Herren -Lacrosse opens the season with the victory at No. 20 Lehigh

Bethlehem, Pa. – Rutgers Men’s Lacosse opened the 2025 season on the street and achieved a 10: 6 victory on the street in No. 20 Lehigh. Rutgers was approached by three goals from Colin Kelly. Shane Murphy added two goals.

JJ AielloPresent Dante KulasPresent Joe JuengerkesPresent Justin Lawler And Colin Kurdla Everyone also found the scoresheet for Ru. Cardin Stoller 10 parades made and only six goals approved, an output of 62.5% between the cage. It was the second lowest gate that allowed him in his career among the games in which he played the full six minutes.

Rutgers had a clearing percentage of 91.3%. Conversely, they press the Berghalks to clarify only 54.5% of cases.

Lehigh scored the first goal of the game and kept a lead in the early a minute. Ru countered with a three-goal run and never went from there.

The scarlet knights led 4: 3 at the end of the first quarter and in the middle of the second 5: 4. From there, the Scarlet Knights scored five of the last seven goals of the game and four of the last five. The defense suffocated the Lehigh attack when the Mountain Hawks only scored two goals in the last 38 minutes of the competition to ensure victory.

With the victory

• 42-8-1 ever against Lehigh, 42-3 since 1926 and since 1961 16-1.
• 13: 0 for the last 13 season and 21: 2 in the last 23
• Rutgers improves to 13: 1 at seasonal openings under head coach Brian BrechtWith 13 wins in the straight season opening.
• Head coach Brian BrechtThe 100th career victory at Rutgers

Next on

• The Scarlet Knights will be at home for two games next week. RU organizes Liu on Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Home Opener and then welcomes Stony Brook on Saturday, February 8th, at 12:00 p.m.