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Rutgers drops 2 road games to UConn, St. Joe’s

September 8, 2019

The Rutgers field hockey team headed over to Storrs, Connecticut and Philadelphia to face off
against No. 4 UConn and No. 17 Saint Joseph's, coming away with its first two losses of the season. The
No. 19 Scarlet Knights were shut out by the Huskies on Friday night, and finished up the road trip with a
loss in Philadelphia.

The first period was a slow one for both teams with most of the action either team seeing was from
substitutions. Neither team was able to take the lead in the first quarter, but the Huskies (3-0) made
three shots on goal.

Junior goalkeeper Gianna Glatz has shown time and time again that she can take any kind of pressure
another team hands her. She faced 21 shots and 11 of them on goal.

The second period is when things started to ramp up for UConn. Within the first 5 minutes of the second
period, the Huskies got the first goal of the game.

In the final period, UConn continued to show its toughness and had two shots. In the final 45 seconds
of the game, Sophie Hamilton scored to put the Huskies up 2-0.

Fifth-year senior back Austyn Cuneo posed three shots with one on goal.

Sophomore forward Clayre Smith was another force for UConn. Smith put three shots up, two of which
were on goal. She had gone under the radar these past two games and came to play when the team
really needed her help.