PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers women's lacrosse (4-5, 0-1) takes a break from conference action to play Lafayette (4-3, 0-1) Tuesday afternoon in Easton, Pennsylvania.
 
Last Time Out
Despite hat tricks by three different players and a career-high four assists from Abbey Brooks, the Scarlet Knights dropped their Big Ten Conference opener to No. 6 Northwestern, 23-13, last Thursday at HighPoint.com Stadium.
 
Junior Samantha Budd and sophomores Taralyn Naslonski and Julia Lytle all netted three goals apiece in the loss to the Wildcats. For Naslonski, it was her team-high seventh hat trick of the 2019 season, while Lytle's three scores marked the first trifecta of her career.
 
Scouting Lafayette
Lafayette enters Tuesday's game after it dropped an 11-10 game to Holy Cross last Saturday. The Leopards scored three-unanswered goals in the final 4:12 of regulation to trim the Holy Cross lead to just one, but time out run out for the home team in its Patriot League opener.
 
Jane Kirby leads the Lafayette offense in points (27) and goals (23) through the team's first seven games. Anna Stein has dished out a team-high nine assists, while Hannah Davey has corralled a team-high 30 draw controls.
 
Quinn Lacy owns 9.53 GAA and a .570 save percentage with 82 stopped shots in cage for the Leopards.
 
Series History
Rutgers leads the all-time series with Lafayette, 11-7, which includes wins in the last three meetings. Last season, the Scarlet Knights muscled a 12-9 victory over the Leopards, as Budd produced a game-high five points on three goals and two assists. Brooks and Naslonski also had two goals apiece in the victory.
 
Within the B1G
Within the Big Ten, Naslonski is second in goals-per-game (3.20) and points-per-game (4.70) and is sixth in assists-per-game (1.50). Brooks is eighth in the league in assists-per-game with a 1.30 average, while Budd is eighth in points-per-game with a 3.40 average.
 
Up Next
Rutgers remains on the road to take on No. 17 Johns Hopkins on Saturday in Baltimore.
 
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