GAME PROGRAM INFO
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Slippery Rock vs. IUP
The Rock (5-7, 0-1)	Crimson Hawks (9-3, 1-0)
Roster	Roster
Head Coach Dylan Lasher	Head Coach Avery Moore
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Program Records	Program Records
Morrow Field House
PSAC Standings
PSAC Leaders
PSAC Schedule

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University volleyball team returns to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division competition this weekend for a pair of matches.
 
THE SCHEDULE
The Rock opens the weekend by hosting IUP 6 p.m. Friday at Morrow Field House before traveling to Pitt-Johnstown Saturday for a high noon showdown.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch both of this weekend's matches on-demand for free on the Rock Athletics Digital Network, created and operated by the SRU athletic communication office.
 
• Search for Rock Athletics Digital Network in the app stores on Amazon Fire TV, Apple RV, Roku and Android TV devices. The streaming web player linked above will also integrate with Chrome Cast devices to allow viewers to cast the game to those devices.
 
MATCH 13 DETAILS
Opponent: Indiana University (Pa.)
Date: Friday – 6 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Morrow Field House
Watch: Link
Live Stats: Link
All-Time Series: SRU leads 65-51
Last Played: Nov. 28, 2025 (IUP won 3-0)
 
SERIES HISTORY
While The Rock holds a 65-51 record over the Crimson Hawks all-time, SRU has not defeated IUP since 2022 as Indiana has won the last seven matches in the series. A year ago, IUP earned two 3-0 victories over The Rock.
 
MATCH 14 DETAILS
Opponent: Pitt-Johnstown
Date: Saturday – 2 p.m.
Location: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Venue: The Sports Center
Watch: Link
Live Stats: Link
All-Time Series: UPJ leads 13-10
Last Played: Nov. 7, 2025 (UPJ won 3-1)
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Rock and Mountain Cats have evenly split their last eight matchups with UPJ holding a slim 13-10 lead in the all-time series thanks in part to a season-sweep in 2025. SRU has lost just once to UPJ at Morrow Field House since 2022.

SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall: 5-7
PSAC West: 0-1
PSAC West Standings: t-5th
Home Record: 2-2
Away Record: 1-2
Neutral Site Record: 2-3
Streak: L3
Last 5 Matches: 2-3
Head Coach: Dylan Lasher | 2nd season at SRU (15-24) | 6th overall (60-85)
 
LAST TIME OUT (Box Score)
In what was its next to last non-conference match of the regular season, Slippery Rock went on the road Tuesday to Daemen University, losing in three sets (25-23, 25-19, 25-14).
 
ROCK LEADERS
ATTACK: Marley Annis (117 kills / .159), Ava Haynes (81 kills, .153)
ASSISTS: Paityn Krause (193 / 5.22 per set), Abby Kolcum (90 / 4.09 per set)
ACES: Ellie Friedrichs (17), Leah Schreckengost (11)
DIGS: Kara Pasquale (172 / 4.53 per set)
BLOCKS: Victoria Nalbach (21), Emry Rumbaugh (14)
 
ROCK SINGLE-MATCH LEADERS
KILLS: Marley Annis – 18 at Lake Erie
ASSISTS: Paityn Krause – 26 at Lake Erie
ACES: Ellie Friedrichs – 5 at Lake Erie
DIGS: Kara Pasquale – 25 (2x)
BLOCKS: Victoria Nalbach – 5 (2x)
 
ROCK TEAM SINGLE-MATCH LEADERS
KILLS: 56 at Lake Erie
ATTACK %: .286 vs. Post
ASSISTS: 56 at Lake Erie
ACES: 11 at Lake Erie
DIGS: 73 at Lake Erie
BLOCKS: 8 at Lake Erie
 
 HOW THE ROCK STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 15th (.143)
• Opponent Attack %: 16th (.212)
• Kills Per Set: 13th (11.3)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 15th (12.6)
• Aces Per Set: 16th (1.4)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 1st (1.1)
• Digs Per Set: 9th (15.3)
• Blocks Per Set: 15th (1.4)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 16th (2.2)
 
SRU AMONG THE PSAC'S BEST (Individual rankings)
Aces Per Set: Ellie Friedrichs (0.55) – 4th
Kills Per Set: Marley Annis (3.16) – 8th
Digs Per Set: Kara Pasquale (4.53) – 6th
Assists Per Set: Paityn Krause (5.22) – 13th
 
SHUTTING DOWN THE SERVE
Slippery Rock has been exceptional over its first 13 matches of limiting its opponents' serving success. Entering the IUP match, SRU leads the PSAC in both aces per set allowed (1.11) and total aces allowed (42).
 
Not only is Slippery Rock statistically the best team in the PSAC at serve reception, but it is also the best in entire Atlantic Region.
 
Aces Per Set Allowed (Atlantic Region)
(Minimum 35 sets played)
1. Slippery Rock: 1.11
2. Clarion: 1.24
3. IUP: 1.27
t-4. Concord: 1.28
t-4. Edinboro: 1.28
 
Total Aces Allowed (Atlantic Region)
(Minimum 35 sets played)
1. Slippery Rock: 42
2. Pitt-Johnstown: 52
4. IUP: 56
5. Seton Hill: 57
6. Wheeling: 59
 
THREE-PRONGED ATTACK
As Slippery Rock nears the halfway mark of its season, the team's attack has centered around the trio of Marley Annis, Ava Haynes and Emry Rumbaugh.
 
• A starter in 11 of 12 matches played, Annis is having a career-year offensively with 117 kills on a .159 attack percentage: the highest percentage among SRU's outside hitters. Annis' 3.16 kills per set ranks eight in the PSAC.
 
• Haynes enters the weekend second on The Rock in kills with 81 (2.13 kps / .153), just five away from matching her entire output from a season ago.
 
• After reaching the six-kill threshold just once in her first five matches of the season, Rumbaugh has produced six or more kills in five of her last seven outings.
 
• Slippery Rock is 5-2 on the year when either Annis, Haynes or Rumbaugh reaches a double-digit kill total, but 0-5 when they are held under 10 kills.
 
KRAUSE CLOSING IN ON 1,000 ASSISTS
Paityn Krause is on the cusp of accomplishing something that only 13 other athletes at The Rock have achieved. Krause heads into the IUP match needing just 24 assists to become the 14th athlete in program history to compile 1,000 career assists.
 
Krause has started 11 of SRU's 12 matches this season on the way to totaling 193 assists (5.22 per set) in addition to ranking third on the team in both aces (7) and digs (61).
 
LOEFFLER MAKES 1^ST START
Freshman setter Emily Loeffler made her first collegiate start in Daemen match. Loeffler finished the contest matching her season-high totals in both assists (16) and digs (5). She has seen an uptick in playing time of late 56 of her 78 assists on the year coming over SRU's last four matches. Loeffler is one of four Rock rookies who have made starts this season.
 
• Chloe Shirk has started seven consecutive matches en route to establishing herself as one of SRU's best options inside alongside veteran Victoria Nalbach. In her first 11 collegiate matches, Shirk has tallied 13 blocks and 24 kills on a .250 attack percentage.
 
• Ellie Friedrichs has appeared in 11 matches and been a spot starter so far in 2026. She leads The Rock with 17 aces and her 0.55 aces per set rank fourth in the PSAC. She has also made 60 digs, one in back of Krause for third on the team.
 
• Ryan Cameron is the fourth Rock rookie to have started a match this season with the appearance coming against Saginaw Valley State.
 
• Additionally, fellow freshman Bailey Espana has played in five of The Rock's last six sets over two matches against Clarion and Daemen. Espana served one ace versus Clarion and made eight digs in the Daemen match.
 
NALBACH LEADS THE WAY INSIDE
Senior Victoria Nalbach begins the weekend leading The Rock in blocks with 21 (6 solo / 15 assisted / 0.64 per set) all the while delivering 45 kills on an ultra-efficient .246 attack percentage.
 
Nalbach, who is eight blocks shy of 100 for her career, is on pace for her first 100-kill season offensively while also trending towards matching her previous career-high block output from a season ago.
 
DIG IT
Libero Kara Pasquale has recorded a team-high 172 digs so far this season and currently ranks sixth in the PSAC in digs per set (4.53).
 
DEMING EFFECTIVE OFF THE BENCH
Reserve opposite Hayden Deming has been effective off the bench for The Rock in two of her last three appearances. Against Bloomsburg and Clarion, the sophomore netted a pair of five-kill matches on respective attack percentages of .286 and .400.
 
MIX & MATCH
Slippery Rock has used nine different starting lineups in its 12 matches this season.
                 
GET THE 1ST, GET THE WIN
Slippery Rock has taken the first set in all of five of its victories this season, but have dropped the opener in its seven losses.
 
EFFICIENCY IS KEY
SRU has recorded a .232 attack percentage in its five wins this season, but has compiled a hitting percentage of just .074 in its five losses. Conversely, opponents have hit only.118 in The Rock's five wins while boasting a .285 attack percentage in SRU losses.
 
UPCOMING MILESTONES
• Paityn Krause: 24 assists from 1,000
• Paityn Krause: 9 digs from 400
• Paityn Krause: 7 aces from 50
• Kara Pasquale: 159 digs from 1,000
• Marley Annis: 50 kills from 300
• Marley Annis: 100 digs from 400
• Emry Rumbaugh: 56 kills from 300
• Emry Rumbaugh: 27 blocks from 100
• Ava Haynes: 33 kills from 200
• Ava Haynes: 14 digs from 100
• Ava Haynes: 5 blocks from 50
• Victoria Nalbach: 44 kills from 200
• Victoria Nalbach: 8 blocks from 100
• Gwen McCarthy: 40 kills from 200
• Kaitlyn Danszczak: 28 kills from 200
• Kaitlyn Danszczak: 8 blocks from 50
• Abby Kolcum: 8 assists from 100
• Emily Loeffler: 22 assists from 100
• Addison Jones: 7 blocks from 50
 
NEXT FIVE MATCHES
Oct. 2 (6 p.m.) vs. Edinboro
Oct. 3 (1 p.m.) vs. Gannon
Oct. 9 (6 p.m.) at Seton Hill
Oct. 10 (6 p.m.) at California (Pa.)
Oct. 13 (Noon) vs. D'Youville
 
RECORDS WATCH
Assists (12-16)
12. Sarah Cybulski (2001-02): 1,300
13. Stephanie Kluge (1999-02): 1,171
14. Paityn Krause (Active): 976
15. Alexandra Fleagle (2010-13): 885
16. Michele Shatto (1994-97): 822
 
Digs (17-20)
17. Kaylee Smith (2008-11): 1,284
18. Andrea Hoover (1995-98): 1,194
19. Lindsay Weber (2002-05): 1,169
20. Layna Heilman-Houser (2002-05): 1,163
NR. Kara Pasquale (Active): 823  
 
IUP PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall: 9-3
PSAC West: 1-0
PSAC West Standings: t-1st
Home Record: 4-0
Away Record: 3-1
Neutral Site Record: 2-2
Streak: W8
Last 5 Matches: 5-0
Head Coach: Avery Moore | 2nd season at IUP (31-12) | 3rd overall (55-22)
 
IUP LEADERS
ATTACK: Delaney Concannon (121 kills / .196), Jessica Neiman (112 kills, .221)
ASSISTS: Ellie Rauch (210 / 5.00 per set), Maddie Zechman (181 / 5.48 per set)
ACES: Zechman (27), Charlotte Potvin (20)
DIGS: Brooke Kessler (143 / 3.25 per set)
BLOCKS: Potvin (36), Sammy Stephens (33)
 
 HOW IUP STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 3rd (.230)
• Opponent Attack %: 7th (.149)
• Kills Per Set: 2nd (13.43)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 5th (10.3)
• Aces Per Set: 3rd (2.45)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 3rd (1.27)
• Digs Per Set: 11th (14.5)
• Blocks Per Set: 6th (1.8)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 14th (1.99)
 
IUP AMONG THE PSAC'S BEST (Individual rankings)
Aces Per Set: Maddie Zechman (0.82) – 1st
Attack %: Charlotte Potvin (.337) – 5th
Assists Per Set: Maddie Zechman (5.48) – 10th
 
SCOUTING THE CRIMSON HAWKS
• The Crimson Hawks come to Morrow Field House in the midst of an eight-match winning streak that included a conference-opening victory over Seton Hill. IUP has dropped just three sets during its winning streak.
 
• Slippery Rock's stout serve reception will be put to the test against an IUP team that ranks 12th in the nation in aces per set (2.45) and 20th in total aces (106). Five Crimson Hawks already have 10 or more aces, including Maddie Zechman's PSAC-high 27.
 
• Offensively, IUP ranks second in the PSAC in kills per set (13.43) and third in attack percentage (.230). Three Indiana athletes already have over 100 kills in Delaney Concannon (121 / 2.88 / .196), Jessica Neiman (112 / 2.67 / .221) and Sammy Stephens (105 / 2.39 / .291).
 
• Defensively, Stephens and Charlotte Potvin are IUP's primary blockers with 69 combined rejections. Libero Brooke Kessler tops Indiana with 143 digs (3.25 per set).  
 
• In two matches against SRU last season, Neiman had 28 kills, Concannon added 23 kills and Potvin came up with seven total blocks.
 
RECENT IUP RESULTS
Sept. 18: Seton Hill (W, 3-0)
Sept. 11: Millersville (W, 3-0)
Sept. 11: Shepherd (W, 3-0)
Sept. 5: Daemen (W, 3-1)
Sept. 5: Lake Erie (W, 3-0)
 
PITT-JOHNSTOWN PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall: 7-3
PSAC West: 1-0
PSAC West Standings: t-1st
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 3-1
Neutral Site Record: 4-2
Streak: W1
Last 5 Matches: 4-1
Head Coach: Justin Haupt | 6th season at UPJ (97-63)
 
UPJ LEADERS
ATTACK: Caroline Knight (105 kills / .202), Ellie Zuro Cirino (96 kills, .184)
ASSISTS: Arielis Valle Villegas (173 / 5.58 per set), Abigail Berry (172 / 5.38 per set)
ACES: Berry (19)
DIGS: Avery Koontz (137 / 4.15 per set)
BLOCKS: Kiara Harmon (36), Dannika Susko (30)
 
 HOW UPJ STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Attack %: 5th (.218)
• Opponent Attack %: 3rd (.126)
• Kills Per Set: 9th (12.73)
• Opponent Kills Per Set: 5th (10.82)
• Aces Per Set: 9th (1.97)
• Opponent Aces Per Set: 10th (1.58)
• Digs Per Set: 8th (15.39)
• Blocks Per Set: 2nd (2.27)
• Opponent Blocks Per Set: 7th (1.74)
 
UPJ AMONG THE PSAC'S BEST (Individual rankings)
Blocks Per Set: Kiara Harmon (1.13) – 2nd
Attack %: Kiara Harmon (.359) – 3rd
Kills Per Set: Caroline Knight (3.18) – 7th
Assists Per Set: Arielis Valle Villegas (5.58) – 8th
Digs Per Set: Avery Koontz (4.15) – 9th
Kills Per Set: Ellie Zuro Cirino (2.91) – 11th
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock hosts Edinboro 6 p.m. Friday at Morrow Field House.







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