The Rock volleyball team shocks ranked Vulcans
Anastasia Urbanik had 20 kills, nine blocks and eight digs as the Slippery Rock University volleyball team upset nationally ranked California (Pa.) University 30-28, 28-30, 30-24, 30-28 at Morrow Field House over the weekend.
Katie Greco added 14 kills and three blocks and Jen Blasko and Louise Schultz each added 10 kills for The Rock (11-3, 1-1).
Grove City HighSchool graduate Gwen Oberlin had 20 digs for SRU.
Women's soccer
Mallory Neubert scored the only goal of the contest for Slippery Rock University in a 2-1 loss to West Chester.
Neubert's goal tied the score at 1 in the 40th minute of action. WestChester scored the winning goal in the 70th minute.
Rock keeper Lauren McManus had 11 saves as West Chester outshot SRU 13-3.
Men's soccer
Bridgeport scored in the 101st minute to hand Slippery Rock University a 2-1, double-overtime defeat Saturday.
Justin Riggle scored the only goal for The Rock (5-3).
SRU keeper Chris Cooks had four saves in his first start of the season.
Women's tennis
Kayla Blackburn won her No. 1 singles and her No. 1 doubles matches Sunday as The Rock split with East Stroudsburg and Bloomsburg.
The Rock blanked East Stroudsburg 9-0, but fell to Bloomsburg 7-2.
Field hockey
Slippery Rock suffered its fourth straight loss — all to teams ranked in the top 10 — Sunday when second-ranked Shippensburg blanked it 8-0.
Shippensburg outshot The Rock 44-3.
Tara Bailey recorded 19 saves for SRU.
Football
Thomas More College quarterback Trevor Stellman hit receiver Chase Weber on a 16-yard scoring strike with 2:21 remaining to sink Grove CityCollege 21-20 Saturday.
The Wolverines (0-2) trailed 14-0 in the first quarter, but rallied to take a 20-14 lead with 12:22 left in the fourth quarter.
Sophomore Stephen Mercer caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from freshman quarterback Andrew DiDonato in the first quarter for Grove City's first points of the season. The Wolverines were shut out 28-0 in the opener.
Mercer also scored on a 6-yard run to tie the score at 14 after throwing the game-tying two-point conversion pass.
DiDonato put Grove City on top with a 6-yard scoring run. Thomas More, however, blocked the extra point.
Matt Weil finished the game with 56 yards on 21 carries for Grove City. DiDonato was 15-of-24 passing for 188 yards and Mercer, who was in competition withDiDonato in camp for the starting quarterback role, caught five passes for 71 yards and a score.
