No. 4 Men’s Lacrosse Travels to Stony Brook for Saturday Game

Saturday, March 5

Stony Brook, N.Y.

12:00 PM

Rutgers University

Stony Brook

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No. 4 Men’s Lacrosse Travels to Stony Brook for Saturday Game

Mar 03 | Men's Lacrosse

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Rutgers men's lacrosse has opened the season 5-0 ascending to No. 4 in the national polls, the program's highest ranking since 2017. This weekend, RU travels to face Stony Brook, the second straight road game as part of a four-of-five game road stretch.

The Scarlet Knights have been strong on both ends of the field. Rutgers is seventh in the nation in scoring defense (8.8), eighth in scoring margin (6.6) and 12^th in scoring offense (15.4), having outscored opponents 77-44 on the year.

Returning All-American goalkeeper Colin Kirst is seventh in the nation in both goals-against-average (8.52) and save percentage (.602). Ethan Rall has buoyed the defense with a Big Ten best 2.2 caused turnovers per game.

On the offensive end, RU has five goal scorers averaging multiple goals per game. Ross holds the team lead with 15 goals having posted nine goals over the past two games. Ronan Jacoby (13 goals), Mitch Bartolo (12), Shane Knobloch (10) and Brian Cameron (9) also follow him, as RU has shown a wealth of weapons at the offensive end. The sixth member of the starting offensive grouping, midfielder Ryan Gallagher, leads the team with eight assists.

Broadcast Info

The game will be live streamed on ESPN+, with Sam Neidermann (play-by-play) and Tim Tuttle (analyst) on the call.

Last Time Out

Last weekend, RU claimed its second straight ranked win, knocking of No. 19 Loyola, 13-12. RU battled back, erasing a 11-8 third quarter deficit with a 5-1 run down the stretch. Ross Scott (four goals) and Shane Knobloch (three tallies) boosted the RU offense. RU is now 4-1 in their last five matchups against ranked teams and 7-3 versus ranked teams in the past two seasons.

About Stony Brook

Stony Brook, receiving votes in the national polls, is off to a 4-0 start after claiming the Long Island Cup last weekend with a pair of wins over mutual opponents with the Scarlet Knights, St. John's and LIU. The team is led offensively by Dylan Pallonetti (nine goals, 10 assists), while Matt Anderson leads with 11 goals. Anthony Palma is 4-0 in goal with a 10.5 GAA and 52.8 save percentage. Renz Conlon is 58-of-93 (62.3%) on faceoffs, ninth nationally. The Seawolves are ninth in the country in ground balls (36.75 per game) and 14^th in the nation in scoring offense (14.5).

All-Time Series

Rutgers and Stony Brook have played 13 times, with Stony Brook leading 7-6 entering this matchup. SBU won the last meeting, claiming a 14-13 win in 2020 in Piscataway. Among returners, Tommy Coyne had a hat trick and Ross Scott and Brennan Kamish each had two goals in that game. The prior meeting to that had come in 2017, a 17-4 win for RU over No. 14 Stony Brook. The last meeting at Stony Brook was in 2016.

With A Victory

Rutgers would improve to 6-0, holding the nation's top record through another weekend.
Give Brian Brecht his 75th career victory as Rutgers' head coach (would be 140th overall victory of his career.

Gallagher Approaches 100

Rutgers captain Ryan Gallagher is approaching an upcoming milestone. The Atlanta native enters Saturday's game versus Stony Brook with 98 career points, just two points away from 100 for his career.

Active Career Leaders

Entering this weekend's contest, RU has a collection of players among the NCAA's active career leaders. Ronan Jacoby is third in goals (163) and goals per game (3.08). Sam Stephan is third in ground balls (354), faceoff attempts (1,024) and sixth in faceoffs won (558). Brad Apgar is eighth in games played (66).

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Up Next

Rutgers stays on the road and will play a rivalry game the following weekend. The team heads to No. 18 Princeton in a battle for the Tots Meistrell Cup.