PISCATAWAY – No. 8 Rutgers women's lacrosse (2-0) hosts Georgetown (1-1) for its home opener on Saturday at SHI Stadium. First draw is set for 1 p.m. and will stream on Big Ten Plus.
Admission and parking for all home games are free. Fans planning to park must register their vehicles with the University through
this link. Visitors only need to register their vehicle once for the entire season. Parking for 2023 home games is in the Scarlet Lot outside the West entrance of SHI Stadium.
Saturday's game will also be the program's Morgan's Message game. Morgan's Message strives to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health within the student-athlete community and equalize the treatment of physical and mental health in athletics. Fans can find more information on Morgan's Message
here.
- The Scarlet Knights collected an 11-5 win at Monmouth on Wednesday to move to 2-0 on the season. Senior Cassidy Spilis netted a game-high four goals, while RU's defense shutout the Hawks in the second half.
- Rutgers' defense registered another dominant outing, forcing Monmouth into 28 turnovers and allowing single-digit goals for the second consecutive game. Rutgers allowed just five shots in the second half, as eight Scarlet Knights forced at least one turnover. Junior goalkeeper Sophia Cardello earned her second win thanks to eight saves.
- Spilis' four goals put her at 150 for her career, as she became just the fourth student-athlete in program history to exceed the 150 mark.
- On the defensive side, classmate Meghan Ball caused a game-high seven turnovers to surpass 100 for her career. Ball needs just five caused turnovers to pass Kristen Checksfield (2000-03) for the program record.
- Ball was named the IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday. She became the first Scarlet Knight to earn IWLCA Defensive Player of the Week laurels in program history and the first IWLCA weekly winner since classmate Cassidy Spilis earned offensive honors in 2021. Her weekly Big Ten Defensive accolade is the fourth of her career.
- Ball tallied an impressive stat line in Sunday's come-from-behind win at No. 19 Jacksonville with 10 draw controls, five ground balls and four caused turnovers. The four caused turnovers marked the 17th time Ball has caused three or more turnovers in a game during her collegiate career.
- Meghan Ball is five caused turnovers away from passing Kristin Checksfield (2000-03) for the most in program history.
- Meghan Ball is eight draw controls away from passing Cathy Pecha (1982-83) for the most in program history.
- Cassidy Spilis is eight ground balls away from 100 for her career.
- Marin Hartshorn is 10 goals away from 100 for her career.
- Jenna Byrne is 10 points away from 100 for her career.
- The Hoyas are 1-1 this season after losing to Towson, 13-12, on Sunday in Washington D.C. Georgetown opened the season with an 18-5 win at American last Saturday.
- The Hoyas finished 9-9 last season and advanced to the Big East semifinals.
- Rutgers is 4-21 all-time against Georgetown. Rutgers defeated the Hoyas, 17-16, last season – RU's first over Georgetown since 1999.
- Rutgers travels to face Army on Saturday, February 25 in West Point, New York.
