PISCATAWAY, N.J – No. 21 Rutgers field hockey has one game this weekend, as the Scarlet Knights will take on No. 6 Princeton. After defeating the Tigers 1-0 last season for the program's highest ranked win in program history, the Scarlet Knights will look to match that feat with Princeton again ranked sixth this year. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and can also be seen in the Philadelphia area on NBC Sports Philadelphia+.
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Rutgers enters the matchup at 3-3 on the season after earning a 2-1 win at Monmouth in its last time on the field Sunday. Behind two goals from
Katie Larmour, the Scarlet Knights snapped Monmouth's 30-game home regular season winning streak.
For the season, Larmour and
Austyn Cuneo share the team with four goals, with Cuneo has added four assists for a team-high 12 points. In between the pipes,
Gianna Glatz holds a 1.17 goals-against-average that is third in the Big Ten.
The game against Princeton represents the fifth ranked foe faced in the team's first seven games and the third of those teams to be ranked in the top-10. After Princeton, Rutgers has seven games against ranked Big Ten teams, with five of those opponents ranked in the top-12.
The Tigers enter the matchup at 3-1 after wins over then-No. 20 Albany and then-No. 17 Penn State last weekend. The team also has a win over then-No. 10 Wake Forest, while its lone loss was at then-No. 1 North Carolina. Each one of the team's four games has been decided by just one goal. Rutgers will represent the fifth ranked foe for PU in a span of seven-straight ranked games to start the year.
Princeton is led offensively by Clara Roth (two goals, four assists) and Hannah Davey (four goals, two assists). Davey is eighth in the nation in goals per game (1.0) and sixth in points per game (2.5).
Last season the
Scarlet Knights shutout Princeton 1-0, marking the highest-ranked victory in school history and the first win for RU over the Tigers since 1995. The Tigers lead the all-time series 19-4-1.
"I think for this game against Princeton, we need to be ready to play a very fast, high tempo style. We are very familiar with them, having played them in both the fall and in the spring during the off season. We know they like to play direct, we know they like to play fast. Playing at Princeton, it's going to be a big crowd, and it's a night game, which I think will be fun for our team. It's always a big rivalry, we love playing Princeton as a close-by, in-state rival. Princeton is a team that is consistently playing for an Ivy League Title, they've won the NCAA championship not too long ago. We like playing a team like them to prepare us for Big 10 play, it's always competitive game."
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