The longest postseason run in Slippery Rock women’s lacrosse history came to an end Thursday night.

In the NCAA Division II Tournament semifinals for the first time, the No. 2-seed Rock (18-3) were knocked out by No. 3 Adelphi 15-13 at Roanoke College, Salem, Va.

The Atlantic Region champions were the only team in the final four that had not at least played in a national championship game before. Adelphi won the title in 2022 and was the runner-up last year. The lacrosse team is the fifth in SRU athletics history to make a national semifinal, joining the football team (three times) and baseball team.

Grace Rotter scored a game-high five goals and tied for the game-high with three assists for Slippery Rock, and Isabella Buono added two goals and two assists.

The Rock trailed just 7-6 at halftime, but Aldephi (19-3) outscored them 6-0 in the third quarter to take control. Marielle Colalillo scored three of those goals.

Rotter netted all five of her goals in the fourth quarter as SRU mounted a comeback, but it wasn’t enough.

Two Butler graduates will compete next week in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships east first round.

Former Golden Tornado standout distance runners CJ Singleton, a junior at Notre Dame, and Sage Vavro, a sophomore at Youngstown State, will run the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. The first round meet will be held May 28-31 at the University of North Florida, in Jacksonville.

Singleton enters as the 18th seed with a top time of 8 minutes, 42.41 seconds. Vavro is seeded 43rd with a top time of 8:51.26. Louisville freshman Geoffrey Kirwa is the top seed with an 8:13.89.

The top qualifiers from the east and west regions head to the University of Oregon for the national championships June 11-14.