Sixth-ranked West Chester Travels West to take on Slippery Rock Saturday

WEST CHESTER vs SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY
Game Details: October 25 I 12 P.M.
Location: Mihalik-Thompson Stadium 
Series All Time: WCU, 14-1
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WEST CHESTER, PA – West Chester University's women's field hockey will travel to Slippery Rock University Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. to take on The Rock at Mahalik-Thompson Stadium.
 
West Chester (10-4, 5-2 PSAC) and Slippery Rock (5-9, 1-6) will compete in a conference battle. West Chester looking to keep its hot streak alive by winning 3 in a row. Slippery Rock will look to gain some momentum heading into the late part of the season.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Veerle Hersman (The Netherlands) scored both goals as host West Chester shut out visiting Bloomsburg, 2-0, in a pivotal conference matchup at Vonnie Gros Field Wednesday evening. The Golden Rams limited the Huskies' opportunities all evening, making it difficult for the visitors to really get much going offensively. Bloomsburg mustered 11 shots in the game, but the real story was that only five made it on goal. Forward Genna Bush, who came into the contest leading Division II in goals scored, was held to just one shot in the game. West Chester's defense shut down the center of the circle, providing the Huskies just low-percentage shots from the wing.
 
There is still a lot of field hockey to play in the final two weeks with a lot more to be determined.
 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN RAMS
The Golden Rams are coming off a 2-0 victory over No.5 Bloomsburg Wednesday night at home at Vonnie Gross Field. They are looking to continue their win steak to three. Hersman has led the team all season with 14 goals, three assists, and 31 points. Both Nina Scott (Schwenksville, Pa./Spring-Ford) and Caitlynn Szarko (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) have five goals each. Goalkeeper Audra Szymborski (Furlong, Pa./Central Bucks East) has started all 14 games for West Chester.
 
The Golden Rams remain in a tie with both Shippensburg and East Stroudsburg for second place in the PSAC.

SCOUTING THE ROCK
Slippery Rock will look to stop its losing streak against the Golden Rams. The Rock are coming off a 3-0 loss to Shippensburg. Leah Riegling made 11 stops in the cage, and Christina Clymer had a defensive save to pace The Rock's defensive efforts while Lucy Hutchinson led SRU's offense with two shots. The Rock are led by Hutchinson who paces the team offensively in goals scored (5) and total points (10). Their goalkeeping is almost equally shared by Emily Newton and Riegling, who both have at least six games started and have appeared in at least seven contests each.

THE WEST CHESTER-SLIPPERY ROCK SERIES
West Chester holds the all-time series at 14-1. They have won the last seven matchups dating back to 2017.

THE ATLANTIC REGIONAL RANKINGS
The first week of the NCAA regional rankings was released placing West Chester University as one of seven schools listed in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region ranking that was released Wednesday afternoon.

The Division II Field Hockey Championship provides for an eight-team, single-elimination tournament. The Division II Field Hockey Committee will select the five teams in the Atlantic region and three teams in the East region and seed them one through eight, regardless of region. First-round games will be Saturday, Nov. 15, semifinals will be Friday, Nov. 21 and the championship final will be Sunday, Nov. 23.
 
UP NEXT
The Golden Rams will travel to Millersville on Wednesday, October 29 to take on The Marauders at 6:00 p.m. in a non-league affair at Biemesderfer Stadium. These two met earlier in the year at Vonnie Gros with West Chester erasing a three-goal deficit and coming away a 5-4 winner.