Women’s Lacrosse Sweeps Big Ten Weekly Awards
Feb 18 | Women's Lacrosse
Spilis (Offensive & Rookie), Gliksman (Defensive) claim first career individual B1G accolades
ROSEMONT, Ill. – For the first time in program history, Rutgers women's lacrosse swept all three Big Ten Player of the Week awards, as freshmen Cassidy Spilis (Offensive & Rookie) and Alonna Gliksman (Defensive) were recognized by the league office on Tuesday.
The duo has helped first-year head coach Melissa Lehman and the Scarlet Knights to a 3-0 start for the first time in a decade, with RU last accomplishing the feat to begin the 2010 campaign. This marks just the ninth time a school has swept the conference's weekly awards since the Big Ten began sponsoring women's lacrosse in 2015.
Spilis registered back-to-back four-goal outings in Rutgers' wins over Temple and Delaware last week, combining for 10 draw controls, eight goals and three ground balls during that span. Through the first two weeks of the season, Spilis is fifth in the Big Ten with 3.3 goals per game and tied for 17th nationally with 10 goals scored in her first three collegiate outings.
Gliksman owns a 3-0 mark in cage for the Scarlet Knights to begin her collegiate career, which includes back-to-back victories over the Owls and Blue Hens. The Branchburg, New Jersey, native produced a career-high 13 saves in RU's 13-11 win against Delaware last Saturday and also had 12 stops against Temple last Wednesday. Gliksman is second in the Big Ten with 11.33 saves per game and fourth in the country with 34 saves. Gliksman has also contributed six ground balls in Rutgers' first three games of 2020.
The Scarlet Knights return to action on Saturday when they face Marist for a 1 p.m. matchup in Poughkeepsie, New York.
The duo has helped first-year head coach Melissa Lehman and the Scarlet Knights to a 3-0 start for the first time in a decade, with RU last accomplishing the feat to begin the 2010 campaign. This marks just the ninth time a school has swept the conference's weekly awards since the Big Ten began sponsoring women's lacrosse in 2015.
Spilis registered back-to-back four-goal outings in Rutgers' wins over Temple and Delaware last week, combining for 10 draw controls, eight goals and three ground balls during that span. Through the first two weeks of the season, Spilis is fifth in the Big Ten with 3.3 goals per game and tied for 17th nationally with 10 goals scored in her first three collegiate outings.
Gliksman owns a 3-0 mark in cage for the Scarlet Knights to begin her collegiate career, which includes back-to-back victories over the Owls and Blue Hens. The Branchburg, New Jersey, native produced a career-high 13 saves in RU's 13-11 win against Delaware last Saturday and also had 12 stops against Temple last Wednesday. Gliksman is second in the Big Ten with 11.33 saves per game and fourth in the country with 34 saves. Gliksman has also contributed six ground balls in Rutgers' first three games of 2020.
The Scarlet Knights return to action on Saturday when they face Marist for a 1 p.m. matchup in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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