PISCATAWAY, N.J. – No. 17 Rutgers women's lacrosse (1-0) hosts Army (0-1) on Wednesday at SHI Stadium. The matchup is slated for a 5 p.m. ET draw and will stream on Big Ten Plus. Admission to all 2022 home games is free.
Parking for 2022 women's lacrosse home games is also free, but visitors must register their vehicle with the University through
this link. Visitors only need to register their vehicle once for the entire season. Parking for 2022 home games is in the Scarlet Lot outside the West entrance of SHI Stadium.
- The Scarlet Knights opened their season with a convincing 16-8 win over Delaware last Saturday in Newark. Graduate student Taralyn Naslonski netted a game-high four goals, while graduate student Stephanie Kelly and senior Marin Hartshorn contributed four points apiece in the victory.
- RU never trailed in the game, outshot the Blue Hens, 35-19, and caused 17 turnovers. Junior Cassidy Spilis produced a hat trick to go along with four draw controls, two ground balls and two caused turnovers. Classmate Meghan Ball added a game-high six draw controls and three caused turnovers.
- Rutgers remained No. 17 in the ILWomen/IWLCA poll and moved back one spot to No. 17 in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Top 20. Six Big Ten programs – No. 5 Northwestern, No. 8 Maryland, No. 11 Michigan, No. 17 Rutgers, No. 21 Johns Hopkins and No. 25 Penn State – are all ranked in the first ILWomen/IWLCA regular-season poll.
- Hartshorn (103) and Spilis (102) both secured the 100th draw control of their careers during last weekend's win at Delaware. Ball (99) needs one more draw control to join Hartshorn and Spilis in the exclusive club.
- Hartshorn is one point away from 100 for her career. She will become the 26th player in program history with 100-plus career points. Hartshorn has produced 55 goals and 44 assists since her first collegiate season in 2019.
- Naslonski sits at 180 points and 125 goals for her career, both sixth all-time at Rutgers. With 20 points this season, Naslonski can become just the fourth Scarlet Knight with 200 points for her career, joining Denise Reed (232; 1987-90), Katie Batiuk (216; 2004-07) and Heather Jones (206; 1991-94).
- Spilis (83) is 17 points away from 100 for her career.
- Army arrives in Piscataway after it lost 16-5 to No. 22 Temple last Saturday in Philadelphia. The game was the debut for first-year head coach Michelle Tumolo, as Caroline Raymond paced the squad with two goals, three draw controls and a ground ball in the loss.
- The Black Knights finished 5-4 last season, which included a tough 10-8 loss to Lehigh in the first round of the Patriot League Championships.
- This will be the first meeting between the two schools.
- Rutgers hits the road to face Georgetown on Saturday (Feb. 19) in Washington D.C. The game is set for a 3 p.m. ET start.
