SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The seventh-ranked Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team will host a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division games this week with Edinboro visiting Wednesday and Indiana (Pa.) visiting Saturday.
 
SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK
•  Wednesday, April 15 vs. Edinboro – 4 p.m.
•  Saturday, April 18 vs. IUP – Noon (Senior Day)
 
GAME PROGRAM INFO
Slippery Rock has moved away from printed game programs. This page will serve as the "Digital Game Program" for this week's games. To navigate to all gameday info for any SRU home events this year, simply visit rockathletics.com/gameday or scan the QR code on the "Gameday Info" posters hanging in each facility.
 

Slippery Rock vs. Edinboro
The Rock (13-0, 6-0)	Edinboro Fighting Scots (3-10, 0-6)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach: Taryn Burkholder	Coach Anthony Turini
Program Records	Program Records
Mihalik-Thompson Stadium
PSAC Standings  |  PSAC Stats  |  PSAC Schedule

 
SPECTATOR INFO
There will be no parking charges for this game. Fans are reminded that there are NO PETS allowed in any SRU athletics facilities. Please do not bring dogs or any other pets to the game. You will be asked to remove your pet from the facility. Parking is available on a first-come basis in the lots immediately surrounding the stadium. 
 
LIVE COVERAGE
•  Live Stats: LINK
•  Live Video: LINK
 
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GAME 14 DETAILS
• Opponent: Edinboro
• Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026  |  4 p.m.
• Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium  |  Slippery Rock, Pa.
• All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 23-0
• Current Streak: Slippery Rock +23
• Last Meeting: March 25, 2026 – SRU won 25-0 at Edinboro
 
GAME 15 DETAILS
• Opponent: Indiana University (Pa.)
• Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026  |  Noon
• Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium  |  Slippery Rock, Pa.
• All-Time Series: IUP leads 19-10
• Current Streak: Slippery Rock +5
• Last Meeting: March 28, 2026 – SRU won 15-5 at IUP
 
SENIOR DAY
Saturday's game against IUP will serve as Senior Day and will be the final regular season home game for The Rock, although it is not likely to be the final home game as SRU is in position to host at least one home playoff game. SRU will honor six seniors prior to the game Saturday, including Sydney Ulmer, Erin Melcher, Ella Koslowski, Maddie Blazey, Ava Drath and Grace Rotter.
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS  |  IWLCA Poll  |  USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll
Slippery Rock moved back up one spot to No. 7 in the IWLCA rankings this week and held steady at No. 3 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine rankings this week for the seventh straight week. Both Edinboro and IUP are unranked.
 
PLAYOFF SPOT ALREADY LOCKED UP
With four games left in the regular season, Slippery Rock has already clinched a spot in the PSAC Playoffs. The Rock currently sit in first place in the Division with a 6-0 conference record and are trying to win their second straight division title. The No. 1 seed in the West is an important spot this year, as the highest remaining West seed after the quarterfinals will host the PSAC semifinals and title game.
 
RECORDS
Slippery Rock enters the week with a 13-0 overall record and a 6-0 mark in the PSAC West. The Rock are coming off a 20-4 win at Gannon last Saturday. Edinboro owns a 3-10 overall record and an 0-6 mark in the PSAC West. The Fighting Scots are 2-1 in their last three games and are coming off a 20-3 win over Ursuline Monday. Indiana enters the week with a 6-7 overall record and a 3-3 mark in the PSAC West. IUP will travel to Gannon Wednesday before visiting Slippery Rock Saturday.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES WITH EDINBORO  |  Game-by-Game Scores
Slippery Rock is 23-0 in the all-time series against Edinboro that dates back to 2009. The Rock have scored at least 19 goals in each of the last 10 meetings and have held Edinboro to single-digit scoring in the last 16 straight meetings.
 
LAST MEETING WITH EDINBORO  |  Box Score
Slippery Rock earned the second shutout in the modern era of the program with a 25-0 win at Edinboro back in March. The 25 goals tied for the third most in a game in program history and the 25-0 win tied for the largest margin of victory in program history. Slippery Rock led 11-0 in the first quarter and cruised to the win after putting up advantages of 42-9 in total shots, 36-4 in shots on goal, 15-12 in draw controls and 22-7 in ground balls. Maddie Blazey and Ava Dossier paced the office with five points each. Edinboro got five shots and six draw controls from Rylee Jones.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES WITH INDIANA  |  Game-by-Game Scores
IUP owns a 19-10 advantage in the all-time series that dates back to 2007 during the first season of Division II lacrosse for SRU. The Crimson Hawks won the first nine meetings in the series and 15 of the first 16 games from 2007-17, but Slippery Rock has flipped the script since 2018. The Rock have won each of the last five meetings in the series and are 9-4 since 2018.
 
LAST MEETING WITH INDIANA  |  Box Score
Slippery Rock used a 9-0 run in the middle quarters to pull away for a 15-5 win on the road at IUP back in March. The Rock finished with advantages of 36-16 in shots, 26-11 in shots on goal, 15-8 in draw controls and 27-20 in ground balls. Grace Rotter led SRU with five goals and one assist, while Reagan Richeson added three goals and one assist and Abby Fink netted a hat trick. Paige Jenkins caused four turnovers and grabbed three ground balls and Shannon Von Kaenel picked up 10 draw controls. Lily Ventresca made six saves in goal to earn the win. IUP got two assists from Mila Prusak and one goal and one assist from Macenzie Haragos. Mia Courtalis (8 saves, 13 goals allowed) and Lauren Legrand (3 saves, 2 goals allowed) combined for 11 saves.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 13-0
• PSAC Record: 6-0
• Home Record: 6-0
• Away Record: 7-0
• Streak: W13
• Last Five Games: 5-0
• Head Coach: Taryn Burkholder (5th season, Niagara '12)  |  Record: 66-21
 
REGULAR SEASON WINNING STREAK
Slippery Rock has won 23 straight regular season games and is 28-1 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 31-3 overall since the start of 2025.
 
PSAC WEST STREAK AT 20
Slippery Rock has won 20 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 6-0 this year for a total of 20 straight PSAC West wins. That is the fourth longest active conference winning streak in the country, trailing Grand Valley State (60), Dominican (30) and Flagler (21).
 
HOME WINNING STREAK
Slippery Rock has won its last 18 straight home games and has the second longest active home winning streak in the nation, trailing only the 21 straight home wins by Florida Southern. The Rock are 20-1 at home over the last three seasons with the only loss during that stretch coming against Seton Hill March 23, 2024.
 
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 (14-0) 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.) (16-0).
 
THE ROCK AGAINST THE PSAC WEST
Slippery Rock has been dominant in its six games against the PSAC West so far this season, putting up a 6-0 record and outscoring the division 114-21 in those six games. No team in the division has scored more than five goals against SRU this spring and the average margin of victory in divisional games sits at +15.5 points per game.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock used a 14-0 run to pull away for a comfortable 20-4 win on the road at Gannon Saturday. The Rock outshot the Golden Knights 41-11 and put up advantages of 18-7 in draw controls and 22-17 in ground balls. Grace Rotter scored five goals and handed out one assist while also gabbing five ground balls. Reagan Richeson added five goals and four caused turnovers and Isabella Buono scored four goals and handed out one assist. Aleigha Dubroc led the defense with four caused turnovers.
 
JENKINS SETS SRU CAREER RECORD
Defender Paige Jenkins took over sole possession of first place in the SRU career record book for caused turnovers after picking up two more at Gannon to bring her career total to 103, surpassing Tia Torchia's previous program record of 101. Jenkins, who is just a junior, is already over 100 caused turnovers, ground balls and draw controls in her career.
 
TOUGH TO SCORE ON
Slippery Rock has limited its last 11 opponents to six goals or fewer and has held opponents to single-digit scoring in 12 of 13 games this year. The Rock are outscoring their opponents 216-65 through 13 games, including 185-44 over the last 11 games, and outshooting opponents 477-193. 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 36.69 and ranks fourth in the nation in shots on goal per game at 27.31. The Rock own the No. 6 scoring offense in the country at 16.62 goals per game and rank third in the nation in scoring margin at +11.62 goals per game. SRU also ranks 16th nationally in assists per game at 7.54.
 
NO. 1 DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY
The Rock enter this week ranked No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 5.00 goals per game. SRU ranks No. 2 nationally in caused turnovers per game at 14.92 and ranks ninth in ground balls per game at 22.38. Opponents have gone just 59.3 percent on clear attempts this year (134-of-226).
 
TOP 10 IN THE DRAW CIRCLE
Slippery Rock enters this game ranked ninth in the nation in draw control percentage (63.7%) and 15th in the nation in draw controls per game (15.23). Shannon Von Kaenel and her 112 draw controls are the primary reason for that as she currently ranks fourth in the nation in draw controls per game at 8.62. She takes nearly all the draws and has helped The Rock to post an 198-113 advantage over opponents through 13 games. Paige Jenkins has 38 draw controls and Grace Rotter has 31 draw controls as that trio has 181 of the team's 198 draw wins.
 
FIVE PLAYERS WITH 35+ POINTS
Slippery Rock's top scorers have separated themselves through 13 games and The Rock enter this week with five players that have 35 or more points on the year, including two players with at least 50 points. Reagan Richeson leads the squad in both goals (47) and points (52) and she leads all attackers with 19 caused turnovers and 24 ground balls as well. Grace Rotter has 36 goals and 15 assists, despite missing a game. Isabella Buono has 42 points on 32 goals and 10 assists, while Maddie Blazey has 36 points on 10 goals and a team-high 26 assists and Abby Fink has 35 points on 26 goals and nine assists.
 
FOUR MORE IN DOUBLE FIGURES
Cailtyn Kelly leads all freshmen on the team in scoring with 19 goals and three assists to give SRU six players with at least 22 points. Ava Dossier has eight goals and seven assists, Cadyn Eismann has 10 goals and four assists and Shannon Von Kaenel has six goals and four assists to give The Rock a total of nine players with double-digit points on the year.
 
LET'S TALK DEFENSE
The Rock rank first nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 5.00 goals per game. All-American Paige Jenkins leads the defense with 39 caused turnovers and 42 ground balls. She ranks seventh in Division II in caused turnovers per game at 3.00. Freshman Aleigha Dubroc has 22 caused turnovers and 20 ground balls, while fellow freshman Violet Freebody has 21 caused turnovers and 24 ground balls. Attacker Reagan Richeson has 19 caused turnovers and 24 ground balls to assist the defense, while Gemma Sciarroni has 12 caused turnovers and Mckenzie Murphy has seven caused turnovers to round out the top defenders.
 
GOALIE PLAY
All-American goalie Lily Ventresca is 12-0 and has started all 13 games in goal. She ranks first nationally in goals against average at 5.24. Ava Drath has played 161 minutes in relief and is 1-0. Ventresca owns a 5.24 goals against average and a .443 save percentage, while Drath is allowing 4.09 goals against average with a .560 save percentage. The pair have a combined 5.00 goals against average and .467 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 the SRU record holder in caused turnovers (103), Shannon Von Kaenel is up to No. 3 at SRU in draw controls (196) and Reagan Richeson is up to No 5 in goals (136) and is 10 points away from moving up to No. 5 in that category as well.
 
SRU PLAYERS IN TOP 20 IN CAREER RECORD BOOK
• Paige Jenkins – 103 caused turnovers (No. 1 at SRU)
• Shannon Von Kaenel – 196 draw controls (No. 3 at SRU – needs 75 to move up to No. 2)
• Reagan Richeson – 136 goals (No. 5 at SRU – needs 4 to move up to No. 4)
• Paige Jenkins – 174 draw controls (No. 6 at SRU – needs 9 to move up to No. 5)
• Reagan Richeson – 156 points (No. 6 at SRU – needs 10 to move up to No. 5)
• Grace Rotter – 44 assists (No. 7 at SRU – needs 2 to move up to No. 6)
• Maddie Blazey – 42 assists (No. 11 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 10)
• Grace Rotter – 133 points (No. 12 at SRU – needs 8 to move up to No. 11)
• Grace Rotter – 89 goals (No. 14 at SRU – needs 2 to move up to No. 13)
• Abby Fink – 84 goals (No. 15 at SRU – needs 5 to move up to No. 14)
• Isabella Buono – 31 assists (No. 16 at SRU – needs 3 to move up to No. 15)
• Isabella Buono – 112 points (No. 16 at SRU – needs 8 to move up to No. 15)
• Paige Jenkins – 108 ground balls (No. 17 at SRU – needs 4 to move up to No. 16)
• Isabella Buono – 81 goals (No. 17 at SRU – needs 3 to move up to No. 15)
• Abby Fink – 108 points (No. 19 at SRU – needs 3 to move up to No. 18)
 
UPCOMING STAT MILESTONES FOR SRU
• Maddie Blazey: 25 points away from 100
• Maddie Blazey: 8 assists away from 50
• Isabella Buono: 19 assists away from 50
• Isabella Buono: 19 goals away from 100
• Isabella Buono: 13 points away from 125
• Abby Fink: 17 points away from 125
• Abby Fink: 16 goals away from 100
• Paige Jenkins: 26 DC away from 200
• Paige Jenkins: 22 CT away from 125
• Paige Jenkins: 17 GB away from 125
• Reagan Richeson: 19 points away from 175
• Reagan Richeson: 14 goals away from 150
• Grace Rotter: 17 points away from 150 at SRU*
• Grace Rotter: 6 assists away from 50 at SRU *
• Grace Rotter: 11 goals away from 100 at SRU*
• Lily Ventresca: 14 GB away from 75
• Lily Ventresca: 47 saves away from 200
• Shannon Von Kaenel: 4 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
 
EDINBORO PRIMER
• Overall Record: 3-10
• PSAC Record: 0-6
• Home Record: 0-3
• Away Record: 3-7
• Streak: W1
• Last Five Games: 2-3
• Head Coach: Anthony Turini (5th season)  |  Record: 11-69
 
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING SCOTS
Edinboro is 3-10 overall and 0-6 in the PSAC and has picked up a pair of wins on its last three outings, including a 20-3 win at Ursuline Monday. The Scots are being outscored 182-123 on the year and opponents have put up advantages of 466-300 in shots and 325-233 in ground balls. Edinboro has been solid in the draw circle with an advantage of 165-154 over opponents.
 
Jacqui Detelich leads the team in scoring with 34 goals and 17 assists for 51 points. Rylee Jones is second in scoring with 24 goals and 10 assists while also pulling down 41 draw controls and causing 16 turnovers. Angelina Anderson has 21 goals and seven assists and Natalia Farr has 20 goals and three assists. Olivia Kaminsky rounds out the top scorers with 13 goals and four assists to go along with a team-high 65 draw controls.
 
Addy Ours has started all but one game in goal and is 2-10 with a 14.67 goals against average and a .479 save percentage.
 
INDIANA PRIMER
• Overall Record: 6-7
• PSAC Record: 3-3
• Home Record: 3-3
• Away Record: 3-4
• Streak: L1
• Last Five Games: 3-2
• Head Coach: Brenna Gallagher Roan (8th season, Indiana (Pa.) '16)  |  Record: 60-55
 
SCOUTING THE CRIMSON HAWKS
Indiana sits in a tie with Lock Haven for the third spot in the PSAC West standings with a 3-3 conference record and a 6-7 overall mark entering its game Wednesday against Gannon. The Crimson Hawks are coming off a narrow 14-12 loss to No. 22 Seton Hill last week.
 
IUP is outscoring opponents 152-151 on the year and is outshooting the opposition 386-356. Six different players entered the week with at least 22 points with Mila Prusak leading the way with 40 points on nine goals and 31 assists. Maggie Boyle is the top goal scorer with 30 goals and four assists, while Alexi Crosby has 25 goals and five assists. Julia Steer (18g, 9a), Macenzie Haragos (21g, 3a) and Leah Moyer (20g, 2a) round out the top scorers.
 
Devon Nee leads the team with 38 draw controls and Rachel Knight leads the team with 33 caused turnovers and 35 ground balls. Four different goalies have played this year with Lauren Legrand playing the most minutes. Legrand is 5-5 with a 12.47 goals against average and a .418 save percentage.
 
NEXT UP
Slippery Rock will close out the regular season with a pair of road games next week. The Rock will visit No. 22 Seton Hill April 22 for a 4 p.m. game and travel to Lock Haven April 25 for a 1 p.m. game. The opening round of the PSAC Playoffs will be played April 28.





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