Women's Lacrosse Downs Manhattan, 15-5

Wednesday, March 15

High Point Solutions Stadium

3:00 PM

Rutgers University

Manhattan

Mar 15 | Women's Lacrosse

March 15, 2017

Box Score

PISCATAWAY, N.J.- Rutgers women's lacrosse earned its third straight win as it defeated Manhattan, 15-5, in a snow-shortened matchup Wednesday afternoon at High Point Solutions Stadium. Senior Kristina Dunphey collected six points (5g, 1a), including her 100th-career point, and Alana Navaroli produced a single-game Scarlet Knight record with 12 draw controls to help RU secure the victory over the Jaspers.

With 8:30 remaining in the second half, the game ended due to inclement weather. With the win, Rutgers moves to 5-3 on the season heading into Big Ten play Saturday against Penn State. Dunphey led the way offensively for the Scarlet Knights with a season-high five goals, while Joanna Reilly, Nicole Kopyta and Sydney Quinn each found the back of the net twice. Kopyta has now scored multiple goals in each of RU's first eight games.

"The conditions out here today were not ideal, but we were able to pull together a solid performance," said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. "This was a great team win."

Manhattan opened with the first goal of the game, as Darby Nolan converted on a free position attempt at the 28:35 mark. But Rutgers answered with six straight goals, including two each from Dunphey and Kopyta. An unassisted strike from sophomore Abbey Brooks put the Scarlet Knights up, 6-1, with 14:54 in the first period.

After a Jasper goal, Dunphey responded with her third and fourth goals of the half, as she put one between the pipes on a free position attempt with 2:21 left in the first. With just seconds left in the opening half, Brooks found Reilly to put RU ahead, 9-2, at halftime.

From there, Rutgers outscored Manhattan 6-3 in the second half, which included a 5-0 scoring run down the stretch. Quinn recorded two goals, as her second of the afternoon made it 14-4 in favor of Rutgers.

The Scarlet Knights return to action on Saturday, March 18, when it competes against No. 9 Penn State at 1 p.m. in University Park, Pennsylvania.

GAME NOTES

With her six points against Manhattan, Kristina Dunphey became the 22nd Scarlet Knight to reach the 100-point plataue for her career. Dunphey now sits at 104 points, tied for 20th all-time with Marlena Welsch.
Alana Navaroli's 12 draw controls were the most in a single game in Rutgers history. The previous mark was 10 from Ali Steinberg against Connecticut on April 3, 2010.
Rutgers is now 7-0 all-time against Manhattan since the programs met for the first time during the 2002 season.
RU's 15 goals against the Jaspers tied for the most in a single game this season. The Scarlet Knights also had 15 against Lehigh on Feb. 21.
Nicole Kopyta has produced two or more goals in each of the Scarlet Knights' first eight games of the season. Kopyta now leads the team with 17.
Joanna Reilly how now scored multiple goals in each of her last two outings.
With Casten's two scores, Rutgers has now had nine players score multiple times this season.
Rutgers tied its lowest turnover total (12) for a game this season.

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