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Mancini sisters make mark at Rutgers

September 19, 2019

The Rutgers field hockey team has had a tough schedule so far, and it definitely doesn’t stop soon. In
their upcoming game, the No. 21 Scarlet Knights (3-3) will face off against No. 6 Princeton (3-1). These
are the two sisters that will head down to Princeton for this New Jersey rivalry. The youngest is freshman
back Isabella Mancini, who made her collegiate debut against No. 24 Maine (1-4), but since then,
hasn’t had much action on the field. While her stats at Rutgers have been fairly stationary, back in high
school she had quite the record. Mancini was a four-year varsity starter, 2017 First Team All-Burlington
County, 2017 First Team Olympic Conference player and selected for the 2015-2016 Junior Olympics.
These records only touch the surface of all that she accomplished in her high school career. Even then,
her high school stats are minuscule when compared to her entire life.

“Where our rec league started. I’ve always been playing when (junior midfielder) Gianna (Mancini)
started. I technically started in first grade just hitting around, little things. She has always been the
biggest role model for me because she’s just right there doing everything, and I say, 'oh I want to do
that,'" Mancini said. Gianna Mancini also had a successful high school career, and it transferred over
to her collegiate career. In her freshman year, she had 5 goals and 1 more in the year after that. It has