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Wolverines to Return to Road for Matchup at No. 6 Rutgers
10/3/2023 2:15:00 PM | Field Hockey
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 15-ranked University of Michigan field hockey team (6-5, 1-3 Big Ten) returns to the road this Friday (Oct. 6) to face No. 6 Rutgers (10-0, 2-0 Big Ten) at 3 p.m. at the Bauer Track and Field Complex in Piscataway, N.J.
Notes
• Junior/sophomore goalkeeper Caylie McMahon was strong in the Wolverine cage last weekend, earning 16 saves while allowing just one goal in a split road weekend at Indiana (2-0 win, Sept. 29) and No. 3 Northwestern (1-0 loss, Oct. 1). McMahon posted seven stops, including on a third-quarter penalty stroke, to earn her third complete-game shutout at IU and tallied a career-high nine saves against the Wildcats. McMahon ranks 14th nationally with a .781 save percentage.
• Michigan's defense stopped 13 straight NU penalty corners before the Wildcats converted on their 14th attempt late in the fourth quarter. The Wolverines have allowed just six goals over 58 total corners this season, a slim 10.3 percent conversion rate.
• Eleven different Wolverine players have scored at least one goal this season, including seven different goal scorers in Michigan's win over Davidson on Sept. 8. Freshman Kelsey Reviello leads U-M with five goals over a six-game stretch, while eight Wolverines own multiple goals this fall. Michigan has outscored its opposition 23-14 through 11 games.
• Reviello has been on a tear of late, scoring goals five of the last seven games. She had a hand in all three goals at Kent State (Sept. 17), including an assist on senior Lora Clarke's first-quarter marker. Clarke, who assisted on Reviello's goal, leads the team in points (10) with two goals and six assists so far this season. Clarke leads Michigan with a career-high seven assists.
• Newcomers have accounted for nearly half (12-of-23) of the Wolverines' goals this season. Reviello leads U-M, while fellow freshmen Esmée de Willigen and Juliette Manzur and graduate student Isabella Palde own two apiece.
• All five Michigan losses this season have come against ranked opponents, including two -- North Carolina (Aug. 25) and Iowa (Sept. 22) -- who were ranked No. 1 at the time of the meeting.
• Rutgers owns a perfect 10-0 record on the season and is 2-0 in Big Ten play after defeating Maryland 3-2 in a shootout at home last Thursday (Sept. 28). It was the Scarlet Knights' fourth overtime win this season. Guillerm Causarano leads Rutgers with eight goals and six assists, while goalkeeper Sophia Howard owns a 0.81 goals-against average and .795 save percentage. Michigan is 12-2 in the all-time series against Rutgers, dating back to 1992, and earned a 4-1 decision in last season's meeting.
• Junior Abby Tamer will redshirt the 2023 season to train and compete with the USA Field Hockey Women's National Team in its bid to qualify for the 2024 Olympics. Tamer, a 2022 NFHCA All-West Region second team honoree who has accumulated 13 goals and nine assists over 39 games played and two seasons at Michigan, earned her first senior-level international cap and goal in June.
