RV Women’s Lacrosse celebrates Senior Day against No. 4 James Madison

PISCATAWAY, NJ RV Rutgers women’s lacrosse (7-8, 1-5) lost to No. 4 James Madison (15-1, 5-0), 14-7, on Sunday afternoon at SHI Stadium. The Scarlet Knights trailed by just two goals midway through the third quarter, but the Dukes used a 6-0 scoring run to secure the road win.

RU now sets its sights on the postseason starting with the Big Ten tournament. Rutgers is the No. 6 seed and will face No. 3 seed Johns Hopkins on Saturday, April 29 in Baltimore, game time yet to be determined.

Before the game, Rutgers honors its 2023 senior class – Meghan Ball, Riley Ban, Jessica Beneducci, Jenna Byrne, Ashley Campo, Janey Galski, Marin Hartshorn, Lindsay Newton, Caroline Perry and Cassidy Spilis. The group has helped Rutgers to 40 wins, 14 over ranked opponents, the program’s first-ever appearance in the Big Ten Tournament final, back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament wins during that time. banks’.

Hartshorn and Spilis led the Scarlet Knights with two goals apiece, while Byrne, Newton and the rookie Ava Kane each added a point. In defense, Meghan Ball caused two turnovers to secure a career high in caused turnovers in 55 seasons. Ball also added five tackles in the loss.

“I really like how we started today. We battled and fired a lot of shots into the cage,” said the head coach. Melissa Lehman. We played aggressively, but I think losing the tie put us at a disadvantage. James Madison is a great team with a lot of players who can score.”

JMU scored the first three goals of the afternoon before RU countered with a 3-0 goal of their own. Spilis scored back-to-back goals while Hartshorn found Byrne with just 38 seconds left in the opening quarter to tie the game at 3-3 heading into the second quarter. James Madison added five straight goals before Kane finished off the junior’s assist Ashley Moynahan cut the Dukes lead to 8-4 at halftime.

Hartshorn gave Rutgers an offensive spark in the second half with back-to-back goals from Byrne and the junior. Kate Carolonza. Carolonza’s assists to Hartshorn made it just a two-goal game with 11:26 left in the third quarter. However, James Madison responded with four straight goals to end the quarter and two more in the fourth to hold on for the win.

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Rutgers will face Johns Hopkins on Saturday, April 29 in Baltimore to open the Big Ten tournament. The game time will be specified in the coming days.