Scarlet Knights' Win Streak Snapped at Loyola
Apr 05 | Men's Lacrosse
BALTIMORE, Md. - The Rutgers men's lacrosse team saw its two-game winning streak snapped Saturday afternoon as the Scarlet Knights fell to No. 20 Loyola 15-3 at Diane Geppi-Aikens Field in Baltimore, Md.
Rutgers (4-5, 2-2 ECAC) got goals from sophomore Tad Stanwick (Baltimore, Md.) and freshmen Brian Shemesh (Hillsborough, N.J.) and Collin Donahue (Camilus, N.Y.).
Loyola, which holds a 48-16 advantage against ECAC foes this season, improves to 5-4 overall and 4-0 in league play. The Greyhounds were led by freshman Matt Langan who tallied a game-high three goals. Ten different players scored for Loyola.
The Scarlet Knights fell behind early as Langan tallied two of Loyola's first three scores to give the Greyhounds a 3-0 advantage at the end of the first quarter. Rutgers responded to start the second quarter though as Shemesh dodged his defender and beat the goalie to post his sixth goal of the season. After two more Loyola goals stretched the home teams lead to four, Stanwick netted his sixth goal of the season as well to cut the RU deficit to 5-2 with 6:50 to play in the first half.
The Greyhounds would build onto their lead from that point though as Rutgers did not score for the next 17:13, spanning the second and third quarters. A 5-0 Loyola run gave the Greyhounds a commanding 10-2 lead midway through the third quarter. Donahue posted his fifth goal on the season to make the score 10-3, but Loyola would hold RU scoreless the rest of the way and end the game on another 5-0 run to seal the victory.
The Scarlet Knights will return home Saturday, April 12 to take on the No. 1 ranked team in the country, Syracuse. Game time is set for 2 p.m. at Yurcak Field.
