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Overall, this game had a clear winner from the beginning, since Rutgers’ confidence has sky-rocketed
during play. Each goal was scored by a different player, with the first being made by junior midfielder
Katie Larmour. The second was from fifth-year senior back Austyn Cuneo, and the last goal was made
by junior back Kerrie Burns.

Cuneo and Larmour have already had their fair share of goals this season with 14 between the two of
them, while this was Burns’ fourth goal of the season.

Moving onto the game against the Owls (6-9, 2-4), this was a closer contest even though Temple isn't
ranked. The only goal that was scored was by Cuneo in the final 9 minutes of the game, which is a
surprising point.

This was another blowout for the Knights, though. For this game alone, Rutgers had 19 shots and 11
shots on goal, which is an enormous gap between the one shot that the Owls made in the entire
game.

Temple's goalkeeper, Cristina Carotenuto, had her work cut out for her, and she was able to hold the
Knights back for almost the whole game. Carotenuto made 10 saves out of the 11 shots on goal,
which was an incredible feat considering the pressure Rutgers was putting on the Owls offensively.

The Knights decided to play senior goalkeeper Amanda Lamb instead of the usual junior goalkeeper
Gianna Glatz. Lamb only had to make one save for the game and had a slow day for the rest of it.

Temple didn’t even have any penalty corner opportunities, so Lamb didn’t have much of an action-
packed game. Rutgers ended the game with 14 corners, but Carotenuto was solid in goal.

Throughout the game, there were two leaders in shots, and they came from Cuneo and freshman
fullback Rachel Houston. Houston has especially started to shine in her first season as a Knight. Of her
five shots, four of them were on goal, which can be compared to Cuneo’s five shots and only two on
goal.

Houston has made significant progress since the beginning of the season. With only one regular season
game left, there is still time for her to show how much of an impact she can have on this team.

With the Penn State game ending the regular season for Rutgers, the event will be something that the
Knights can confidently walk into. The Nittany Lions are 3-4 in the conference and 4-11 on the season.

“We knew it was going to be physical,” said head coach Meredith Civico after the win against
Michigan. “We knew we had to execute on set pieces, and I think the coaching staff and the assistant
coaches do an amazing job on attack penalty corner and defensive penalty corners. So I think our
preparation was key. I was so pleased with the team, really the whole team all week, from the
freshmen to the underclassmen to the starting group.”

Rutgers will play its last regular season game against Penn State on Sunday, Nov. 3 at the Penn State
Field Hockey Complex. This game comes just before the Big Ten Championships on Nov. 7.