The Shippensburg University women’s lacrosse team traveled to Slippery Rock University on Saturday, April 23, to take on The Rock in PSAC action.

The Raiders battled through two halves, scoring seven goals to Slippery Rock’s 11 at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium. Slippery Rock ignited its offense by scoring first and went on to score five goals in the first half, in contrast to the Raiders’ two goals in the first half.

Junior T.J. Johnson scored first for the Raiders, followed by the impressive final minute goal in the first half by sophomore Allison Fugate to bring the game to 5-2 at the end of the first half.

The crowd was made up of more than 200 loud voices echoing throughout the stadium as the second half of play commenced, with Slippery Rock being the first to rip a shot into the net. Not too far behind Slippery Rocks’ opening goal was freshman Madi Newman’s second-half goal to bring the Raiders closer within three goals, 6-3. Junior Ali Harclerode added to Newman’s goal by putting one in herself on the assist by Fugate.

The Raiders turned it up in the second half, nearly matching Slippery Rock in scoring, 5-6. Sophomore Sarah McLeod scored twice on the day and junior Amanda Frank scored once in the high scoring second half, but the late game consistency came too late as Slippery Rock moved past Shippensburg, 11-7.

Shippensburg was able to dominate the draw control battle by winning 12 face-offs to The Rock’s eight. Junior Max Barkley had six face-off wins, Harclerode won two and Frank also won two in the impressive draw success.

Junior Annemarie Cericola had five groundballs in the game and showed her dominance for another season as she has matched her season high of 64 groundballs.

Cericola’s groundball season high is a record in the PSAC and is fourth all time in Division II.

In addition to Cericola’s defensive dominance, she accumulated two caused turnovers to assist her team in the close matchup. She provided key defensive support to a high power defensive unit that was able to keep the Raiders competitive.

In the net, senior Ally Frymoyer was impeccable as she saved 13 shots, which ties her current season high.

Frymoyer’s seven saves in the second half was a huge cornerstone to the impressive finish by the Raiders that almost led to a comeback.

She stayed in the entire game and was a stable force behind the Raiders’ attack.

Frymoyer had a great game, which marked the 24th time in her career that she had double-digit saves in a game.

SU looks to improve as it drops another tough PSAC matchup on the road.

The Raiders, now 4-11, and 1-10 in the PSAC, try to finish their season on a high note in the last game of the season against Bloomsburg University.

The team will travel to Bloomsburg on Tuesday, April 26 at 3 p.m. to close out its 2016 campaign.

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