Rutgers Men's Lacrosse Upended at Saint Joseph's
Feb 28 | Men's Lacrosse
PHILADELPHIA – Senior Jeff Rommel (Syracuse, N.Y.) dished out a career-high four assists, but Saint Joseph’s outscored Rutgers 4-1 in the second half to upend the Scarlet Knights men’s lacrosse team 10-7 at Finnesey Field Saturday afternoon.
Sophomore Kory Kelly (Princeton, N.J.) and freshman Mike Diehl (Flemington, N.J.) scored two goals each to lead the Scarlet Knights, who fall to 1-3 on the year. Scott Cullinan posted a game-high three goals to lead Saint Joe’s, who moves to 2-2.
For the second consecutive game, Rutgers jumped out to a 3-0 lead as Diehl netted two goals in the first seven minutes. However, the Hawks responded with five straight goals spanning the first and the second quarter to take a 5-3 lead.
Kelly would post back-to-back scores in the span of 1:36 to tie the game before the squads exchanged goals and went into intermission with the scored tied at six.
The Hawks would tally the only two scores in the third quarter, both from Charlie Gorman. STJ’s Alex Lopes assisted on both of Gorman’s goals. Tad Stanwick (Baltimore, Md.) would bring RU to within one and break a 28 minute Scarlet Knight scoring drought with his first goal of the season with just under five minutes remaining in the game. Rutgers would get no closer though as the Hawks scored the final two goals of the game to seal the victory.
Rutgers will play its final contest in a four-game road trip Saturday, March 7 at Fairfield. The game, which will get under way at 1 p.m., will be the ECAC opener for both teams.
