SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The seventh-ranked Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team will open postseason play at home Tuesday with a 4 p.m. game against Shippensburg University in the quarterfinal round of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference tournament.
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PSAC QUARTERFINALS (Tuesday at 4 p.m.)
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Bracket
• East No. 4 Shippensburg at West No. 1 Slippery Rock
• East No. 3 Kutztown at West No. 2 Seton Hill
• West No. 3 Indiana (Pa.) at East No. 2 West Chester
• West No. 4 Lock Haven at East No. 1 East Stroudsburg
PSAC SEMIFINALS (Friday at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.)
• Semifinals and finals will be hosted by highest remaining West seed
• Highest East seed would host if all four East teams win Tuesday
• Winner of Ship/SRU will play Winner of IUP/WCU
• Winner of KU/SHU will play Winner of LHU/ESU
PSAC CHAMPIONSHIP (Sunday at 1 p.m.)
• Winners of Friday's semifinal games
• Winner of the title game gets the NCAA automatic bid
GAME 18 DETAILS
• Opponent: Shippensburg University
• Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | 4 p.m.
• Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium | Slippery Rock, Pa.
• All-Time Series: Tied 14-14
• Current Streak: Slippery Rock +5
• Last Meeting: April 27, 2019 – SRU won 10-7
NATIONAL RANKINGS | IWLCA Poll | USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll
Slippery Rock held steady at No. 7 in the IWLCA rankings and No. 3 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine rankings this week. Shippensburg is unranked.
BACK-TO-BACK WEST CHAMPS
Slippery Rock went 10-0 in the PSAC West to lock up a second straight outright PSAC West title after winning the first title for the program in the modern era last spring. The Rock have now won 24 straight games in the PSAC West dating back to 2024.
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN 19 SEASONS
Slippery Rock had a women's lacrosse team from 1976-91 before dropping the program. The Rock reinstated the sport as a Division II varsity team in 2007 and went winless for the first two seasons (0-32 combined in 2007 and 2008) before beginning a slow build in 2009 that has seen the program become one of the elite Division II programs in the country. SRU has won 10 or more games in five straight seasons and has won 15 or more games in three straight seasons.
FIRST UNDEFEATED WOMEN'S TEAM IN MODERN ERA
This year's lacrosse team is the only women's team in the modern era (current NCAA varsity teams) of SRU Athletics to post an undefeated regular season. The other women's teams in SRU history to have unbeaten regular seasons included the discontinued sports of swimming and water polo and a handful of teams from before Title IX and the inclusion of women's sports in the NCAA. The Rock football team is the most recent men's team at SRU to go undefeated in the regular season after posting 10-0 records in both 2019 and 2023.
SRU IN THE PSAC TOURNAMENT
Slippery Rock is playing in the PSAC Tournament for the third year in a row and just the fifth time in since restarting the sport in 2007. The Rock made the tournament in 2017 and 2018, but lost in the quarterfinals each year. SRU picked up its first win in the tournament in 2024 before falling to West Chester in the semifinals. The Rock earned an overtime win over East Stroudsburg in the semifinals in 2025 before falling to West Chester in the title game last spring. SRU has never hosted a round later than the quarterfinals and is still looking for its first PSAC title.
SHIPPENSBURG IN THE PSAC TOURNAMENT
The Raiders are making their first appearance in the PSAC Tournament since 2007, ending a 19-year drought. Shippensburg is 2-16 all-time in the PSAC Tournament with both wins coming in the inaugural tournament in 1979.
EAST HAS BEEN DOMINANT IN PSAC TOURNEY
The PSAC Eastern Division has claimed each of the last eight PSAC titles dating back to 2017. The most recent Western Division champion was Mercyhurst in 2016 and the most recent current team still in the Western Division to win was Lock Haven in 2015. West Chester is the three-time defending champion and has won six of the last eight titles and East Stroudsburg has won the only two in the current run that WCU did not win in 2022 and 2017.
RECORDS
Slippery Rock improved to 15-0 overall and 8-0 in the PSAC West with a 17-7 win at home over Indiana (Pa.) Saturday. Seton Hill is second in the division standings with a 9-5 overall record and a 6-2 mark in the PSAC West. The Griffins are coming off a 24-3 win over Edinboro Saturday after falling 13-6 at Lock Haven last Wednesday. Lock Haven is third in the PSAC West standings with a 9-5 overall record and a 5-3 mark in the division. The Bald Eagles will travel to Indiana (Pa.) Wednesday before meeting SRU Saturday.
ALL-TIME SERIES WITH SHIPPENSBURG | Game-by-Game Scores
Slippery Rock and Shippensburg are tied 14-14 in the all-time series that dates back to 1979 but will be playing each other for the first time since 2019. The Rock won the five most recent meetings in the series from 2015-19 and are 7-2 in the last nine meetings dating back to 2011. Shippensburg's last road win at Slippery Rock came in 2008 during The Rock's second year of the modern era.
LAST MEETING WITH SHIPPENSBURG | Box Score
Slippery Rock closed the 2019 season with a 10-7 win at home over Shippensburg after outscoring the Raiders 7-4 in the second half. Francesca Lindelow led The Rock with three goals while Molly Buettner, Katie Dlugosz and ShyAnne Toomer all had one goal and one assist. Savannah Renner had seven caused turnovers and Haley Barett made seven saves in goal. Shippensburg got two goals from Alana Cardaci and one goal and one assist from Madi Newman. Shaely Gamble made 10 saves in goal.
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 17-0
• PSAC Record: 10-0
• Home Record: 8-0
• Away Record: 9-0
• Streak: W17
• Last Five Games: 5-0
• Head Coach: Taryn Burkholder (5th season, Niagara '12) | Record: 70-21
REGULAR SEASON WINNING STREAK
Slippery Rock closed out the regular season with its 27th straight regular season win and went 32-1 in the regular season over the last two years. The lone loss in that stretch was 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 2025 PSAC title game last spring to No. 2 West Chester, which SRU avenged in the regional title game two weeks later, and in the 2025 national semifinals to No. 7 Adelphi. The Rock are 35-3 overall since the start of 2025.
HOME WINNING STREAK
Slippery Rock has won its last 20 straight home games and has the third longest active home winning streak in the nation, trailing only the 24 straight home wins by Florida Southern and 21 straight home wins by Dominican (N.Y.). The Rock are 22-1 at home over the last three seasons with the only loss during that stretch coming against Seton Hill March 23, 2024.
THREE UNBEATENS LEFT IN DIVISION II
Slippery Rock enters the week as one of just three Division II teams that are still undefeated on the year. The Rock and East Division top seed East Stroudsburg (17-0) 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.) (19-0). Flagler already won the Gulf South Tournament and will be idle for two weeks before playing its first NCAA Playoff game.
THE ROCK AGAINST THE PSAC WEST
Slippery Rock was dominant in its 10 games against the PSAC West this season, putting up a 10-0 record and outscoring the division 184-39 in those 10 games. The average margin of victory for SRU in the PSAC West this spring was +14.5 goals per game.
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock completed the undefeated regular season with a dominant showing Saturday at Lock Haven with a 19-3 win. The Rock outshot the Bald Eagles 44-12 and controlled possession with a 19-4 advantage in the draw circle.
Grace Rotter tallied eight points on six goals and two assist,
Reagan Richeson added seven points on four goals and three assists and
Isabella Buono and
Abby Fink each scored two goals and handed out two assists.
Lily Ventresca made five saves in goal and allowed three goals as SRU closed out a season sweep over Lock Haven.
ROTTER HITS 100
Attacker
Grace Rotter went over 100 career goals at SRU in the last game, in just her second season with the program. She has put up back-to-back years with at least 50 goals and now has 103 goals, 51 assists and 154 points in the last two seasons. She also tallied 33 points on 21 goals and 12 assists at Notre Dame College before transferring into SRU and now has 187 collegiate points.
JENKINS ADDS TO SRU SINGLE-SEASON AND CAREER RECORDS
Defender
Paige Jenkins took over sole possession of first place in the SRU career record book for caused turnovers earlier this spring and is now up to 117, surpassing Tia Torchia's previous program record of 101. Jenkins has also already established a new single-season record for caused turnovers at SRU this spring. She enters this week with 53 caused turnovers, topping the former record of 46 that was set by Torchia in 2018. Jenkins led all field players in the PSAC in both caused turnovers (53) and ground balls (60) this spring.
TOUGH TO SCORE ON
Slippery Rock has limited its last 15 opponents to seven goals or fewer and has held opponents to single-digit scoring in 16 of 17 games this year. The Rock are outscoring their opponents 286-83 through 17 games, including 253-52 over the last 15 games, and outshooting opponents 632-255. The only opponent to reach 10 goals this year was No. 5 West Chester back on Feb. 21.
NATIONAL OFFENSIVE RANKS
Slippery Rock first among all programs in Division II in shots per game at 37.18 and second in the nation in shots on goal per game at 28.00. The Rock own the No. 7 scoring offense in the country at 16.82 goals per game and rank third in the nation in scoring margin at +11.94 goals per game. SRU also ranks 13th nationally in assists per game at 7.82.
NO. 1 DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY
The Rock rank No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 4.88 goals per game. SRU ranks No. 2 nationally in caused turnovers per game at 15.12 and ranks seventh in ground balls per game at 22.88. Opponents have gone just 55.7 percent on clear attempts this year (166-of-298).
TOP 10 IN THE DRAW CIRCLE
Slippery Rock enters this game ranked 10th in the nation in draw control percentage (64.4%) and 14th in the nation in draw controls per game (15.35).
Shannon Von Kaenel and her PSAC leading 152 draw controls are the primary reason for that as she currently ranks fourth in the nation in draw controls per game at 8.94. She takes nearly all the draws and has helped The Rock to post an 261-144 advantage over opponents through 17 games.
Paige Jenkins has 49 draw controls and
Grace Rotter has 39 draw controls as that trio has 240 of the team's 261 draw wins.
BACK-TO-BACK 50-GOAL SEASONS
Attacker
Reagan Richeson has a team-high 59 goals this year to mark a new career-high and her second straight season with at least 50 goals. She is currently just two goals shy of the SRU single-season record of 61, set by Amy Halls in 2011.
Grace Rotter has also tallied 50 goals on the year after scoring 53 goals in 2025 to give The Rock two players with at least 50 goals in back-to-back seasons.
Isabella Buono (44) is just six goals shy of reaching the 50-goal milestone for the first time in her career.
FIVE PLAYERS WITH 45+ POINTS
Slippery Rock's enters this week with five players that have 46 or more points on the year, including three players with at least 57 points.
Grace Rotter leads all scorers with 72 points on 50 goals and 22 assists, despite missing one game.
Reagan Richeson leads the squad in goals (59) and is second in points (68) while also leading all attackers with 22 caused turnovers and 28 ground balls.
Isabella Buono has 57 points on 44 goals and 13 assists, while
Abby Fink has 47 points on 34 goals and 13 assists and
Maddie Blazey has 46 points on 12 goals and a team-high 34 assists.
SIX MORE IN DOUBLE FIGURES
Caitlyn Kelly leads all freshmen on the team in scoring with 21 goals and four assists to give SRU six players with at least 25 points.
Ava Dossier has 10 goals and seven assists,
Cadyn Eismann has 13 goals and four assists,
Shannon Von Kaenel has eight goals and seven assists,
Claire Petty has seven goals and six assists and
Lauren Petty has seven goals and three assists to give The Rock a total of 11 players with double-digit points on the year.
LET'S TALK DEFENSE
The Rock rank first nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 4.88 goals per game. All-American
Paige Jenkins leads the defense with 53 caused turnovers and 60 ground balls. She ranks sixth in Division II in caused turnovers per game at 3.12. Freshman
Aleigha Dubroc has 27 caused turnovers and 28 ground balls, while fellow freshman
Violet Freebody has 27 caused turnovers and 30 ground balls. Attacker
Reagan Richeson has 22 caused turnovers and 28 balls and attacker
Grace Rotter has 20 caused turnovers and 25 ground balls to assist the defense, while
Mckenzie Murphy has 15 caused turnovers and
Gemma Sciarroni has 13 caused turnovers to round out the top defenders.
GOALIE PLAY
All-American goalie
Lily Ventresca has tied her own SRU single-season record for goalie wins and is 16-0 on the year. She ranks first nationally in goals against average at 4.94.
Ava Drath has played 206 minutes in relief and is 1-0. Ventresca owns a 4.94 goals against average and a .485 save percentage, while Drath is allowing 4.65 goals against average with a .515 save percentage. The pair have a combined 4.88 goals against average and .491 save percentage on the season.
SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS IN SIGHT
• Caused Turnovers:
Paige Jenkins already has record at 53
• Goalie Wins:
Lily Ventresca already has record at 16
• Goals:
Reagan Richeson needs 2 to tie record of 61
• Goals:
Grace Rotter needs 8 to tie record of 61
• Assists:
Maddie Blazey needs 9 to tie record of 43
• Points:
Grace Rotter needs 16 to tie record of 88
FOURSOME MOVES INTO TOP FIVE ALL-TIME AT SRU
Slippery Rock has four players that have cracked the top five in SRU history this season in caused turnovers, draw controls, goals, assist and points.
Paige Jenkins is the SRU record holder in caused turnovers (117) and is up to No. 5 in draw controls (185),
Shannon Von Kaenel is up to No. 3 at SRU in draw controls (236),
Reagan Richeson is up to No. 3 in goals (148) and No. 4 in points (172) and
Grace Rotter is up to No. 5 in assists (51).
SRU PLAYERS IN TOP 20 IN CAREER RECORD BOOK
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Paige Jenkins – 117 caused turnovers (No. 1 at SRU)
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Shannon Von Kaenel – 236 draw controls (No. 3 at SRU – needs 35 to move up to No. 2)
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Reagan Richeson – 148 goals (No. 3 at SRU – needs 2 to move up to No. 2)
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Paige Jenkins – 185 draw controls (No. 5 at SRU – needs 8 to move up to No. 4)
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Grace Rotter – 51 assists (No. 5 at SRU – needs 10 to move up to No. 4)
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Maddie Blazey – 50 assists (No. 6 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 5)
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Reagan Richeson – 162 points (No. 6 at SRU – needs 4 to move up to No. 5)
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Grace Rotter – 154 points (No. 8 at SRU – needs 2 move up to No. 7)
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Paige Jenkins – 126 ground balls (No. 10 at SRU – needs 4 to move up to No. 9)
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Grace Rotter – 103 goals (No. 11 at SRU – needs 4 to move up to No. 10)
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Isabella Buono – 127 points (No. 13 at SRU – needs 14 to move up to No. 12)
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Isabella Buono – 93 goals (No. 13 at SRU – needs 10 to move up to No. 12)
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Abby Fink – 92 goals (No. 15 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 14)
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Isabella Buono – 34 assists (No. 15 at SRU – needs 4 to move up to No. 14)
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Abby Fink – 120 points (No. 16 at SRU – needs 2 to move up to No. 14)
UPCOMING STAT MILESTONES FOR SRU
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Maddie Blazey: 15 points away from 100
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Maddie Blazey: 25 assists away from 75
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Isabella Buono: 16 assists away from 50
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Isabella Buono: 7 goals away from 100
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Isabella Buono: 23 points away from 150
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Abby Fink: 5 points away from 125
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Abby Fink: 8 goals away from 100
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Paige Jenkins: 15 DC away from 200
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Paige Jenkins: 8 CT away from 125
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Paige Jenkins: 24 GB away from 150
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Reagan Richeson: 3 points away from 175
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Reagan Richeson: 2 goals away from 150
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Grace Rotter: 21 points away from 175 at SRU*
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Grace Rotter: 24 assists away from 75 at SRU *
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Grace Rotter: 22 goals away from 125 at SRU*
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Lily Ventresca: 9 GB away from 75
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Lily Ventresca: 27 saves away from 200
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Shannon Von Kaenel: 14 DC away from 250
* Rotter scored 33 points on 21 goals and 12 assists at Notre Dame College before transferring to SRU after the 2024 season
SHIPPENSBURG PRIMER
• Overall Record: 7-10
• PSAC Record: 4-8
• Home Record: 4-4
• Away Record: 3-6
• Streak: L1
• Last Five Games: 2-3
• Head Coach: Brooke DellaValle (3rd season, Shepherd '17) | Record: 19-32
SCOUTING THE RAIDERS
Shippensburg is 7-10 overall on the year with six of those 10 losses coming to nationally ranked teams, including four losses to top 10 programs in East Stroudsburg and West Chester. The Raiders also lost a close 11-10 game against Mountain East Conference leaders Frostburg State, making seven of their 10 loss against teams in the current top eight of the Atlantic Region rankings.
Ship is being outscored 207-199 on the year and is outshooting opponents 523-473. The Raiders have been outdrawn 228-201 in the draw circle.
Olivia Gilinski leads five players with at least 37 points on the year with her 18 goals and 29 assists for 47 points. Shannon Wood has 29 goals and 16 assists and Brynn Hauck has 31 goals and eight assists. Ali Pioli has 21 goals and 18 assists and Maddie Phommachanh is the top goal scorer on the team with 33 goals and four assists.
Grace DeMarzio leads the defense with 41 caused turnovers and 59 ground balls and also leads the team with 73 draw controls. Shawn Coombs is second on defense with 28 caused turnovers and 33 ground balls and Pioli is second in draw controls with 44.
Izzy Sawicki has started 13 games in goal and played just shy of 760 minutes in net, allowing 12.90 goals per game and recording a .394 save percentage. Leah Cramer has made four starts and played just under 269 minutes with a 9.82 goals against average and a .413 save percentage.
NEXT UP
The winner of Tuesday's game will face the winner of IUP and West Chester on Friday in the PSAC semifinal round at the highest remaining Western Division seed. If SRU wins Tuesday, The Rock will host the PSAC Final Four with both semifinal games Friday (1 p.m. and 4 p.m.) and the title game Sunday (1 p.m.).
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