ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT (19-1) men's lacrosse team advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2022 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship with a 22-3 win over MIT (17-1) in the third round, Sunday.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Senior Spencer Bell and junior Luke Pilcher each scored two goals in an eight-goal first quarter for RIT.
• Senior Quinn Commandant tallied a goal and an assist in the opening quarter and senior Zeb Hollinger and sophomore Miles Tillman each tallied a goal.
• MIT's Heath Nilsen scored the opening goal of the second quarter to cut the RIT lead to 8-1.
• RIT ran off eight straight second-quarter goals to lead 16-1 at halftime.
• Senior Marley Angus scored two goals and added an assist in the second, Commandant finished with a goal and an assist and Tillman and senior long-stick midfielder Taylor Jensen each scored.
• Liam Miller scored off an assist from Andy Shin :48 seconds into the third quarter to cut the RIT lead to 16-2.
• Bell, Pilcher and sophomore Seth Grottenthaler each scored in the third to increase the RIT lead to 19-2.
• Tory Lentine scored for the Engineers with 1:47 remaining in the third to make the score 19-3.
• Senior Conor Bollin scored a pair of fourth-quarter goals and Grottenthaler scored to make it a 22-3 final.

 
GAME NOTES

• RIT fired 57 shots, including 34 on target.
• RIT finished 31-of-33 on clearing attempts, won 16 draws and had 47 ground balls.
• RIT's defense held the eighth highest scoring offense to three goals and Ryan Gebhardt, Division III's all-time leading goal scorer, to zero points for only the second time in 216 career games.
• 15 Tigers tallied at least one point.
• Pilcher and Angus finished with three goals and an assist.
• Quinn Commandant tallied two goals and two assists, while Conor Bollin and Miles Tillman each tallied two goals and an assist.
• Mozrall finished with a goal and two assists and Seth Grottenthaler scored two goals.
• Senior Drew Hutchison made six saves in the first half to improve to 19-1 on the season.
• The defending Division III National Champion Tigers are making their 12th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 23rd in program history.
• Moving on to the quarterfinals for the 17th time, the Tigers will be in the hunt for their 12th national semifinal appearance. RIT also remains in the mix for their fourth national championship game appearance (2021, 2017, 2013).

UP NEXT
RIT will host Bowdoin in the quarterfinal of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday (May 21) at 12:00 P.M.