PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- Still bothered by its experience in 2011, Slippery Rock's football team worried that its loss in Saturday's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference title game might've again cost the team a spot in the NCAA Division II playoffs.
The Rock's resume convinced the selection committee that Slippery Rock deserved one of the bracket's 24 playoff spots this time.
Slippery Rock secured a place in the D-II playoffs for the first time since 1999, as it earned the No. 5 seed in Super Region One. The Rock (9-2), which watched the unveiling of the bracket Sunday night, will travel to play No. 4 Winston-Salem State (9-1) on Saturday.
This past weekend, The Rock lost the PSAC title game, 42-38, to Bloomsburg. Because it entered that game as No. 5 in the Super Region One rankings and knew only the top six would advance to the playoffs, Slippery Rock feared it fell out of postseason positioning.
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