No. 17 Men’s Lacrosse Downs Loyola

Saturday, February 24

Baltimore, MD

1:00 PM

Rutgers University

3-1

Loyola

1-3

Rutgers

Loyola Maryland

Feb 24 | Men's Lacrosse

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BALTIMORE, Md. – No. 17 Rutgers men's lacrosse picked up their second road win of the season as they beat Loyola Maryland 13-5.

Rutgers' attack had six goal scorers including three hat tricks. Dante Kulas, Shane Knobloch and Jack Aimone each had three goals, with Kulas and Knobloch also adding an assist each. Ross Scott had four points with two goals and two assists. Tanyr Krummenacher and Colin Kurdyla each added a goal for the Scarlet Knights.

Rutgers won 15-of-22 faceoffs, with Cole Brams going 12 for 18 on the 'X". RU also held advantages in shots (46-37) and ground balls (28-23). Rutgers was 2-of-4 on extra-man opportunities and converted 17-of-19 clears.

The Scarlet Knights wasted no time, as Ross Scott scored 1:12 into the game. The would never relinquish the lead. Rutgers went on a three-goal run to start the game, and another four-goal run after that. With 7:01 left in the second quarter to 8:17 in the third quarter, RU went on a six-goal run and had their largest lead of the day at 13-2. Shane Knobloch had all three of his goal in this time.

Cardin Stoller had 15 saves on the day. He held the Greyhounds to a scoring drought for 18:31 spanning from the second to third quarters. Four Scarlet Knights caused turnovers in the win including Dante Kulas, Tommy Mendyke, Colin Zeller, and Tanyr Krummenacher.

Postgame Notes

With the win, Rutgers is now 4-11 all-time against Loyola Maryland, including three straight wins and two straight of holding them to under 10 goals.
Ross Scott is now four goals away from 100 career goals.

Gallery: (2-24-2024) Men's Lacrosse Wins at Loyola

Quotable

"We had a good week of practice, we were focused and this was a business trip," Rutgers head coach Brian Brecht said postgame to a reporter from Inside Lacrosse in Baltimore. "Loyola is a very good team, they care about lacrosse. It was really a good game from all and I think it all comes back to having a good week of practice."

Up Next

No. 17 Rutgers returns home for the first of three straight home games with a match up against Hofstra on Saturday, March 2 at 1 p.m.

#27 doing his thing! (Shoutout @RUWSoccer for cheering us on today, we see you #RU #RAH) ⚔️🛡️ pic.twitter.com/Oaclm8sdIP
— Rutgers Men's LAX (@RUmlax) February 24, 2024