Michigan
14-1, 4-1B1G
Rutgers
5-9, 0-4
Michigan Finishes Perfect Home Season with Win Over Rutgers
4/13/2019 6:18:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
» Michigan earned the program's first undefeated home season and clinched a Big Ten Tournament berth.
» Mira Shane recorded her 100th save of the season and now has 106.
» The Wolverines will be back in action Thursday (April 18) at Northwestern.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (U-M Lacrosse Stadium)
Score: #8 Michigan 12, Rutgers 8
Records: U-M (14-1, 4-1 B1G), Rutgers (5-9, 0-4 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Thursday, April 18 -- at Northwestern (Evanston, Ill.), 3 p.m. CDT (TV: ESPNU)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 8-ranked University of Michigan women's lacrosse team earned its first regular-season undefeated home record with a 12-8 victory over Rutgers on Saturday afternoon (April 13) at U-M Lacrosse Stadium.
U-M finished with a 9-0 regular-season home record and defeated four ranked opponents inside U-M Lacrosse Stadium. The Wolverines also earned their first victory over the Scarlet Knights and clinched a spot in the Big Ten Tournament. U-M can finish no lower than third in the Big Ten Conference this season.
Sophomore Caitlin Muir ended the day with a team-best five goals, while Maggie Kane scored one goal to mark her 20th consecutive game with a goal. Juniors Molly Garrett and Nadine Stewart each scored two, with six different Wolverines scoring a goal.
Junior Lilly Grass had a career day with four assists for the Wolverines. On the draw, Kane won a team-best four and Kaitlyn Mead and Erin Daly each had three.
Senior goalkeeper Mira Shane made eight saves and now has 106 on the season. In front of Shane, Morgan Whitaker had three ground balls to lead the Wolverines, while Adriana Pendino, Sydney Whitaker and Daly had two each.
Michigan quickly opened up the scoring when Muir found the back of the net just 17 seconds in. The Scarlet Knights responded less than two minutes later, but U-M went on a 4-0 run, including two straight goals from Muir, to put the Wolverines up 5-1 with 21:23 left in the opening half.
Both teams added three goals each in the final 20 minutes of the half, and Michigan took an 8-4 lead into the locker room at halftime. Muir scored four goals in the first half, and Grass had four assists.
Kane opened up the second half with a goal to put the Wolverines up by five, 9-4, but a 3-0 Rutgers run brought it within three, 9-7, with 18:42 left to play. Michigan answered the comeback with three straight goals to go up 12-7.
Michigan will hit the road to take on Northwestern on Thursday (April 18) at 3 p.m. CDT in Evanston, Illinois. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU.
