EVANSTON, Ill. – Rutgers women's lacrosse (7-9, 1-4) suffered a 19-7 loss to No. 7 Northwestern (13-3, 5-0) Saturday afternoon in Evanston, Illinois. Freshman Taralyn Naslonski collected her third hat trick of the season, while redshirt senior Nicole Kopyta added two goals in the loss to the Wildcats, who earned their eight consecutive win.
 
The Scarlet Knights forced Northwestern into 22 turnovers, as junior Regina Sharp caused a game-high four turnovers to go along with three ground balls. Sophomore Brianna Cirino added a career-high three caused turnovers on Saturday, while senior Amanda Casten caused three of her own to go along with a team-high four ground balls.
 
Naslonski opened the first half with an unassisted strike to make it a 2-1 game at the 24:26 mark, with the Wildcats then muscling a 4-0 scoring run in response. Kopyta countered with back-to-back goals, but NU ended the first half with a 13-5 lead. Naslonski added her third goal of the day late in the second half, but Northwestern would hold on for the win.
 
Rutgers shifts its focus to next Saturday when it hosts No. 25 Johns Hopkins on April 28 at High Point Solutions Stadium. The 1 p.m. game is Senior Day, as the program will honor its eight graduating Scarlet Knights. It will also be the team's One Love Foundation game.
 
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