this season.
 
BALANCED SCORING
The Rock also have 10 more players with points on the year, including Shannon Von Kaenel (6g, 3a), Claire Petty (2g, 6a), Lauren Petty (6g, 1a), Ella Koslowski (2g, 3a), Laurelle Surette (3g), Sydney Ulmer (1g, 3a), Amara Langstaff (2g, 1a), Madi Leach (2g), Erin Melcher (2g) and Aleigha Dubroc (1g).
 
LET'S TALK DEFENSE
The Rock rank first nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 5.08 goals per game. All-American Paige Jenkins leads the defense with 37 caused turnovers and 40 ground balls. She ranks fifth in Division II in caused turnovers per game at 3.08. Freshman Violet Freebody has 20 caused turnovers and 24 ground balls, while fellow freshman Aleigha Dubroc has 18 caused turnovers and 18 ground balls. Attacker Reagan Richeson has 15 caused turnovers 21 ground balls to assist the defense, while Gemma Sciarroni has nine caused turnovers and Mckenzie Murphy has seven caused turnovers to round out the top defenders.
 
GOALIE PLAY
All-American goalie Lily Ventresca is 11-0 and has started all 12 games in goal. She ranks first nationally in goals against average at 5.44. Ava Drath has played 146 minutes in relief and is 1-0. Ventresca owns a 5.44 goals against average and a .453 save percentage, while Drath is allowing 3.69 goals against average with a .526 save percentage. The pair have a combined 5.08 goals against average and .465 save percentage on the season.
 
TRIO MOVES INTO TOP FIVE ALL-TIME AT SRU
Slippery Rock has three players that have cracked the top five in SRU history this season in caused turnovers, draw controls and goals. Paige Jenkins is tied for the SRU record in caused turnovers (101), Shannon Von Kaenel is up to No. 4 at SRU in draw controls (183) and Reagan Richeson is up to No 5 in goals (131). Richeson also passed 150 points in the last game, becoming just the eighth player in program history to reach 150 points.
 
SRU PLAYERS IN TOP 20 IN CAREER RECORD BOOK
• Paige Jenkins – 101 caused turnovers (No. 1 at SRU – needs 1 for solo record)
• Shannon Von Kaenel – 183 draw controls (No. 4 at SRU – needs 10 to move up to No. 3)
• Reagan Richeson – 131 goals (No. 5 at SRU – needs 9 to move up to No. 4)
• Paige Jenkins – 171 draw controls (No. 6 at SRU – needs 12 to move up to No. 5)
• Reagan Richeson – 151 points (No. 7 at SRU – needs 5 to move up to No. 6)
• Grace Rotter – 43 assists (No. 9 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 7)
• Maddie Blazey – 39 assists (No. 12 at SRU – needs 3 to move up to No. 11)
• Grace Rotter – 127 points (No. 12 at SRU – needs 14 to move up to No. 11)
• Grace Rotter – 84 goals (No. 14 at SRU – needs 7 to move up to No. 13)
• Abby Fink – 83 goals (No. 16 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 14)
• Isabella Buono – 30 assists (No. 16 at SRU – needs 4 to move up to No. 15)
• Paige Jenkins – 106 ground balls (No. 18 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 17)
• Isabella Buono – 107 points (No. 19 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 18)
• Isabella Buono – 77 goals (No. 20 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 19)

UPCOMING STAT MILESTONES FOR SRU
• Maddie Blazey: 29 points away from 100
• Maddie Blazey: 11 assists away from 50
• Isabella Buono: 20 assists away from 50
• Isabella Buono: 23 goals away from 100
• Isabella Buono: 18 points away from 125
• Abby Fink: 19 points away from 125
• Abby Fink: 17 goals away from 100
• Paige Jenkins: 29 DC away from 200
• Paige Jenkins: 24 CT away from 125
• Paige Jenkins: 19 GB away from 125
• Reagan Richeson: 24 points away from 175
• Reagan Richeson: 19 goals away from 150
• Grace Rotter: 23 points away from 150 at SRU*
• Grace Rotter: 7 assists away from 50 at SRU *
• Grace Rotter: 16 goals away from 100 at SRU*
• Lily Ventresca: 16 GB away from 75
• Lily Ventresca: 47 saves away from 200
• Shannon Von Kaenel: 17 DC away from 200
* Rotter scored 33 points on 21 goals and 12 assists at Notre Dame College before transferring to SRU after the 2024 season
 
GANNON PRIMER
• Overall Record: 4-8
• PSAC Record: 1-4
• Home Record: 2-1
• Away Record: 2-7
• Streak: L1
• Last Five Games: 1-4
• Head Coach: Jennifer Pawlowski (7th season, Edinboro '14)  |  Record: 28-70
 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Gannon is 4-8 overall on the year and came through the first round of PSAC West play with a 1-4 mark. The Knights are being outscored 165-114 and outshot 386-265 on the year.
 
Isabella Veltre leads the team in scoring with 46 points on 35 goals and 11 asssits. Charlie Hunter is second in scoring 31 goals and seven assists and leads the team with 52 draw controls, 31 caused turnovers and 36 ground balls. Rayla Smith (16g, 9a), Megan Lang (11g, 3a) and Alyssa Lerch (7g, 3a) round out the top scorers.
 
Gannon has used three different goalies on the year with Allison Lerch playing the most minutes (407) ad owning a 13.11 goals against average and a .414 save percentage.
 
NEXT UP
Slippery Rock will host Edinboro next Wednesday at 4 p.m. and Indiana (Pa.) next Saturday at noon in the final two regular season home games of the year. The Rock will then close out the regular season with road trips to Seton Hill April 22 and Lock Haven April 25 before the PSAC Tournament begins April 28.





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