Puck Winter
- 2023 Awards: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, Second Team All-American, First Team All-Big Ten, First Team All-Region
Last season, Winter held the nation’s lead with 12 defensive saves. That was the second highest single season total in program history. With 16 defensive saves in her career, Winter is third all-time in defensive saves. She trails just Tiffany Klebez (19 from 2001-04) and Brandi Bailey (24 from 1993-96) on the program’s all-time leaderboard in the stat.
Guillermina Causarano
- 2023 Awards: First Team All-Big Ten, First Team All-Region
The two-time team captain had a breakthrough offensive campaign in her third season ‘On the Banks’. Causarano led the team with 12 goals and eight assists for 32 points, finishing in the top-10 on RU’s all-time single-season lists for goals (seventh) and points (eight).
Paulina Niklaus
- 2023 Awards: Second Team All-Big Ten, Second Team All-Region, Big Ten All-Tournament Team
In her debut season, Niklaus started 17 games with three goals and four assists, including the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over No. 16 Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals.
Ava Cickavage
- 2023 Awards: Second Team All-Big Ten, Second Team All-Region
Joining RU for her second collegiate season after debuting in 2022 for Wake Forest, Cickavage made an instant impact for the program in the midfield, starting all 19 games.
Sophia Howard
- 2023 Awards: Second Team All-Region
The two-time team captain from New Zealand excelled in the cage in 2024. The goalkeeper posted a career-best 1.25 goals-against-average and 0.752 save percentage with 82 saves and six shutouts.
Bridy Molyneaux
The Fair Haven, N.J. native returns for her fifth season ‘On the Banks’. She has scored 18 goals across 45 starts in 75 total games played at forward.
Rutgers captains for this upcoming season will be Sophia Howard, Bridy Molyneaux, Guillermina Causarano and Paulina Niklaus.