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No. 21 Rutgers upsets No. 6 Princeton 2-1

September 23, 2019

The Rutgers field hockey team faced off against No. 6 Princeton at Princeton’s Bedford Field, where
the stands were full of both orange and scarlet. With such a huge rivalry between the two schools, it
was definite that the fans would be there to witness the game.

Last year, the No. 21 Scarlet Knights (4-3) also played the Tigers (3-2), but it was on Rutgers home turf.
The Knights made history that game and won the highest-ranked game in Rutgers field hockey history,
when defeating previously ranked No. 6 Princeton. That same record was tied last Friday.

With an even more daunting game to play, the Knights pulled through and tied their record for the
highest-ranked win against the Tigers once again. They won 2-1, unlike last year’s low scoring 1-0 game
win. Princeton knew that it had lost last year, but just knowing that fact didn’t prepare it for another
loss.

“We knew it was going to be a big crowd,” said head coach Meredith Civico. “We knew that they
were going to want to beat us from last year, and I know that it was a tough game. We had to defend
quite a bit last year, but this year we really out-played them for some big parts of the game.”