No. 5 Syracuse Goes for Fourth Straight Win at Rutgers
4/11/2008 9:09:21 AM | Women's Lacrosse
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Fifth-ranked Syracuse puts its unbeaten conference record on the line when it takes on BIG EAST foe Rutgers on Saturday at 11 a.m. in Piscataway, N.J. The Orange is 10-2 overall and 3-0 in league play, while Rutgers has an overall mark of 7-6 and a 2-1 record in BIG EAST action. The game will be broadcast live on WJPZ 89.1FM in the Syracuse area and on Orange All-Access on suathletics.com.
SYRACUSE -RUTGERS SERIES
The Orange and the Scarlet Knights have met each season since SU’s inception in 1998. After losing the first two games in the series, Syracuse has won eight of the past nine meetings, including the last six.
ABOUT TODAY'S GAME
Today’s game is the 12th all-time meeting between the two schools ... The win against Georgetown was the 116th in the history of the Syracuse program ... Neither team has lost a game since March 24. The Orange has won three-straight since losing to No. 1 Northwestern. The Scarlet Knights are on a four-game winning streak since losing to Old Dominion ... Syracuse and Rutgers have both claimed a spot in the BIG EAST Championship. They will join Georgetown and Notre Dame at the league tournament in South Bend, Ind.
ROWAN REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK
Junior Katie Rowan enjoyed a record-breaking performance in Syracuse’s win against Georgetown, scoring four goals and dishing out seven assists. She broke the single-game school record with 11 points and tied the league mark for most points in a conference game. Her seven assists also tied the SU and BIG EAST single-game mark and give her 37 on the year, which is also a single-season school record. Rowan was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week as well as the national player of the week by WomensLax.com and womenslacrosse.com.
Rowan leads the team in scoring with 80 points and needs just seven more points to break the school single-season scoring record she set last season. In 2007, she notched 86 points on 59 goals and 27 assists.
QUILLINAN REACHES CENTURY MARK
Sophomore Halley Quillinan became the 11th player in the program’s history to score 100 points when she scored four goals and had an assist against Georgetown. The five points against the Hoyas give her 103 in just 30 games for the Orange. She needs six points to tie Jenna Szyluk for 10th place on Syracuse’s career scoring list. Szyluk recorded 109 points from 1998-2001.
Quillinan is third on the team in goals scored this season with 37. She ranks 17th in the country and is tied for fourth in the BIG EAST, averaging 3.36 goals per game.
