The Rocket

Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: Sports

SRU to host PSAC Championships

The Pennslyvania State Athletic Conference has chosen to move the location of its 2007 Baseball Championship Tournament to Slippery Rock University's Jack Critchfield Park.

PSAC Commissioner Steve Murray announced Friday that the championship tournament will be played at the Jack on May 2-5. The championship tournament was originally scheduled for Williamsport, Pa., and was to utilize playing facilities at Bowman Field and Williamsport Area High School.However, the surrounding area at Bowman Field is scheduled to host a weekend festival which raised potential parking and liability concerns for the PSAC.

Besides the location, the other significant change is the expansion of the tournament from three days (Thursday through Saturday) to four days (Wednesday through Saturday).The extra day was needed to accommodate the switch from a two-field venue to Slippery Rock's single field.

A change in the original format may also occur, allowing teams from further distances more time to travel. The tournament will now have the closest teams in the Western Division opening play against their Eastern Division opponents on Wednesday evening. The top three teams in each division qualify for the tournament.

2007 Rock football schedule announced

Rock athletic director Paul Lueken announced late last week the upcoming 2007 football schedule.

SRU will play six home games, including four in the first five weeks.

The Rock will also play two Thursday night games, including the season opener August 30 at home agaisnt Seton Hill.The other Thursday night game will be the Week 10 match-up aat Lock Haven.

The 2007 schedule will be the first time since 1995 that SRU has had more than five home regular-season games.

Other home games for the Rock will be Sept. 8 vs. Millersville, Sept. 22 vs. Kutztown, Sept. 29 vs. Indiana U. of Pa., Oct. 13 vs. Clarion and Oct. 27 vs. California U. of Pa.

The Sept. 22 game vs. Kutztown will be the SRU Hall of Fame Game, while the Oct. 13 date with Clarion will be the Homecoming Game.

SRU will play at Bowie State (Md.) on Sept. 15, at East Stroudsburg on Oct. 6 and at Shippensburg on Oct. 20, then will close out the regular-season schedule with back-to-back road games at Lock Haven and Edinboro

Women's lacrosse remains winless

The Rock women's lacrosse teams continues its losing streak with a 21-7 loss against East Stroudsburg in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference action on Tuesday.

Sophomore Caitlin O'Brien scored three goals while freshman Ashley Henry tallied two goals is the loss.

Juniors Catherine Smolter and Lara Winter each added one goal.

Rock freshman goalie Ashley Winkelspecht was credited with 13 saves in the game.

Last Sunday, the Rock dropped a match to Shippensburg by the score of 20-1.

Junior Sarah Milewski scored the lone SRU goal. The tally was Milewski's first goal of the season.

Winkelspecht recorded 24 saves in the loss as Shippensburg outshot the Rock by a 47-3 margin.

The Rock (0-11 overall, 0-10 PSAC) will seek that elusive first win Saturday when it travels to conference rival Indiana of Pa. for a 1 p.m. game.

SRU then visits Millersville for a 1 p.m. conference contest on Sunday.

Compiled by Adam Brewer.

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