Thursday, April 8
College Park, MD
5 PM
Rutgers University
at
Maryland
Photo by: Mitch Leff
No. 23 Women’s Lacrosse Begins Weekend Action at No. 9 Maryland on BTN
Apr 07 | Women's Lacrosse
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Playing in its first game in two weeks, No. 23 Rutgers women's lacrosse (3-5) faces No. 9 Maryland (5-3) on Thursday night in College Park. The game is slated for a 5 p.m. ET start on BTN, the program's first national broadcast of the 2021 season.
• RU dropped a pair of games against No. 3 Northwestern on March 19 and March 21 in Piscataway.
• The Scarlet Knights are ranked No. 23 in this weeks IWLCA Coaches Poll, marking the seventh consecutive week for RU in the rankings. Rutgers has been ranked as high as No. 14 in the country this season, as second-year head coach Melissa Lehman has the program ranked for the first time since 2013.
• Two Scarlet Knights - sophomores Meghan Ball and Cassidy Spilis - appear on the 2021 Tewaaraton Award watch list. Its the first time since Katie Batiuk in 2007 RU has had a student-athlete on the list and the first time with multiple additions.
• Under Lehman's guidance, Rutgers has already earned its most regular season wins in Big Ten Conference play since joining the league in 2015. The Scarlet Knights' record includes back-to-back home wins over then-No. 19 Ohio State and a road win at Johns Hopkins.
• Spilis has established herself as one of the top offensive players in the conference, as she ranks fourth in goals per game (2.88) and fifth in goals (23). On the defensive side, Ball is third in the Big Ten with 1.75 caused turnovers per game.
• Senior captain Taralyn Naslonski netted her 100th career goal in RU's last outing against No. 3 Northwestern and owns 144 career points. She needs one more point to break into the program's top-10 list.
• Maryland enters Thursday's game with a 5-3 record after it dropped back-to-back games to No. 3 Northwestern last weekend. Prior to its series loss to the Wildcats, the Terrapins had won five consecutive games.
• UMD features four Tewaaraton watch list members - Lizzie Colson, Brindi Griffin, Grace Griffin and Hannah Leubecker. Leubecker leads the team and is third in the conference with 36 points on 35 goals and an assist in eight games.
• Colson leads the Big Ten in caused turnovers (2.75) and ground balls (3.50) per game this season.
• Emily Sterling is the netminder for Maryland and owns a 12.65 goals against average, a .402 save percentage and 66 saves this season.
• Maryland is coached by four-time IWLCA National Coach of the Year Cathy Reese
• Maryland leads the all-time series, 20-0, which includes a 6-0 mark since both joined the Big Ten in 2015.
Rutgers remains in Maryland to face Johns Hopkins at noon ET on Sunday. The game is slated for a national broadcast on ESPNU.
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| What to Know |
• Two Scarlet Knights - sophomores Meghan Ball and Cassidy Spilis - appear on the 2021 Tewaaraton Award watch list. Its the first time since Katie Batiuk in 2007 RU has had a student-athlete on the list and the first time with multiple additions.
• Under Lehman's guidance, Rutgers has already earned its most regular season wins in Big Ten Conference play since joining the league in 2015. The Scarlet Knights' record includes back-to-back home wins over then-No. 19 Ohio State and a road win at Johns Hopkins.
• Spilis has established herself as one of the top offensive players in the conference, as she ranks fourth in goals per game (2.88) and fifth in goals (23). On the defensive side, Ball is third in the Big Ten with 1.75 caused turnovers per game.
• Senior captain Taralyn Naslonski netted her 100th career goal in RU's last outing against No. 3 Northwestern and owns 144 career points. She needs one more point to break into the program's top-10 list.
| Scouting Maryland |
• UMD features four Tewaaraton watch list members - Lizzie Colson, Brindi Griffin, Grace Griffin and Hannah Leubecker. Leubecker leads the team and is third in the conference with 36 points on 35 goals and an assist in eight games.
• Colson leads the Big Ten in caused turnovers (2.75) and ground balls (3.50) per game this season.
• Emily Sterling is the netminder for Maryland and owns a 12.65 goals against average, a .402 save percentage and 66 saves this season.
• Maryland is coached by four-time IWLCA National Coach of the Year Cathy Reese
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