Rutgers Dominates Fourth Quarter to Close Out Jacksonville 10-6
from press release
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers
men’s lacrosse team (5-1) used a strong fourth quarter to get
past Jacksonville (2-5), 10-6. The Scarlet Knights, who outscored
the Dolphins 4-0 in the fourth, were led by redshirt freshman Scott
Klimchak (Clark, N.J.) who tallied five points on four goals,
including the game-winner, and an assist.
RU started the game strong when Klimchak took a pass from Jack
Matthews (Baltimore, Md.) and fired it past the JU keeper at the
10:13 mark to give Rutgers an early 1-0 lead. The Dolphins
responded by rallying off the next two goals to take the lead
before Klimchak and Duncan Clancy (Princeton, N.J.) each tallied
goals before the end of the period to send RU into the second with
a 3-2 advantage.
The Scarlet Knights scored the first three goals of the second to
push their advantage to 6-2. Nick Zerrillo (Brewerton, N.Y.) scored
the first of RU’s goals off a beautiful pass from Klimchak at
the 12:58 mark. The Zerrillo goal was quickly followed by a snipe
from Mike Diehl (Flemington, N.J.) less than two minutes later.
Klimchak closed out the run with man-up goal off a slick pass from
Clancy. The Dolphins were able to get a goal back just before the
half to cut the RU lead to 6-3 heading into the break.
Jacksonville carried the momentum from the goal at the end of the
half into the third quarter as it was able to get the only three
goals of the frame to push the score to 6-6 entering the fourth
period.
Rutgers struck first in the deciding frame when Klimchak picked up
a ground ball out of a scrum, worked his way past a pair of JU
defenders and rifled a shot past the keeper. The Klimchak goal
seemed to open up the floodgates for the Scarlet Knights as they
quickly added goals from Kevin Hover (Belle Mead, N.J.) and Will
Mangan (Maplewood, N.J.) to push their lead to three. Anthony
Terranova (Flemington, N.J.) found the back of the net off a pass
from Clancy with just over three minutes remaining to close out the
scoring. From there, RU used lockdown defense and solid ball
control to cruise to a 10-6 win.
Rudy Bulter (Belle Mead, N.J.), making his first start of the
season, made eight timely saves and scooped six ground balls to get
the win in net for the Scarlet Knights.
RU returns to action on Saturday, March 19, when they host No. 10
Army in a 1 p.m. matchup.
