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Game Recap: Field Hockey |

No. 16 Field Hockey Shuts Out Vermont

Winter and Kuiper Score, Nicholls Has Eight Saves in 2-0 Win

BURLINGTON, Vermont - No. 16 Rutgers field hockey completed an opening weekend sweep on Sunday afternoon, grabbing a 2-0 road win at the University of Vermont. Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Emily Nicholls made eight saves against the reigning America East champions to stretch RU's record to 2-0 after the first two contests in 2025. Puck Winter and Sophie Kuiper were the goal scorers for RU.

On the game, RU had a 12-11 advantage in shots, while earning eight penalty corners to the hosts three.

The contest remained scoreless through the opening 30 minutes of play. The visitors then came out of the intermission on the attack, with the Scarlet Knights tallying both of the game's goals in the third stanza.

In the 33rd minute of action, RU earned a pair of penalty corners, and then following action there were awarded a penalty stroke. Puck Winter stepped up to the spot for the Scarlet Knights and buried the chance over the goalkeeper's right shoulder for a 1-0 lead.

RU scored again just five minutes later. This time, it was Sophie Kuiper who tallied the goal, finishing off a score. Olivia de Zwaan sent a great ball down the left side to Olivia Fraticelli to start the play. Fraticelli then centered a pass across the goal for Kuiper to hammer home.

That gave RU a two goal advantage, which the Scarlet Knights' defense locked down for the team's first shutout victory of the season. Nicholls had five of her eight saves in the second half to secure the victory.

 
Postgame Quotes

"The team is playing some excellent hockey, especially this early in the season," head coach Meredith Civico said. "The connections are improving with each training and match. The goalkeeping from Emily Nicholls was outstanding today. This coming weekend will be a great test for the squad as we travel to Columbus to face a pair of ACC teams."

Postagme Notes
  • Redshirt freshman Emily Nicholls played the duration in the cage, earning her first collegiate shutout. She also allowed no goals through three quarters played in the opener, giving her 11 total saves and zero goals allowed through her first seven quarters of collegiate field hockey.
     
  • Nicholls became the first goalkeeper during Meredith Civico's 14 season tenure as RU head coach to not allow a goal across their first two collegiate starts. It marked the second most saves by any RU freshman goalkeeper since 2013, with 32 games started by freshmen goalkeepers in that span.

  • Puck Winter and Sophie Kuiper, two of RU's three top returning goal scorers, each tallied their first goal of the season. Through two games, RU now has seven goals from seven different goal scorers.

  • Olivia Fraticelli had her first collegiate assist. The junior had her first three collegiate points this weekend after also scoring a goal in the season opener Friday.

  • Up next, RU will remain on the road next weekend. The Scarlet Knights fly to Columbus, Ohio for a pair of neutral site games against ACC opponents on the campus of Ohio State. Rutgers will face No. 11 Syracuse on Friday at 1 pm and then play No. 3 Virginia on Sunday at 11 am.
     

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