LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Slippery Rock University defender, Patrick Tierney, earned The Rock their third consecutive Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week with the first of his career, the conference office announced Monday.

Tierney, a senior from Chester, England, is the 24^th different men's soccer player to win a PSAC weekly award since 2004, accounting for 37 total PSAC Weekly awards.

With Tierney's award along with back-to-back PSAC weekly awards from Troy Nine, SRU have won a PSAC weekly award in three consecutive weeks. The last time The Rock claimed three straight PSAC weekly awards was in 2024, when Slippery Rock made it to the PSAC Tournament Semifinals. 

Tierney helped Slippery Rock to a 1-0-1 week overall, totaling one goal on one shot in 119 minutes of play (59.5 mpg).

The senior played the full 90 minutes and scored the game-tying goal in the 79^th minute of a 1-1 draw at Shippensburg in PSAC crossover action. Tierney also started and saw the field for 29 minutes in a 7-1 win at Daemen.

The marker was Tierney's first goal of the season and the third of his career at The Rock

With just over a third of the regular season over, Slippery Rock sits with a 2-1-3 record overall. The Rock begin PSAC West play on the road in a matchup with Seton Hill University 2 p.m.



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