Women's Lacrosse Remains on Road to Take on No. 24 Rutgers

Saturday, February 24

Piscataway, NJ

1:00 PM

Army West Point

Rutgers University

Women's Lacrosse Remains on Road to Take on No. 24 Rutgers

February 23, 2024 | Women's Lacrosse

WEST POINT, NY - Army West Point women's lacrosse (0-3) will play its third consecutive game on the road taking on No. 24 Rutgers (3-0) at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday from SHI Stadium. The game can be streamed live on B1G+.

WATCH | LIVE STATS | PARKING REGISTRATION

LAST TIME OUT

Army was defeated by a score of 12-11 at Siena last Saturday.
Brigid Duffy led the Black Knights with four goals and seven draw controls to go along with three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Allison Reilly also deposited four goals to go along with an assist.
Sarah Chernik forced three turnovers off the bench while picking up a pair of ground balls.
Army outshot the Saints 19-7 in the second half.

QUICK HITS

Brigid Duffy currently leads the Patriot League with six caused turnovers.
Duffy ranks in the top-ten in the conference in goals (9), assists (4), points (13), draw controls (15) and ground balls (9).
She has posted at least four points and four draw controls in each game this season.
Duffy and Sarah Chernik are one of two Patriot League teammates to each boast five-plus caused turnovers this season.
Gabrielle Mirak and Allison Reilly have each scored a goal in every game this season along with Duffy.
Reilly has gone 12-18 on free-position shots in her career, with the .667 percentage being tops in program history.
Haley Kampert made her first career start last week at Siena, and has caused four turnovers and picked up five ground balls in her last two games.
Lindsey Serafine has made 13 saves to lead Army in the cage this season while Anderson Strange has logged four saves across two relief appearances.
Duffy is five points away from becoming the tenth cadet in program history to reach 100 career points.
Julia Gorajek is ten goals away from becoming the fourth member of the 100-goal club.

SERIES HISTORY

It marks the third straight season that Army matches up with Rutgers.
The all-time series sits at 1-1.
Army knocked off the Scarlet Knights 10-5 last season at West Point.
It marked the first-ever victory over a top-10 opponent for Army.
Rutgers won the lone meeting in Piscataway 16-9 in 2022.
Duffy had a team-high three goals in last season's matchup.
Lacey Bartholomay made 12 saves on 17 shots faced in the win.

SCOUTING THE SCARLET KNIGHTS

Rugters comes in ranked No. 24 in the IWLCA/ILWomen poll.
The Scarlet Knights were picked to finish sixth in the Big Ten Preseason Poll following a (8-9, 1-5 B1G) season in 2023.
Graduate student defender Jessica Beneducci and midfielder Cassidy Spilis were named to the Preseason All-B1G team along with senior goalkeeper Sophia Cardello.
Spilis has been the B1G Midfielder of the Week in each of the past two weeks as she has posted a robust 13 goals and 21 draw controls through three games.
Cardello has been strong in the cage with a .537 save-percentage and 6.88 GAA so far.
Senior midfielder Ashley Moynahan has also had a hot start with six points, ten ground balls, five caused turnovers and five draw controls.

The Black Knights will return home following the matchup, taking on Hofstra at Michie Stadium on Saturday, March 2nd at noon.