Rutgers field hockey walked away from Tuesday’s All-Big Ten awards release with a full haul, landing five players across the conference honors list.
The Scarlet Knights placed four players on the All-Big Ten teams and added two selections to the All-Freshman team. Eden Doucelin, Olivia Fraticelli and Talia Schenck were named Second Team All-Big Ten, while Doucelin and Ella Gandy earned spots on the Big Ten All-Freshman team. Schenck also received Rutgers’ Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
That kind of recognition has become familiar in Piscataway. Rutgers has now had at least four players named to the All-Big Ten team for the fourth time in the last seven seasons, and for the first time since 2023.
The program also picked up its fifth All-Freshman Team selection in the three years the award has existed. Rutgers is tied for the fourth most overall all-conference selections in the league and has the second most All-Freshman Team selections.
Fraticelli led the way offensively for Rutgers this season, finishing with 13 goals, which ranks third in the Big Ten, and 27 points, good for ninth in the league. The Toms River, N.J. native scored three game-winners and needed just 23 shots on goal to get to her 13 goals.
She posted three multi-goal games, including a hat trick against Wagner that earned her Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week. Her 13 goals place her seventh on Rutgers’ single-season list, while her 27 points sit 12th.
Across 58 games as a Scarlet Knight, she now has 24 career goals, seventh in program history.
Schenck’s first season at Rutgers came with immediate recognition. The Princeton transfer and former two-time All-Ivy League selection was honored as a Second Team All-Big Ten pick and also took home the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
The Lawrenceville, N.J. native started all 18 games at forward, scored five goals and added a team-high seven assists for 17 points, third-best on the team. She heads into the postseason having scored in three of the last five games and totaling 12 points over the past nine.
Doucelin made her mark right away in her first collegiate season. The Brussels, Belgium native, who played for the Belgium U-18 squad, served as Rutgers’ starting center back in all 14 games she was active for. She finished the year with a defensive save and two assists, and her work earned her both Second Team All-Big Ten and All-Freshman honors.
Gandy also broke through as a freshman, becoming a regular in the lineup almost immediately. The Mullica Hill, N.J. native entered the starting group for the third game of the season and stayed there, making 16 straight starts as a key part of the midfield.
A Clearview Regional High School product, she scored her first collegiate goal in Rutgers’ road win over No. 6 Iowa, the team’s highest-ranked victory of the season, and later added an assist for her first collegiate point against UConn.
Cogdell was another major piece of the Rutgers season, earning her first career all-conference recognition after thriving at both back and midfield. The junior from Badingham, England started 17 games and finished with a career-high seven goals and 15 points.
She was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week after Rutgers’ wins over No. 18 Michigan and Michigan State, scoring the game-winning goal against Michigan in the final seconds of overtime.
A member of the Team England U-21 Junior Women’s national team, she has 10 goals and seven assists in 52 collegiate starts.
Rutgers now turns to the Big Ten Tournament, where it earned the No. 4 seed and will be hosted by Ohio State. Ranked No. 14 in the latest Coaches Poll, the Scarlet Knights will meet No. 5 seed Indiana, ranked No. 17, in the quarterfinals Wednesday at 11 a.m. The game will stream on B1G+.
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