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Wildcats Hit the Road to Face Rutgers, Indiana
9/24/2015 2:40:00 PM | Field Hockey
Northwestern continues three-game road trip to start Big Ten play
| NORTHWESTERN FIELD HOCKEY: GAME DAY INFORMATION | |||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION | BROADCAST | LIVE STATS |
| Friday, Sept. 25 | Rutgers | 1:30 p.m. CT | Bauer Track and Field Complex (Piscataway, N.J.) | None | GameTracker |
| Sunday, Sept. 27 | Indiana | 11 a.m. CT | IU Field Hockey Complex (Bloomington, Ind.) | BTN2Go | SIDEARM |
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- No. 14 Northwestern continues its stretch of three straight road matches to start Big Ten play as it travels to Rutgers on Friday and Indiana on Sunday.
The Wildcats (7-3) opened league play with a narrow 3-2 loss at then-No. 10 Maryland last Friday. NU bounced back by posting a convincing 4-0 nonconference win at Temple on Sunday. Eva van Agt and Dominique Masters tallied goals against the Terrapins, while Isabel Flens, Ashley Bernardi, Caroline Troncelliti and Maggie Fitzgerald scored in the win over the Owls.
All three of Northwestern's losses so far this season have come to ranked teams: No. 1 Connecticut, No. 5 Duke and No. 10 Maryland.
Nine different Northwestern players have scored goals through the team's first 10 games. Flens leads the balanced attack with nine goals while Masters is close behind with eight. The nine goals for Flens rank her tied for second in the Big Ten while she is tied for first in the league with three game-winning goals. Masters ranks atop the conference with 51 shots. In goal, Lindsay von der Luft sports a 1.40 goals-against average, second only to Michigan's Sam Swenson (1.03).
Following this weekend's action, the Wildcats will return home to Lakeside Field for their next four matches. Four of the team's last five Big Ten matches will be played on its home turf.
Scouting Rutgers
The Scarlet Knights sport a 5-2 record but dropped their Big Ten opener 4-3 at Iowa last Friday. Rutgers bounced back by rolling to a 6-0 win over Missouri State the following day in Iowa City as it scored five times in the first half. Nicole Imbriaco has scored two goals in each of the last three games and is tied with Flens for second in the Big Ten with nine goals. Her 2.86 points per game lead the league. Rutgers is averaging a conference-leading 3.86 goals per contest and has scored at least three goals in each of its first seven matches. In goal, Shevaun Hayes has a 2.65 goals-against average and a .622 save percentage. Northwestern edged Rutgers 1-0 in overtime last season when Flens scored with seven seconds remaining in the first extra session. It was the first meeting between the schools.
Scouting Indiana
The Hoosiers bring a 3-4 record into Friday's Big Ten opener at home against Iowa. Indiana is coming off a 4-2 home win over Ball State last Friday when the team out-shot the Cardinals, 18-4. Senior forward Karen Lorite leads the squad with four goals and 10 points this season, while both of Maddie Latino's goals have been game-winners. Noelle Rother has a 2.17 goals-against average and a .674 save percentage. Northwestern won last year's meeting with Indiana 3-0 in Evanston. The Wildcats lead the all-time series with the Hoosiers, 13-7, though the teams have split eight previous meetings in Bloomington.
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