East Coast Trip Continues For Lacrosse

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Oregon lacrosse team will continue its East Coast trip this weekend as the Ducks square off with Rutgers on Sunday in their final road contest of the regular season.

Oregon (6-8) will make its second trip to SHI Stadium and first as members of the Big Ten Conference. Rutgers (9-5) won a nonconference showdown in Piscataway in 2024 before pulling out a 10-6 victory in Eugene last season. Oregon will technically have a break from its streak of six consecutive ranked opponents, though the Scarlet Knights are receiving votes and are currently the first team just outside the IWLCA top 25.

GAME INFO
When: Sunday, April 12
Where: SHI Stadium | Piscataway, N.J.
Time: 10:00 a.m. PT
Watch: Big Ten Plus
Live Stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=647571&vislive=ore

Big Ten Brings Big Competition
The Ducks have faced a challenging spring slate with each of their last six contests coming against teams ranked in the IWLCA top 25. That stretch began with a showdown with the current No. 1 team in the nation in Maryland, which Oregon played tough in a 15-7 loss while the Terrapins were ranked No. 3. That effort was anchored by a hat trick from Gabby Santucci and a gritty performance in the cage from Francesca Viteritti, who anchored a defense that caused 15 turnovers. Oregon also had matchups with No. 11 Northwestern, No. 25 Ohio State, No. 5 Michigan, No. 9 Johns Hopkins and No. 18 Penn State. The Ducks are coming off their two best offensive outputs in conference play, scoring nine goals against both Johns Hopkins and Penn State. Santucci led the way against the Blue Jays with her third four-goal performance of the season, and Lexi Jenkins notched her first career hat trick on Thursday against the Nittany Lions.

Share The Wealth
Eighteen different Ducks have contributed goals to Oregon's offensive success this season, with 13 Oregon
players claiming more than one score. Anna Simmons leads the UO offense with 21 goals and is followed closely by Emma Ing (20) and Gabby Santucci (19), and Lyla Hurley (13), Avery Young (13), Lily Fortin (11) and Lexi Jenkins (10) have also all reached double digits. Fortin also has a team-high 14 assists to tie for second on the team with 25 total points - matching Ing and trailing only Simmons (29) - and Ing has the most goals in a game this season by a Duck with a career-high six against San Diego State.

» Oregon has totaled 136 goals through 14 games and is averaging 24.7 shots per game.
» Simmons, Ing, Fortin, Santucci and Hurley have each totaled 20-plus points this season.
» Fortin has been a force for the Ducks despite not starting a game this season, notching multiple points in seven different games including a pair of five-point performances vs. SDSU and Delaware State.

Numbers to Know
1 - Junior midfielder Lexi Jenkins notched her first career hat trick in UO's last game at Penn State, leading the Ducks with three goals.
6 - Senior attacker Emma Ing scored a career-high six goals against San Diego State, most by a Duck this season.
18 - Eighteen different Ducks have scored goals in 2026, led by a team-high 21 from senior Anna Simmons.
33 - Goalkeeper Kate Shields faced a career-high 33 shots against No. 5 Michigan, finishing with a career-high 13 saves.
58 - Anna Simmons leads the team with 58 draw controls, the ninth -most by any player in the Big Ten.