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September 20, 2003

Contact: Bob McComas (724) 738-2777 e-mail: robert.mccomas@sru.edu

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Senior Derek Meyerson (Hatfield/North Penn HS) scored a total of 20 goals to lead Slippery Rock University to victory in five of six matches last weekend.

Matt Cunningham (Coopersville, MI/Jenison HS) added 16 goals, while senior Josh Buckley (Wyomissing/Wilson HS) had 14.

Sophomore Arseni Grokhovski (San Antonio. TX/Tom C. Clark HS) chipped in nine goals; sophomore Aaron Chapple (Reading/Reading HS) and Ryan Holt had seven each; Chris Hokanson and sophomore Andrew Morrison (Homewood, IL/Homewood Flossmoor HS) had five each; Lee Sharbaugh four; senior Noah Randall (Milford, OH/Milford HS) added three and sophomore goalie Glenn Reepmeyer (Ballwin, MO/Parkway West HS) had one goal.

The Rock (9-4 overall) thumped hosting Grove City College by a 20-3 score on Friday, then won three matches on Saturday – 20-0 over Penn State-Behrend, 18-7 over Cal Tech and 17-8 over Gannon – in SRU’s Morrow Field House pool. On Sunday, in the Morrow pool, SRU dropped an 8-7 decision to Salem International before closing out the weekend with an 11-2 win over Mercyhurst.

In the win over Grove City, Cunningham scored seven goals, while Meyerson scored five and Chapple, Grokhovski and Randall added two each. Holt and Hokanson scored one goal each.

The highlight of The Rock’s win over Penn State-Behrend was Reepmeyer recording his first-ever shutout. Buckley and Morrison scored four goals each against PS-B, while Meyerson added three and Grokhovski, Holt and Sharbaugh had two each. Chapple, Cunningham and Hokanson scored one goal each.

Meyerson scored seven times in the win over Cal Tech, while Buckley had five goals. Chapple and Cunningham added two goals each and Grokhovski and Morrison had one each. Reepmeyer recorded 10 saves.

Cunningham and Holt scored four goals each, while Buckley, Grokhovsky and Meyerson added three each in the win over Gannon. Reepmeyer recorded 11 saves.

Buckley, Cunningham and Meyerson each scored a pair of goals and Randall added one goal in the loss to Salem International. Reepmeyer had 16 saves.

Hokanson’s three goals led the way in the win over Mercyhurst. Chapple, Morrison and Sharbaugh added two goals each. Grokhovski and Reepmeyer scored one goal each.

The Rock returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Gannon University in Erie to play Mercyhurst.

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