Delaware Uses Balanced Effort to Storm Past Rutgers 17-5

Saturday, February 25

Delaware Stadium

3:00 PM

University of Delaware

2-1

Rutgers

2-2

Team	1	2	Final F
Rutgers	2	3	5
Delaware	9	8	17

Delaware Uses Balanced Effort to Storm Past Rutgers 17-5

2/25/2017 8:55:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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Kateri Linville. “We spent a lot of this week talking about battling back, building discipline, and winning man-up situations. We trained really hard and we set some goals that we wanted to achieve and I think it showed. We started to separate ourselves, made some strong runs, and created the momentum we are capable of creating. It was unbelievable to see our first six goals come from six different players. Those are the things we have been talking about - distribution of scoring and scoring in multiple ways - and our offense showed that tonight.”

The Blue Hens (2-1) posted their highest win margin in any game since a 24-6 triumph over La Salle on Feb. 25, 2015 and their highest win margin at home since a 17-5 win over No. 16 ranked

Georgetown in the 2015 season opener.

Rutgers (2-2), which had a two-game win streak snapped, managed just 18 shots, turned the ball over 23 times, and failed to clear in 7 of their 17 attempts. The Scarlet Knights got a team-high three goals from Nicole Kopyta.

Delaware jumped out to a quick 8-0 lead in the opening 19 minutes and never looked back as six different players scored during the run, including two each by Schwartz and Rausa (at right).

The Hens eventually took a 9-2 lead at halftime and never led by less than six goals in the second half as they scored seven of the game's last eight goals.

The game was delayed twice by a storm that brought lightning, gusting winds, and drenching rain to the area. The game was delayed for just under two hours with 6:02 left in the first half.

Caitlin McCartney had four consecutive hat tricks to open the 2013 campaign
• Schwartz moved closer to the 100-point mark for her career and now has 97 points (54 goals/43 assists) thanks to a four-point day
• Delaware returns to action March 3 when the Hens host Canisius at 6 p.m. as part of a four-game homestand to open the season

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