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Rutgers Men's Lacrosse Celebrates a Goal
Ben Solomon
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LIUMLAX LIUMLAX 0-1
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Winner RU RU 1-0
LIUMLAX LIUMLAX
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Final
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RU RU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
LIUMLAX LIUMLAX 0 2 3 1 6
RU RU 4 3 4 4 15

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

No. 10 Men's Lacrosse Downs LIU, 15-6, in Season Opener

Newcomer Mitch Bartolo leads team with five goals

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - No. 10 Rutgers men's lacrosse opened the season with a 15-6 victory as the Scarlet Knights took down LIU. Rutgers was led by five goals from Mitch Bartolo, who had a career-high in goals, points (six) and ground balls (four) in his Scarlet Knights debut. 

Ross Scott, Ronan Jacoby and Michael Sanguinetti each added two goals apiece. Shane Knobloch, Bobby Russo, Nick Teresky and Eric Civetti also tallied in the game. 

Rutgers outplayed LIU throughout the game, leading 51-22 in shots and 41-20 in ground balls. RU forced the Sharks into 31 turnovers. 

Rutgers was in control from the oustet, taking scoring the first six goals of the game and holding LIU scoreless for the first 26 minutes of the contest. RU led 7-2 at halftime, and held at least a five-goal lead for the duration of the game from there. 

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"We had a great week of practice. We knew had to just go out and execute and play our game, and that's what we did. We played hard, and I think that showed.We fell back on our fundamentals and what we do, not worrying about their game plan, but we just play our game and go out and make plays. We played hard, we played with energy. Some good things out there today, and we'll keep going over it in film and moving forward. It's about learning from our mistakes, cleaning those up. We're never satisfied and just need to keep bringing that energy every day."

- Mitch Bartolo


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