No. 22 Women's Lacrosse Hosts No. 11 Maryland Saturday

Saturday, March 18

Piscataway, N.J.

Noon

Rutgers University

Maryland

No. 22 Women's Lacrosse Hosts No. 11 Maryland Saturday

Mar 17 | Women's Lacrosse

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PISCATAWAY – No. 22 Rutgers women's lacrosse (4-3, 0-1) hosts No. 11 Maryland (6-3, 0-0) on Saturday for a noon game at SHI Stadium. The game serves as both Alumnae & Letterwinners Day and Youth Lacrosse Day. The game will be streamed on Big Ten Plus and WRSU (88.7 FM) will provide radio coverage.

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.

Last Time Out

The Scarlet Knights earned a gritty come-from-behind 12-10 victory over Vanderbilt on Monday in Nashville, Tennessee.
Down 10-9 in the fourth quarter, the Scarlet Knights netted three consecutive goals in the final nine minutes of the game to secure their fourth win of the season. Graduate student Marin Hartshorn netted the tying goal, while senior Cassidy Spilis scored the go-ahead goal.
Hartshorn finished with a game-high six points on three goals and three assists against Vanderbilt, including the 100th goal of her career, while Spilis and junior Kate Carolonza both added hat tricks. Senior Ashley Campo also tallied three points on the day with two crucial goals and an assist.

What to Know

Graduate student Marin Hartshorn has dominated in the past three games, producing four or more points in each of her past three games, including a season-high six in the win over Vanderbilt. Hartshorn now leads the team with 24 points this season.
Senior defender Meghan Ball leads the country with 3.86 caused turnovers per game. The two-time IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week also leads the Big Ten in draw controls per game (7.14) and ground balls per game (3.86) through the first seven games.
As a defense, Rutgers ranks third in the Big Ten and 22nd nationally with a 9.57 scoring defense.
Senior Cassidy Spilis has been one of the top scorers in the country this season, with her 23 goals ranking third in the Big Ten and 26th nationally. Spilis is averaging 3.29 goals per game and is also sixth in the conference with 1.29 caused turnovers per game.
At 167 career goals, Spilis needs seven goals to pass Heather Jones (1991-94) for second all-time at Rutgers.
Two Scarlet Knights hit career milestones during the spring break trip. Hartshorn netted the 100th goal of her career in the win against Vanderbilt, while junior goalkeeper Sophia Cardello saved the 300th shot of her career last week against Penn State.

Records, Milestones to Watch

Cassidy Spilis is three ground balls away from 100 for her career (97 total).
Cassidy Spilis is seven goals away from passing Heather Jones for No. 2 on the all-time list.
Cassidy Spilis is nine draw controls away from 200 for her career (191 total).
Jenna Byrne is six points away from 100 for her career (94 total).
Jessica Beneducci is eight ground balls away from 100 for her career (92 total).

Statistical Leaders

Meghan Ball
- CTs-Per-Game: 3.86 (First B1G, First NCAA)
- DCs-Per-Game: 7.14 (First B1G, 12th NCAA)
- GBs-Per-Game: 3.86 (First B1G, 6th NCAA)
Cassidy Spilis
- Goals: 23 (Fifth B1G, 26th NCAA)
- Goals-Per-Game: 3.29 (2nd B1G, 30th NCAA)
- CTs-Per-Game: 1.29 (Sixth B1G)
Marin Hartshorn
- Assists: 11 (Fourth B1G, 50th NCAA)
- Assists-Per-Game: 1.57 (Fourth B1G)
- Points: 24 (Ninth B1G)
Jenna Byrne
- Assists: 9 (Sixth B1G)
- Assists-Per-Game: 1.29 (Sixth B1G)
Sophia Cardello
- Save Percentage: .504 (Second B1G, 13th NCAA)
- GAA: 9.25 (Second B1G, 20th NCAA)
- Saves: 64 (Third B1G, 22nd NCAA)
- Saves-Per-Game: 9.14 (First B1G, 30th NCAA)

Scouting Maryland and Series History

The Terrapins enter Saturday's matchup after it downed Georgetown, 13-4, on Wednesday in College Park.
Emily Sterling starred in goal for the Terps, making a season-high 15 saves and only allowing four goals for a .789 save percentage, the highest of her career while playing all 60 minutes.
Maryland is on a three game winning streak, outscoring its opponents by a score of 50-14 in the wins. Kori Edmondson has led the offense, scoring 10 goals and adding two assists on only 14 shots. Emily Sterlng has a .641 save percentage during the win streak.
This past week, Abby Bosco was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and Shaylan Ahearn was named the Big Ten Midfielder of the Week.
Maryland leads the all-time series with Rutgers, 23-1. The schools last met in last year's Big Ten Tournament final - an 18-8 victory for the Terrapins on May 8, 2022 at SHI Stadium.

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