Scarlet Knights Fall to ECAC Rival Georgetown
Apr 26 | Men's Lacrosse
PISCATAWAY, NJ. - Sophomore Justin Pennington (Flemington, N.J.) and junior Jeff Rommel (Syracuse, N.Y.) each scored twice for the Rutgers men's lacrosse team, but a balanced Georgetown attack paced the Hoyas to a 13-7 ECAC victory over the Scarlet Knights Saturday afternoon at Yurcak Field.
| The Scarlet Knight seniors were honored in a pregame ceremony. |
Junior Mike Dugan (Summit, N.J.) and sophomores Erik Stilley (Medford, N.J.) and Adam Goldberg (Fayetteville, N.Y.) also added scores for Rutgers. Georgetown was led by Andrew Brancaccio and Ricky Mirabito, who combined for six goals. Additionally, Craig Dowd posted a career-high five assists for the Hoyas.
Georgetown sprinted out to a 3-0 lead and held RU scoreless during the first quarter. Stilley tallied his first goal of the season to cut into the GU lead at the 10:28 mark of the second quarter. The Hoyas immediately responded though, scoring the next three goals and six of the final seven to end the half with a 9-2 lead.
Rutgers came out of the intermission hot, scoring the first two goals and cutting the Georgetown lead to five (9-4). Rommel tallied an unassisted goal at 12:17 and Pennington followed 11 second later with a man-up goal. The Hoyas would regain momentum though, scoring three consecutive goals to push their lead to 12-4, their largest advantage of the game.
The Scarlet Knights closed strong, scoring three of the games' final four goals, including Pennington's team-leading 21st of the year. However, RU would get no closer than six goals the remainder of the game.
Rutgers will next be in action on Saturday, May 3 when the Scarlet Knights travel to Amherst, Mass. to take on Massachusetts in the regular season finale. The game will air live on CN8 at 3 p.m. as the ECAC Lacrosse Game of the Week. The action can be seen throughout CN8's entire market, ranging from Maine to Virginia, which encompasses over nine million homes. Additionally, a live telecast will also be available on www.CN8.tv.
