Rutgers women’s lacrosse defeats Drexel to earn 1st NCAA Tournament win in program history
Updated May 14, 2021;
Posted May 14, 2021
Rutgers senior attacker TT Naslonski carries the ball in the Scarlet Knights meeting with Drexel in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. (Adam Rubin/Stony Brook Athletics)
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The Rutgers women’s lacrosse program earned its biggest victory in program history on Friday.
The No. 16 Scarlet Knights picked up their first ever NCAA Tournament win, defeating No. 10 Drexel, 16-13, in their first round meeting at LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York.
The result advances Rutgers into the second round of the competition, where it will meet 8-seed Stony Brook at noon on Sunday.
Playoff time is upon us and the first round of games today, surprisingly, led to no
real surprises. The games that you would have expected to be tight ones, were tight, and the games that you would expect to be out of reach were as well. So far, the selection committee seems to have been pretty spot on with where they’ve placed everyone.
But if I had to guess, the lack of “upsets” will not last… as I’m sure that there will be at least one or two games that we all won’t expect the results of.
Playoff time is upon us and the first round of games today, surprisingly, led to no
real surprises. The games that you would have expected to be tight ones, were tight, and the games that you would expect to be out of reach were as well. So far, the selection committee seems to have been pretty spot on with where they’ve placed everyone.
But if I had to guess, the lack of “upsets” will not last… as I’m sure that there will be at least one or two games that we all won’t expect the results of.
Thu Apr 29 2021 | Matt DaSilva | College
PHOTO BY CRAIG HOUTZ
Rutgers celebrates its 19-13 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten quarterfinals Thursday at Penn State s Panzer Stadium.
Rutgers is peaking at the right time.
The 17th-ranked Scarlet Knights scored a season-high 19 goals to defeat Ohio State 19-13 in the Big Ten women’s lacrosse quarterfinals Thursday in University Park, Pa. It was Rutgers’ third straight victory on the heels of a six-game losing streak and its third win over the Buckeyes this spring.
“It is hard to beat a team three times in one season, but we believed in ourselves to get the job done,” coach Melissa Lehman said. “Now the focus is on Northwestern.
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