SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University will host the second round of the NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Tournament Saturday at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium with No. 4 SRU facing No. 13 Kutztown at 1 p.m.
 
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GAME PROGRAM INFO
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Slippery Rock vs. Kutztown
The Rock (20-0)	Kutztown Golden Bears (15-6)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach: Taryn Burkholder	Coach Kristen Nicholson
Program Records	Program Records
Mihalik-Thompson Stadium
NCAA Bracket  |  NCAA Tournament Homepage

 
SPECTATOR INFO
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NCAA TOURNAMENT – ATLANTIC REGION FIRST ROUND
• Bracket
• No. 1 seed Slippery Rock (bye)
• No. 2 seed East Stroudsburg (bye)
• No. 3 seed West Chester defeat No. 6 seed Frostburg State – 22-13
• No. 4 seed Kutztown defeat No. 5 seed Wingate – 12-8
 
ATLANTIC REGION SECOND ROUND (Saturday, May 9)
• 1 p.m. - No. 1 Slippery Rock hosts No. 4 Kutztown
• 12 p.m. - No. 2 East Stroudsburg hosts No. 3 West Chester
 
ATLANTC REGION FINAL - NCAA QUARTERFINALS (Saturday, May 16)
• Second round winners at highest remaining seed
• Winner claims Atlantic Region title
• Winner advances to national semifinals
 
GAME 21 DETAILS
• Opponent: Kutztown University
• Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026  |  1 p.m.
• Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium  |  Slippery Rock, Pa.
• All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 12-8
• Current Streak: Slippery Rock +1
• Last Meeting: May 3, 2026 – SRU won 11-10
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS  |  IWLCA Poll  |  USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll
Slippery Rock moved up three places to No. 4 in the IWLCA rankings and stayed at No. 3 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine rankings when the final regular season rankings were updated. Kutztown moved up two spots to No. 13 in the IWLCA poll and stayed at No. 19 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll.
 
BACK IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
Slippery Rock is in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history and the second straight season. The Rock earned the No. 2 seed in 2025 and defeated No. 3 seed East Stroudsburg and No. 1 seed West Chester to advance to the national semifinals before falling 15-13 in the semifinals to Adelphi. Kutztown is in the NCAA Tournament for the third time ever and the first time since 2024. The Golden Bears earned their first tournament win in program history with a 12-8 win over Wingate Thursday in the opening round.
 
ROCK WINS FIRST PSAC TITLE
Slippery Rock has not played since earning an 11-10 win over Kutztown last Sunday at SRU in the PSAC Championship game. It marked the first PSAC title in program history and the second straight appearance in the conference championship game for SRU.
 
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, has won 15 or more games in three straight seasons and 18 or more games in each of the last two seasons.
 
FIRST UNDEFEATED SRU 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 (17-0). 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.
 
RECORDS
Slippery Rock improved to 20-0 with an 11-10 win over Kutztown in the PSAC title game last Sunday. The Rock went a perfect 10-0 in the PSAC West this spring and 17-0 in the regular season. SRU is 12-0 this year against teams with above .500 records and 6-0 against nationally ranked opponents. Kutztown is 15-6 overall after earning a 12-8 win over Wingate Thursday at SRU. All six of the losses this year for Kutztown came against top 10 opponents and NCAA qualifiers with two losses to East Stroudsburg, two losses to West Chester, a loss to Pace and a loss to Slippery Rock.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES WITH KUTZTOWN  |  Game-by-Game Scores
Slippery Rock owns a 12-8 advantage in the all-time series that dates back to 1982. The Bears were 5-3 in the first eight meetings between 1982-90, while Slippery Rock is 9-3 since the series was renewed in 2008. The teams did not meet between 2019 and this season before renewing the series in the PSAC title game last Sunday. The Rock are 9-2 in the last 11 meetings dating back to 2011.
 
LAST MEETING WITH KUTZTOWN  |  Box Score
Slippery Rock fought off Kutztown for an 11-10 win in the PSAC title game last Sunday, despite being outshot for the first time all season and finishing the game with more turnovers than shots. The Rock took control in the second half with a 5-1 run and built an 11-7 lead with 8:26 to play before Kutztown came storming back. The visitors tallied the next three goals to cut it to 11-10 with 2:32 to play and had a point-blank look inside the final 90 seconds, but the shot hit the post and SRU cleared the zone and ran out the clock for the win. Kutztown posted advantages of 29-22 in shots, 20-16 in shots on goal and 20-17 in ground balls. The Rock went 15-8 on draw controls but finished the game with 24 turnovers to just 16 for the Bears. SRU was led by Reagan Richeson with seven points on four goals and three assists. Lily Ventresca made 10 saves in goal on her way to earning MVP honors. Kutztown got six points from Lauren LaMorte with four goals two assists and eight caused turnovers from Summer Davis. Marisa Bragg made five saves in goal.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 20-0
• PSAC Record: 10-0
• Home Record: 11-0
• Away Record: 9-0
• Streak: W20
• Last Five Games: 5-0
• Head Coach: Taryn Burkholder (5th season, Niagara '12)  |  Record: 73-21
 
ALL-PSAC HONOREES
Slippery Rock landed a program record-tying eight players on the All-PSAC team announced this week and took home three of the four major awards in the Western Division. Head coach Taryn Burkholder was named the PSAC West Coach of the Year for the third straight season, defender Paige Jenkins was named the Defensive Athlete of the Year for the second straight season and defender Aleigha Dubroc was named the Freshman of the Year. Jenkins was joined in earning first team honors by attackers Reagan Richeson and Grace Rotter and midfielder Isabella Buono. All four of those were repeat first team honorees. Attacker Abby Fink repeated as a second team selection to join Dubroc and fellow freshman defender Violet Freebody on the second team.
 
COACHES TAKING PROGRAM TO NEW HEIGHTS
Now in their fifth season leading the program, head coach Taryn Burkholder and assistant coach Jordan Anderson have completely transformed the SRU lacrosse program. The duo have led SRU to five straight seasons with 10 or more wins for the first time in program history and three straight seasons with 15 or more wins, setting program records for single-season wins in each of the last three years (15 in 2024, 18 in 2025, 20 in 2026). Burkholder has been named the PSAC West Coach of the Year in each of the last three seasons and SRU was honored as the Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year in both 2024 and 2025. Anderson was also named the Division II national Assistant Coach of the Year in 2025. Burkholder is 73-21 since taking over as head coach prior to the 2022 season.
 
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 38-3 overall since the start of 2025.
 
HOME WINNING STREAK
Slippery Rock has won its last 23 straight home games and has the second longest active home winning streak in the nation, trailing only the 24 straight home wins by Florida Southern. The Rock are 25-1 at home over the last three seasons with the only loss during that stretch coming against Seton Hill March 23, 2024.
 
TWO UNBEATENS LEFT IN DIVISION II
Slippery Rock enters the second round of the NCAA Tournament as one of just two Division II teams that are still undefeated on the year. The only other undefeated team across the nation is No. 1 Flagler (Fla.) (19-0), which ended up as the No. 2 seed in the South Region.
 
THREE PLAYERS REACH 100 GOALS THIS YEAR
Slippery Rock has seen three players record their 100th career goals this season with Grace Rotter, Isabella Buono and Reagan Richeson all hitting the milestone. All three of them have also gone over 50 goals this season with Richeson and Rotter reaching 50 goals for the second straight year. Abby Fink enters this game with 97 career goals and is three shy of becoming the fourth active player with 100 goals.
 
RICHESON EXTENDS SINGLE-SEASON GOAL RECORD
Attacker Reagan Richeson broke the SRU single-season record for goals in the PSAC quarterfinal game and now has 69 goals on the year, topping the former program record of 61 goals that was set by Amy Halls in 2011. Ironically enough, Richeson and Halls actually went to the same high school outside of Columbus, Ohio (Olentangy) and Halls briefly coached Richeson. Halls was the first All-American player for the lacrosse program and was inducted into the Rock Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024.
 
VENTRESCA EXTENDS SINGLE-SEASON WINS RECORD
Goalie Lily Ventresca broke her own SRU single-season record for wins in the PSAC quarterfinal round when she won her 17th game of the season. She extended that record to 19 wins with a win in the PSAC final. She set the former record of 16 wins when she went 16-1 last spring. In two seasons as The Rock's starter, Ventresca owns a 35-1 record.
 
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 125, 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 game with 61 caused turnovers, topping the former record of 46 that was set by Torchia in 2018.
 
ROTTER CLOSING IN ON SINGLE-SEASON POINT MARK
Grace Rotter passed herself on the SRU single-season point ledger during the PSAC semifinals and now has 86 points this year, topping the 82 she scored last spring. She now ranks No. 2 and No. 3 in single-season points in SRU history and needs just two more points to tie Emily Benham's single-season record of 88 points from 2022. Rotter has already tied Amy Halls' former single-season record for goals (61) and trails Richeson's new record (69) by eight goals.
 
TOUGH TO SCORE ON
Slippery Rock limited 17 straight opponents to eight goals or fewer before allowing 10 to Kutztown in the PSAC title game. The Rock have held opponents to single-digit scoring in 18 of 20 games this year. The Rock are outscoring their opponents 327-108 through 20 games, including 294-78 over the last 18 games, and outshooting opponents 733-327. The only opponent other than Kutztown to reach 10 goals in a game this year was No. 5 West Chester back on Feb. 21 in a 13-12 SRU road win. The Rock then held the Rams to seven goals in a 13-7 win in the PSAC semifinals last week.
 
NATIONAL OFFENSIVE RANKS
Slippery Rock ranks first among all programs in Division II in shots per game at 36.65 and third in the nation in shots on goal per game at 27.30. The Rock own the No. 10 scoring offense in the country at 16.35 goals per game and rank fourth in the nation in scoring margin at +10.95 goals per game. SRU also ranks 15th nationally in assists per game at 7.60.
 
NO. 1 DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY
The Rock rank No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 5.40 goals per game. SRU ranks No. 2 nationally in caused turnovers per game at 15.00 and ranks sixth in ground balls per game at 22.50. Opponents have gone just 57.7 percent on clear attempts this year (206-of-357).
 
TOP 10 IN THE DRAW CIRCLE
Slippery Rock enters this game ranked ninth in the nation in draw control percentage (65.8%) and 13th in the nation in draw controls per game (15.70). Shannon Von Kaenel and her PSAC leading 188 draw controls are the primary reason for that as she currently ranks fourth in the nation in draw controls per game at 9.40. She takes nearly all the draws and has helped The Rock to post an 314-163 advantage over opponents through 20 games. Paige Jenkins has 63 draw controls and Grace Rotter has 42 draw controls as that trio has 293 of the team's 314 draw wins.
 
BACK-TO-BACK 50-GOAL SEASONS
Attacker Reagan Richeson has a team-high 69 goals this year to mark a new career-high and her second straight season with at least 50 goals. Richeson ranks ninth in the nation in total goals this year. Grace Rotter has also tallied 61 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 (52) reached the 50-goal milestone for the first time in her career this spring. Abby Fink hit 50 goals in 2025 and is 11 shy of reaching that mark again this spring.
 
FIVE PLAYERS WITH 50+ POINTS
Slippery Rock's enters the title game with five players that have 50 or more points on the year, including three players with at least 67 points. Grace Rotter leads all scorers with 86 points on 61 goals and 25 assists, despite missing one game. Reagan Richeson leads the squad in goals (69) and is second in points (82) while also leading all attackers with 26 caused turnovers and 32 ground balls. Isabella Buono has 67 points on 52 goals and 15 assists, while Abby Fink has 53 points on 39 goals and 14 assists and Maddie Blazey has 52 points on 14 goals and a team-high 38 assists.
 
BUONO ON THE SPOT
Isabella Buono leads all players in Division II in free position percentage, converting on 76.2 percent (16-of-21) of her free position attempts.
 
SIX MORE IN DOUBLE FIGURES
Caitlyn Kelly leads all freshmen on the team in scoring with 22 goals and five assists to give SRU six players with at least 27 points. Cadyn Eismann has 15 goals and four assists, Ava Dossier has 10 goals and seven assists, Shannon Von Kaenel has eight goals and seven assists, Claire Petty has seven goals and seven 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 5.40 goals per game. All-American Paige Jenkins leads the defense with 61 caused turnovers and 69 ground balls. She ranks eighth in Division II in caused turnovers per game at 3.05 and 14th in ground balls per game (3.45). Freshman Aleigha Dubroc has 31 caused turnovers and 29 ground balls, while fellow freshman Violet Freebody has 31 caused turnovers and 37 ground balls. Attacker Reagan Richeson has 26 caused turnovers and 32 balls and attacker Grace Rotter has 22 caused turnovers and 25 ground balls to assist the defense, while Mckenzie Murphy has 17 caused turnovers and Gemma Sciarroni has 14 caused turnovers to round out the top defenders.
 
GOALIE PLAY
All-American goalie Lily Ventresca has already broken her own SRU single-season record for goalie wins and is 19-0 on the year. She ranks first nationally in goals against average at 5.56 and ranks 12th nationally in save percentage at .486. Ava Drath has played 206 minutes in relief and is 1-0 with a 4.65 goals against average and a .515 save percentage. The pair have a combined 5.40 goals against average and .491 save percentage on the season.
 
SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS IN SIGHT
• Caused Turnovers: Paige Jenkins already has record at 61
• Goalie Wins: Lily Ventresca already has record at 19
• Goals: Reagan Richeson already has record at 69
• Points: Grace Rotter needs 2 to tie record of 88
• Assists: Maddie Blazey needs 5 to tie record of 43
• Goals: Grace Rotter needs 8 to tie record of 69
 
FIVE MOVE INTO TOP FIVE ALL-TIME AT SRU
Slippery Rock has five players that have cracked the top five in SRU history this season in caused turnovers, draw controls, goals, assists and points. Paige Jenkins is the SRU record holder in caused turnovers (125) and is up to No. 4 in draw controls (199), Shannon Von Kaenel is up to No. 2 at SRU in draw controls (272), Reagan Richeson is up to No. 2 in goals (158) and No. 3 in points (186) and Maddie Blazey are Grace Rotter are tied for No. 5 in assists (54).
 
SRU PLAYERS IN TOP 20 IN CAREER RECORD BOOK
• Paige Jenkins – 125 caused turnovers (No. 1 at SRU)
• Reagan Richeson – 158 goals (No. 2 at SRU – needs 57 to move up to No. 1)
• Shannon Von Kaenel – 272 draw controls (No. 2 at SRU – needs 278 to move up to No. 1)
• Reagan Richeson – 186 points (No. 3 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 2)
• Paige Jenkins – 199 draw controls (No. 4 at SRU – needs 72 to move up to No. 3)
• Maddie Blazey – 54 assists (No. 5 at SRU – needs 7 to move up to No. 4)
• Grace Rotter – 54 assists (No. 5 at SRU – needs 7 to move up to No. 4)
• Grace Rotter – 168 points (No. 6 at SRU – needs 1 move up to No. 5)
• Grace Rotter – 114 goals (No. 8 at SRU – needs 9 to move up to No. 7)
• Paige Jenkins – 135 ground balls (No. 8 at SRU – needs 9 to move up to No. 7)
• Isabella Buono – 137 points (No. 13 at SRU – needs 4 to move up to No. 12)
• Isabella Buono – 101 goals (No. 13 at SRU – needs 2 to move up to No. 12)
• Abby Fink – 97 goals (No. 14 at SRU – needs 4 to move up to No. 13)
• Abby Fink – 126 points (No. 14 at SRU – needs 11 to move up to No. 13)
• Isabella Buono – 36 assists (No. 15 at SRU – needs 2 to move up to No. 14)
• Abby Fink – 29 assists (No. 19 at SRU – needs 1 to move up to No. 17)
 
UPCOMING STAT MILESTONES FOR SRU
• Maddie Blazey: 9 points away from 100
• Maddie Blazey: 21 assists away from 75
• Isabella Buono: 14 assists away from 50
• Isabella Buono: 24 goals away from 125
• Isabella Buono: 13 points away from 150
• Abby Fink: 24 points away from 150
• Abby Fink: 3 goals away from 100
• Paige Jenkins: 1 DC away from 200
• Paige Jenkins: 25 CT away from 150
• Paige Jenkins: 15 GB away from 150
• Reagan Richeson: 14 points away from 200
• Reagan Richeson: 17 goals away from 175
• Grace Rotter: 7 points away from 175 at SRU*
• Grace Rotter: 21 assists away from 75 at SRU *
• Grace Rotter: 11 goals away from 125 at SRU*
• Lily Ventresca: 23 GB away from 100
• Lily Ventresca: 3 saves away from 200
• Shannon Von Kaenel: 3 DC away from 275
* Rotter scored 33 points on 21 goals and 12 assists at Notre Dame College before transferring to SRU after the 2024 season
 
KUTZTOWN PRIMER
• Overall Record: 15-6
• PSAC Record: 8-4
• Home Record: 6-2
• Away Record: 6-4
• Neutral Record: 3-0
• Streak: W1
• Last Five Games: 4-1
• Head Coach: Kristen Nicholson (5th season, FDU Florham '10)  |  Record: 56-39
 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN BEARS
Kutztown is in the NCAA Tournament for the third time (2023, 2024, 2026) and picked up its first tournament win Thursday against Wingate. The Golden Bears bring a 15-6 overall record into the second round with all six of those losses coming against top 10 ranked opponents that qualified as top three seeds in the NCAA Tournament (twice against ESU, twice against West Chester, once against SRU and once against Pace).
 
Four KU players earned All-PSAC honors this year, including first team defender Summer Davis and second team honorees Katie Yocum (attack), Rowan Hall (defense) and Marisa Bragg (goalie). Davis leads the team with 69 caused turnovers, 63 ground balls and 46 draw controls. Yocum is the leading scorer with 77 points on 69 goals and eight assists. Hall has tallied 39 caused turnovers and 48 ground balls and Bragg owns an 8.38 goals against average and a .491 save percentage while playing all but 69 minutes in goal this year.
 
Kutztown is outscoring opponents 296-186, outshooting the opposition 674-518 and has put up advantages of 452-373 in ground balls and 289-207 in caused turnovers. Opponents have a 272-242 edge in draw controls.
 
NEXT UP
The winner of the game will advance to the regional final and NCAA quarterfinal round next Saturday at the highest remaining seed.
 
 


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