Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Rutgers women's lacrosse team fell, 17-7, Thursday night against No. 20/16 Ohio State at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Redshirt senior Lauren Sbrilli (Martinsville, N.J.) scored twice in the loss to the Buckeyes, who were the seventh ranked opponent this season for RU.

The Scarlet Knights rallied late to finish strong, gaining two scores from rookies Kerri Puckhaber (Wantagh, N.Y.) and Joanna Reilly (Spring Lake, N.J.). Puckhaber leads all Rutgers freshmen with seven goals and 11 points this season, while Reilly notched her fourth strike of the year.

The Buckeyes (11-5, 2-2 Big Ten) jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Sbrilli got RU on the board to keep pace early. Following another string of Ohio State goals, junior attacker Kim Kolodny (Farmingdale, N.Y.) answered with her 24th goal of the year to make it a 5-2 game early in the first half.

OSU pulled away late in the opening half and held RU to five more goals for the remainder of the contest. Also scoring for the Scarlet Knights were junior attacker Halley Barnes (Garnet Valley, Pa.) and sophomore attacker Kristina Dunphey (Hillsborough, N.J.).

The Buckeyes' Katie Chase led the way with five goals, as Jackie Cifarelli dished out a game-high six assists.

Rutgers, which boasts the toughest schedule in the Big Ten, will visit its eighth ranked foe of the season in No. 17/18 Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, April 22 in Baltimore, Md.

Game Notes

• Sbrilli (2g), Barnes (1g, 1a) and Kolodny (1g, 1a) each tallied two points.
• Sbrilli's two goals moved her closer to 14th on RU's all-time points list. With 123 points, she is seven shy of Amy Horne (1982-85) and Rita Sweeney (1984-87).
• DiMuro tied for the team lead with two caused turnovers and now has 82 for her career. She passed Robin Erthal (1996-99) on Rutgers' all-time list to move into third, and is one caused turnover away from tying Nadia Rogala (1996, 98-00).
• Junior defender Addington Elliott (Rumson, N.J.) set a new career-high with two caused turnovers and tied DiMuro for the team lead.
• Senior Melissa Arthur (Marlton, N.J.) added her 14th assist of the year against the Buckeyes. Her single-season assist tally is the best since Katherine Marino recorded 14 in 2011.
• Senior Jenny Vlahos (Manhasset, N.Y.)led Rutgers with four draw controls and has 109 for her career. She needs 11 more to tie Katie Batiuk (2004-07) for fourth on the all-time list.

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