ANN ARBOR, Mich. – No. 23 Rutgers women's lacrosse (4-5, 0-3) lost at No. 15 Michigan (8-4, 2-1), 14-4, on Friday night in Ann Arbor. Playing their fifth ranked team in six outings, the Scarlet Knights were held to a season-low 10 shots at U-M Lacrosse Stadium.

Rookie Ava Kane netted two goals - her second multi-point outing in Big Ten action - to pace the Scarlet Knights' offense, while graduate student Marin Hartshorn and junior Kate Carolonza added a goal apiece. Senior Meghan Ball produced team highs in caused turnovers (five) and draw controls (four), and junior goalkeeper Sophia Cardello stopped a game-high 12 shots in the loss.

Michigan scored the first two goals of the night before Carolonza finished an unassisted attempt with 5:37 left in the opening quarter to make it just a 2-1 game. The Wolverines used 17-5 shooting advantage and a 7-4 win on the draw in the first half to take an 8-1 lead into halftime.

Kane scored back-to-back goals out of the locker room, including a finish off the pass from graduate student Marin Hartshorn, but UM used a 3-2 scoring advantage in the third quarter for an 11-3 lead through 45 minutes. Michigan would add three more goals in the fourth to secure the conference win.

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Rutgers faces RV Johns Hopkins on Saturday, April 1 in Baltimore. First draw is set for 11 a.m. ET with the game set to be streamed on Big Ten Plus.