Slippery Rock opened-up a 2-0 first half advantage, before adding three more goals in the second half to deal the Pitt-Johnstown women's soccer team a 5-0 setback in Wednesday's 2023 PSAC West opener in Slippery Rock.  The Mountain Cats slipped to 0-2-1 overall and 0-1-0 in conference-play.
 
Morgan Sarver finished an assist from Ashley Rea just 1:30 into the match to give Slippery Rock a quick lead, before Sophia Palermo beat Pitt-Johnstown goalkeeper Parker Grimm with an unassisted goal in the 34^th minute to put the Rock on top, 2-0, at the halftime break.
 
Slippery Rock got a goal from Sydney Patrick16 minutes into the second half, and Briona Rice finished a cross from Rice three minutes later to increase it to 4-0.
 
The Rock added another goal in the 73^rd minute to set the final at 5-0.
 
Grimm suffered the loss and slipped to 0-2-1 overall and 0-1-0 in the PSAC West after facing 37 Slippery Rock shots, making a career-high nine saves, and allowing five goals.  Emma Morin played the final 17 minutes in goal for the Mountain Cats, saw six shots and made three saves.
 
Rock goalkeeper Leah Allman picked-up her first shutout of the year and improved to 2-1-0 overall and 1-0-0 in the PSAC West and facing four Mountain Cat shots and making one save.
 
With the victory, Slippery Rock improved to 2-1-0 overall and 1-0-0 in the PSAC West.
 
The Mountain Cats will host a PSAC West match against Gannon on Saturday, starting at 2 p.m. at the Pitt-Johnstown Soccer Field, before visiting Indiana (PA) for a conference match on Sept. 13.