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Rutgers women’s lacrosse hold steady in Week 2’s USA Lacrosse rankings

Coming off a 15-8 victory over Georgetown, No. 7 Rutgers holds steady in Week 2’s Nike / USA Women’s Lacrosse power rankings.

No. 7 Rutgers holds steady in Week 2’s Nike / USA Women’s Lacrosse power rankings. Coming off a 15-8 victory over Georgetown, the Scarlet Knights will try to seek their fourth consecutive win as they take on Army this Saturday. According to ILWomen/IWLCA Division I rankings, the 3-0 No. 9 Scarlet Knights moved back one spot, switching places with 2-0 No. 8 Loyola.

Against Georgetown, Rutgers Cassidy Spilis and Marin Hartshorn combined for 11 points as the Scarlet Knights dropped 15 goals. Rutgers Meghan Ball, anchoring Rutgers’ back line, provided excellent defense for the Scarlet Knights, causing a program record six turnovers. Ball also contributed four groundballs, guiding the Scarlet Knights to an easy victory.

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Before starting Big Ten play against Penn State on March 11, the Scarlet Knights have one more non-conference game against Army. Unranked Army is riding a three-game winning streak as they prepare for a home game against the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers’ team leader in goals, Cassidy Spilis, will look to continue her dominant play. Spilis has 12 goals this season, five more than any Army player. Going up against goalie Lacey Bartholomay with a 66% save percentage, Rutgers will be challenged against Army as the Scarlet Knights seek their fourth consecutive win this season.

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Rutgers Women’s Lacrosse coach wins Coach of the Year

Rutgers women’s lacrosse program announced on Tuesday that head coach Melissa Lehman was named the 2022 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association’s Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year. 

Rutgers women’s lacrosse program announced on Tuesday that head coach Melissa Lehman was named the 2022 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association’s Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year.

Each year, the IWLCA names four regional coaches of the year and an overall Division 1 coach of the year. Under Lehman’s tutelage, the Scarlet Knights enjoyed their most successful season in program history with a school-record 16 victories including wins over six ranked opponents, its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance, and the first top-10 finish in the final IWLCA Coaches Poll in school history, settling in at No. 10.

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Lehman was also named 2022 Big Ten Coach of the Year after the team’s historic season in-conference. The program achieved a school-record five All-Big Ten selections and they also had 2022 Big Ten Midfielder of the Year in junior Cassidy Spilis. To further show her influence and impact on and off the field, five Scarlet Knights earned All-America accolades, including three who landed on the IWLCA All-America squad. Rutgers also finished with four IWLCA All-Region picks for the second consecutive season and landed 26 student-athletes on the Academic All-Big Ten Team – 14 were also named 2022 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars all under Lehman’s guidance

The Scarlet Knights earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament for just the third time in school history, the second time with Lehman as head coach. Rutgers muscled an opening-round victory over No. 24 Saint Joseph’s. before falling to No. 5 Stony Brook in the second round.

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Lehman – a New Jersey native is entering her fourth year as head coach at Rutgers after spending a decade on the coaching staff at her alma mater, the University of Penn. With Lehamn at the helm, the future is bright for the women’s lacrosse program.

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Geo Baker, Taralyn Naslonski awarded Big Ten Medal of Honor

Rutgers men’s basketball player Geo baker receives the prestigious Big Ten Medal of Honor for his excellence on and off the court

Geo Baker of the men’s basketball team was one of two Rutgers student-athletes who were named recipients of the esteemed Big Ten Medal of Honor.

The Big Ten Medal of Honor is awarded annually to one male and one female student-athlete from the graduating class of each conference school who have been strong examples both on and off the field throughout their collegiate careers. Started in 1914, the conference’s most exclusive award was the first of its kind in college athletics to recognize academic and athletic excellence. The other Scarlet Knight to receive the award was grad student Taralyn Naslonski of the women’s lacrosse squad.

Big Ten schools currently feature roughly 10,000 student-athletes across all sports, but only 28 earn this prestigious award on an annual basis. In more than 100 years of the Big Ten Medal of Honor being awarded, more than 1,500 student-athletes have earned the distinction.

Men’s basketball head coach Steve Pikiell spoke about Baker receiving this distinguished honor in a press release:

“I am so proud of Geo baker for being the Rutgers recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor. He is the first men’s basketball player at Rutgers to win the award and my first player to receive this honor. Geo has been an exemplary ambassador for our program on and off the court and it couldn’t have been given to a better person. I am truly grateful to have coached Geo for the past five seasons at Rutgers and he has a bright future in whatever he decides to pursue in his career after college basketball. Geo will forever be a part of the Rutgers basketball family.”

Baker averaged 12.0 points on 39.1 percent shooting and 3.9 assists last season as the men’s basketball team collected the most wins since joining the Big Ten. He finished his career No. 2 all-time in program history in assists with 496, No.5 in three-pointers made with 237, No. 4 in steals with 180, No. 8 in points 1,654, and No. 8 in total field goals made 599. Baker was the first and only men’s basketball Scarlet Knight to earn two Big Ten Player of the Week awards and earned three all-conference selections during his time at the university.

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Rutgers women’s lacrosse moves up two spots in final regular season poll

Rutgers women’s lacrosse finished the regular season No. 13 in the final Inside Lacrosse rankings.

Following a midweek win in the Big Ten, Rutgers women’s lacrosse moved up two spots in the final Inside Lacrosse rankings.

Rutgers, who finished the regular season 14-3 (4-2 Big Ten) are currently no. 13 in the final rankings of the regular season. They moved up two spots from last week.

The Scarlet Knights have now won four straight games including consecutive Big Ten wins to close out the season. A week ago, they beat Penn State 18-13 and then this past Thursday, Rutgers downed Ohio State 10-8 on the road.

Rutgers is the third seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament, which they host this year. They will face No. 2 Northwestern on Friday night.

In terms of their NCAA Tournament outlook, Rutgers is eighth nationally in RPI.

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This season, Rutgers tied a program record for most wins. They are looking to build on a solid 2021 season and make a deeper push in the NCAA Tournament.

In 2021, Rutgers finished 7-9 (5-7 Big Ten). They lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Stony Brook.

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Rutgers women’s lacrosse closes out season with third place finish in the Big Ten

Rutgers women’s lacrosse tied a program record for most wins in a season with a win at Ohio State.

It was a strong-setting season for Rutgers women’s lacrosse, who closed out the Big Ten schedule with a midweek win at Ohio State.

Rutgers came into the week ranked No. 15 in the latest Inside Lacrosse rankings and ninth in the most recent RPI update. With a 10-8 win at Ohio State on Wednesday, the Scarlet Knights finish the regular season 14-3 (4-2 Big Ten).

Wednesday was a quality of tight win for Rutgers against an opponent receiving votes in the latest Inside Lacrosse rankings. Rutgers matched a program record for wins in a season.

Rutgers hosts the Big Ten Tournament next week. As the third-seed, they will play Northwestern. The Wildcats have had a very strong season.

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Five Big Ten teams were ranked in the latest poll led by No. 4 Maryland and No. 5 Northwestern and No. 15 Rutgers. The poll rounds out with No. 21 Michigan and No. 25 Johns Hopkins.

It has been a solid season for both the men’s and women’s lax programs. The men finished the regular season third in the nation following an overtime win last Saturday against Penn State.

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Moving on up: Rutgers women’s lacrosse moves up in latest poll

Rutgers women’s lacrosse moved up two spots in the latest Inside Lacrosse weekly poll.

It may have been a difficult week for Rutgers women’s lacrosse, but that didn’t stop the Scarlet Knights from making a move in the latest poll. No. 13 Rutgers have now lost two straight games, but they moved up two spots in this week’s poll.

Rutgers is now the third-highest ranked team from the Big Ten in the most recent ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll. No. 3 Northwestern is followed by No. 8 Maryland.

They are No. 11 in the latest RPI released by the NCAA.

On Saturday, Rutgers lost 21-13 at Northwestern. On the previous weekend, Rutgers dropped a 13-12 overtime loss to No. 23 Arizona State.

Rutgers, now 10-3 on the season with a 2-2 record in the Big Ten, is hoping to bounce back with a midweek game against Wagner.

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The two losses in the Big Ten have been against Northwestern and Maryland, both programs ranked higher than the Scarlet Knights.

Last season, Rutgers beat Drexel in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and then lost in the next round to Stony Brook.

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