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Austyn Cuneo earns Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of

the Week honors

The senior led Rutgers field hockey to a pair of wins last week

Oct 29, 2019

No. 18 Rutgers field hockey’s Austyn Cuneo
was named the Big Ten’s Co-Offensive
Player of the Week on Monday after leading
her team to two wins last week. Cuneo
combined to score two goals and assisted
on two others to account for all of RU’s
scoring in victories over no. 7 Michigan and
Temple. It was her second weekly award
from the conference this season.

Last Friday, Cuneo assisted on goals from
Katie Larmour and Kerrie Burns, as well as
scored a goal in between that led to
a stunning 3-0 upset of Michigan. It was the
first ever win over the Wolverines for the
program and her goal right before halftime
was a crushing blow to the visitors.

On Sunday, Rutgers and Temple were
deadlocked in the fourth quarter of a
scoreless contest until Cuneo delivered the
game winner.

It was a great moment on senior day in
Cuneo’s last regular season home game. Her
efforts on the defensive end also helped
Rutgers produce two shutouts last week. It’s
been an outstanding senior campaign for
Cuneo, who has set career highs with seven
goals and eight assists.

The Scarlet Knights (10-6; 4-3) have now won four straight games and will face Penn State (4-11; 3-4) on the
road this Sunday at noon in the regular season finale.