No. 8/9 Men’s Lacrosse Welcomes St. John’s on Tuesday

Tuesday, February 28

Piscataway, N.J.

3:00 PM

Rutgers University

St. John's

No. 8/9 Men’s Lacrosse Welcomes St. John’s on Tuesday

Feb 26 | Men's Lacrosse

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — No. 8/9 Rutgers men's lacrosse welcomes St. John's for a matinee game on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The contest begins at 3 p.m. ET at SHI Stadium and will be streamed on B1G+ with Dom Savino and Rick Mercurio on the call.

ABOUT THE SCARLET KNIGHTS

Rutgers heads into Tuesday coming off an upset win over No. 5/6 Loyola Maryland that occurred at SHI Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The victory was the Scarlet Knights' third top-five win since 2019, and 34th ranked win since 2003.
Shane Knobloch had a career performance for RU in the win. The junior recorded seven points — a new career-high and his first multi-goal game of the spring.
Dante Kulas (3) and Brian Cameron (2) were the other Scarlet Knights with multiple scores in the victory.
Cameron, Kulas, and senior captain Ross Scott are tied for the team lead in points with 13 apiece this season.
Goalkeeper Kyle Mullin has started all four games in the net this season. The senior transfer has worked to a 0.564 save percentage and a 9.33 goals-against average, which ranks third in the Big Ten.
The Scarlet Knights have found success at the X in their first four games. The team has a 0.590 face-off win percentage, ranking 17th in the nation and third in the conference. Jonathan Dugenio is 28-46 (0.609) and Joe Neuman is 29-51 (0.569).
RU has been strong in taking care of the ball, only averaging 12.67 turnovers per game, the lowest in the conference and fifth lowest nationally. The team's 11 turnovers in the win over Loyola was its lowest mark this spring.

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With 67 total caused turnovers, Ethan Rall is in a tie for second all-time with Jacob Fradkin (2009-12). One more caused turnover on Tuesday will grant him sole possession of second place.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
The Red Storm finished the 2022 campaign with a 2-12 record with their wins coming over Manhattan and Fairfield. SJU is 0-3 in its first few contests this spring. Most recently, the Red Storm fell at home to Hofstra, 12-16, on Saturday.

St. John's leading scorer is sophomore Brian Kelly, with eight goals. The attackman holds the program record for most points in a season by a true freshman (44), which he set a season ago. Senior captain Connor Kalmus is also providing a bulk of the Red Storm offense through three games with his seven goals. Two-time captain Corey Hall has provided strong defense for SJU in his second season with the program. In 2022, the graduate student ranked second on the team in caused turnovers (14) and ground balls (25).

ABOUT THE SERIES
Tuesday's matchup will be the 31st all-time between the two programs. The Scarlet Knights have the edge over the Red Storm with a 23-7 record in the lifetime series. RU has taken the last eight games over SJU, with its most recent victory coming last season in Queens, 23-6. Rutgers has not fallen to St. Johns since 2013, when the team lost by one goal in an away contest.

The Scarlet Knights' 23 goals in last season's contest was the program's most goals in a single game since 2010. Ross Scott led the way in the win, scoring five goals — a career-high at the time. Brian Cameron and Dante Kulas both added four goals apiece. Jonathan Dugenio found success at the X, going 16-of-20 on faceoffs against his former team.