Field Hockey | 10/13/2017 10:28:00 AM

THE DETAILS
Bloomsburg (7-6, 3-2 PSAC) vs Slippery Rock (9-5, 4-2 PSAC)
Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 12:00 p.m.
Steph Pettit Stadium - Bloomsburg, Pa.

GAME COVERAGE
Live Stats - http://www.sidearmstats.com/bloomu/fhockey/

RELATED LINKS
Bloomsburg - Schedule | Roster | Statistics
Slippery Rock - Schedule | Roster | Statistics

STORYLINE
Bloomsburg and Slippery Rock are both in the thick of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) standings with two weeks left in the regular season. The Huskies are 3-2 in league play and currently in a tie for fourth-place with East Stroudsburg - one-half game behind third place Slippery Rock, which enters with a 4-2 conference mark.

ALL-TIME SERIES
The Huskies are The Rock have met 46 times previously with Bloomsburg posting a 44-2 lifetime mark against its conference rival. Last season, the Huskies won both meetings against Slippery Rock - 3-0 in Bloomsburg on September 20 and 3-2 in Slippery Rock on October 26. In the latter contest, the Huskies trailed 2-0 with just under eight minutes left before rallying for three goals in a seven-minute stretch to earn the come-from-behind win. MacKenna Mahan (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) scored the first goal while Sam Peters scored the final two - the last coming with 33 seconds left in regulation.

LAST TIME OUT FOR BOTH TEAMS
Sophomore Willow Perkins (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) scored in the closing seconds of the first half and freshman Hannah Barnard (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) made the lead stand with her first collegiate shutout as the Huskies posted a 1-0 victory at Mansfield on Wednesday afternoon. Barnard stopped six shots to improve to 2-1 on the season. The goal by Perkins was her third of the season and second game-winning tally of the year.

Slippery Rock is coming off of a 3-0 road win over Seton Hill on Wednesday afternoon. Kayla Ulrich scored twice for The Rock while Hannah Downing added the other tally. Goalkeepers Nicole Bream and Maddie Murphy split time in goal to record the combined shutout. Bream made two saves in the first half while Murphy did not record a stop in the second half.

SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
The Huskies enter the matchup with a 7-6 overall record and a 3-2 mark in the PSAC - tied with East Stroudsburg for fourth place. Bloomsburg is fourth in the league in scoring average (2.69) but is just eighth in the conference in scoring defense (1.62). Senior MacKenna Mahan (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) leads the Huskies in scoring with eight goals and four assists for 20 points and has established new career-highs in all three categories. She is tied for seventh in the PSAC in points (20) and is tied for seventh in the league in goals (8). Three other players have eclipsed double digits in points this season - junior Abby Sauder (Mount Joy, Pa./Donegal) (six goals, two assists), junior Brooke Zeiders (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) (five goals, three assists), and senior Geneka Mahan (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) (five goals, one assist). Senior Sally DeLuca (West Pittston, Pa./Wyoming Area) is tied for the PSAC lead in defensive saves with seven while junior Jackie Shragher (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South) is tied for third with five. In goal, freshman Dana Sheply (Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) has seen a majority of the time this season as she has started 10 of the team's 13 games. She is 5-5 with a 1.58 goals against average and a .729 save percentage. She ranks sixth in the PSAC in saves per game (4.3), seventh in goals against average (1.58), and ninth in save percentage (.729). Freshman Hannah Barnard (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) has started the other three games and is 2-1 with a 1.35 goals against average and an .815 save percentage. She is coming off of her first career shutout on Wednesday at Mansfield.
 
SCOUTING SLIPPERY ROCK
Slippery Rock comes in with a 9-5 overall record and a 4-2 mark in the conference standings - one-half game ahead of Bloomsburg and East Stroudsburg for third place. The Rock, however,  are just 2-3 on the road this season. Slippery Rock is eighth in the league in scoring (2.07) and sixth in goals allowed (1.57). Kayla Ulrich is the player to watch for The Rock as she leads the team in scoring with eleven goals and two assists for 24 points. She is second in the conference in goals and is fourth in the league in points. Ulrich has scored 38% (11-of-29) of Slippery Rock's goals this season. Brittany Morgan is the only other player in double figures as she has four goals and three assists for 11 points. Kailee Krupski has also scored four goals on the year. In goal, Nicole Bream has started 12 times and is 4-4 with a 1.66 goals against average and a .771 save percentage. Maddie Murphy has started twice but has appeared in all 14 games. She is 5-1 with a 1.49 goals against average and a .725 save percentage.

UP NEXT
The Huskies will travel to Millersville University on Tuesday, October 17. Start time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.