The Slippery Rock University men’s soccer team will go where it has never gone before.

The NCAA Division II playoffs.

For the first time in the 70-plus-year history of the program, The Rock received a playoff berth Monday.

SRU (12-7-2) will play New York Tech (13-3-3) at 1 p.m. Friday in the opening round of the Northeast Regional at Dowling College in Oakdale, N.Y.

The Rock won its second PSAC title and first since 1974 with a 2-1 win Sunday at conference regular-season champion California (Pa.) University.

The 12 wins by SRU this season is the most since 1981.

Despite a 13-5-3 record and a PSAC championship, the Slippery Rock University women’s soccer team did not receive a berth in the 32-team NCAA tournament.West Chester (18-1-2) is the only PSAC school to earn a bid. It lost in the conference semifinals to Kutztown, who SRU downed 1-0 Sunday for the title.