Rutgers Improves to 2-1 with Win over Wagner
from press release
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Rutgers
men’s lacrosse team downed Wagner by a score of 9-5 inside
Wagner College Stadium on Tuesday to improve to 2-1 overall in the
first year of head coach Brian Brecht’s tenure. The Scarlet
Knights outperformed the Seahawks on the offensive and defensive
ends, firing 42 shot attempts while only allowing 14. RU was led in
scoring by senior co-captain M Will Mangan (Maplewood, N.J.), who
notched his second hat-trick in as many games and dished two
assists to total five points
Rutgers saw multiple-goal performances from senior midfielder
Michael Diehl (Flemington, N.J.) and freshman midfielder Brian Goss
(Arlington Heights, Ill.), who both fired in two goals against the
Seahawks (0-2). Goss, Rutgers’ only freshman to crack the
starting lineup thus far in 2012, also recorded an assist to bring
his scoring total to three points.
Goss started Rutgers off with his first goal at the 11:00 mark in
the first quarter. After the Seahawks equalized at 7:20, Goss fired
back with a 3:21 goal to put RU back on top, 2-1. Mangan put in the
first of his three goals on an unassisted effort with less than one
minute remaining to close out the first period with a 3-1
score.
After Wagner drew within 3-2, Mangan gave a helping hand to assist
redshirt sophomore attackman Scott Klimchak (Clark, N.J.) with
10:50 on the clock in the second period to put the Scarlet Knights
up 4-2. Mangan notched his second assist with a feed to Diehl with
1:06 left in the half to give RU a 5-3 lead heading into the
break.
RU outscored WC 4-2 in the second half to control the game’s
outcome. Diehl netted his second score with 6:08 left in the third
period. Mangan recorded his second and third goals in the fourth
period with score times of 13:41 and 6:20, respectively.
SophomoreattackmanA Nick DePaolera (Kinnelon, N.J.) got into the
scorebook off an assist from Goss with one minute left in the
contest to set the final score of 9-5.
Junior goalkeeper Rudy Butler (Belle Mead, N.J.) played 60 minutes
between the pipes for Rutgers, saving six shots while allowing only
five to record the win.
Sophomore midfielder Joseph Stottler (Wantagh, N.Y.), senior
defenseman Ryan Warnick (Boonton Twp., N.J.) and redshirt sophomore
Christopher Zybrick (Kinnelon, N.J.) all recorded two caused
turnovers. Freshman midfielder Joseph Nardella (Cazenovia, N.Y.)
won 12-of-18 faceoffs and scooped a career-best seven ground
balls.
Rutgers next plays host to UMBC in its 2012 home opener on Sunday,
Feb. 26. Action is set to begin at 12 p.m. at the RU Turf
Field.
