Women’s Lacrosse Hosts Michigan Thursday Night on BTN

Thursday, April 12

Piscataway, NJ

7:00pm

Rutgers University

Michigan

Women’s Lacrosse Hosts Michigan Thursday Night on BTN

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Scarlet Knights looking for fourth win over Wolverines in as many chances

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers women's lacrosse hosts Michigan in Big Ten Conference action on Thursday, April 12, at High Point Solutions Stadium. The 7 p.m. ET matchup with the Wolverines will air live on BTN, with Jason Knapp and Sheehan Stanwick Burch on the call.

Promotions and Giveaways
The first 100 fans in attendance will receive a Rutgers women's lacrosse pinnie.

Last Time Out
Rutgers dropped a 14-6 road matchup at No. 2 Maryland last Friday in College Park. Senior Paige Paratore recorded her 10th multi-goal outing of the season, while senior Nicole Kopyta, junior Allie Ferrara, sophomore Samantha Budd and freshman Taralyn Naslonski all added scores against the Terrapins.

The Scarlet Knights held UMD below their 6.41 second-half scoring average, allowing just five goals in the final 30 minutes of play. Junior Devon Kearns saved 11 shots, the second time she has done that in as many games, while RU forced Maryland into 13 turnovers. RU produced 16 ground balls to UMD's 14, with senior Amanda Casten corralling a game-high five ground balls to go along with a game-high two caused turnovers.

Scouting Michigan
The Maize and Blue enter Thursday's matchup with a 5-9 mark, including a 1-3 record in Big Ten Conference action. In their last time out, the Wolverines suffered a close 10-8 loss to No. 24 Johns Hopkins on April 8 in Ann Arbor. Michigan led 3-0 against the ranked Blue Jays before JHU used a 7-0 scoring run in the first half to put the game away.

Adriana Pendino leads the team with 32 points on 30 goals and two assists, while Caitlin Muir has dished out a team-high seven helpers. Allie Kothari and Mira Shane have split time in cage for Michigan, with Shane leading the program with 60 saves and a 11.56 GAA.

On defense, Madison Richardson has caused 18 turnovers, while Maggie Handlaln scooped up a team-high 24 ground balls.

The Series
Rutgers leads the all-time series with Michigan, 3-0, as both programs entered the Big Ten Conference at the same time in 2015. Last season, Budd, Kopyta and Kristina Dunphey all produced hat-tricks to help Rutgers defeat Michigan, 16-14, last year in Ann Arbor.

Bianca Dente recorded seven saves, including a clutch stop in the final seconds to secure her eighth win of the season. Then-sophomore Abbey Brooks led RU with three ground balls, while Paratore caused three UM turnovers in the win.

Tough 2018 Schedule
Rutgers possesses one of the toughest schedules in the country and has already been put to the test midway through the season.

The Scarlet Knights have already played three of the Top-10 programs in the country in No. 2 Maryland, No. 4 James Madison and No. 9 UPenn, and have also faced No. 17 Penn State.

RU will close out the regular season with back-to-back ranked foes in No. 7 Northwestern (April 21) and No. 22 Johns Hopkins (April 28).

Navaroli Closing in on DC Milestone
Senior Alana Navaroli is sixth in program history with 97 draw controls for her career. The captain needs just three more to become the sixth Scarlet Knight to reach the 100-draw control milestone for her career.

Paratore Filling the Stat Sheet
Paratore has produced 10 multi-goal outings this season, the most for RU in 2018. Paratore has scored two or more goals in six of her last seven games and has four hat tricks in 2018.

Historic Night for Casten
In RU's 14-8 win over Niagara on March 27, senior defender Amanda Casten tied the program mark for caused turnovers in a single game (seven), also held by Regan Teti (vs. Monmouth on March 20, 1998) and Kristin Checksfield (vs. Hofstra on March 15, 2003). Casten leads the team this season with 24 caused turnovers.

Next Time Out
The Scarlet Knights travel to Evanston, Illinois to face No. 7 Northwestern on Saturday, April 21.

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