Women’s Lacrosse Travels for Weekend Tilt at Marist

Saturday, February 22

Poughkeepsie, NY

1 PM

Rutgers University

Marist College

Women’s Lacrosse Travels for Weekend Tilt at Marist

Feb 21 | Women's Lacrosse

Live Stream: Red Fox Network Live Stats Game Notes: vs. Marist Season Stats Mic'd Up: Monica Dresnin

Scarlet Knights look to move to 4-0 under first-year head coach Melissa Lehman

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers women's lacrosse (3-0) hits the road to face Marist (0-3) on Saturday in Poughkeepsie, New York. The 1 p.m. matchup takes place at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field and will stream live via Red Fox Network.

What to Know
• The Scarlet Knights secured their best start to a season since 2010 with their 13-11 win over Delaware last Saturday at SHI Stadium. Rookie Cassidy Spilis and junior Taralyn Naslonski each netted four goals in the victory, as Naslonski became the 25th player in program history to join the 100 point career club (101: 71 G, 30 A).
• The win moved RU to 3-0 under head coach Melissa Lehman, marking the best start for a first-year head coach at Rutgers in program history. Rutgers is 3-0 for the first since the 2010 season, when the Scarlet Knights began that campaign with five consecutive wins, including triumphs over two ranked foes (No. 7 Princeton, No. 20 Cornell).
• For the first time in program history, Rutgers swept the Big Ten Conference's weekly awards, as Spilis (Offensive & Rookie) and freshman goalkeeper Alonna Gliksman (Defensive) were recognized by the league office. It was 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.
• 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 and also had 12 stops against Temple last Wednesday.

Scouting Marist
• Picked to finish fourth in the 2020 MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, Marist enters Saturday's game with a 0-3 record, most recently losing to Cornell, 18-13, on Wednesday in Ithaca, New York. Saturday will be the Red Foxes' first home game of the 2020 season.
• Preseason All-MAAC selection Samantha Mehalick leads Marist with eight points on eight goals through its first three games. Devon Connolly has netted seven goals, while Kelly George and Romy Villemure have dished out a team high three assists.
• Delaney Galvin has played all 180 minutes in cage for the Red Foxes this season, collecting 33 saves to go along with a .407 save percentage and 16.00 goals against average.
• Marist is led by 10^th-year head coach Jessica Wilkinson, the winningest coach in program history.

Series History
• Rutgers is 4-0 all-time against the Red Foxes, which includes a 13-9 victory last season in Piscataway. Samantha Budd and Marin Hartshorn were two of three Scarlet Knights to net hat tricks against Marist in the last installment, while Naslonski dished out a game-high three assists.
• The programs met in three previous seasons from 2001-03, all RU wins.

Up Next
Rutgers remains on the road to face No. 11 UPenn on Wednesday (Feb. 26) for a 6 p.m. game in Philadelphia.

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