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RIT Tigers celebrate after scoring a goal on Feb. 23, 2024 at Tiger Stadium in Rochester , NY. RIT Men’s Lacrosse defeated Grove City 22-7.. (Caroline Sherman/RIT Sports Network)
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Winner Rochester Inst. ROCHESTER INST. 7-0
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Tufts TUFTS 4-1
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Rochester Inst. ROCHESTER INST.
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Tufts TUFTS
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Rochester Inst. ROCHESTER INST. 6 4 2 4 16
Tufts TUFTS 3 2 2 4 11

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

No. 3 Men's Lacrosse beats No. 2 Tufts 16-11 at Mustang Classic

OWINGS MILLS, MD – RIT junior attack Clifford Gaston scored five goals and added an assist to help lead the No. 3 Tigers to a 16-11 win over No. 2 Tufts at the Mustang Classic, Saturday.
 
Graduate student attack Luke Pilcher scored three goals and added two assists. Senior midfielder Dylan Bruno scored two goals and added an assist, while Graduate student John Mozrall and seniors Seth Grottenthaler and Kaden Brunson each had a goal and two assists.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Tufts scored two goals in the first 21 seconds of the game, taking a 2-0 lead on Ben Frisoli's goal.
  • Pilcher scored the first of four straight RIT goals with 13:19 remaining in the first quarter. Grottenthaler, Brunson and Gaston each scored to give RIT a 4-2 lead.
  • Tufts' Garrett Kelly scored to cut the deficit to 4-3 before consecutive goals from sophomore midfielder Chase Bruno and Gaston at the end of the quarter to give RIT a 6-3 lead.
  • RIT scored the first three goals of the second quarter, extending its lead to 9-3 on Dylan Bruno's goal with 6:37 to play in the half.
  • Tufts scored two straight goals to cut the RIT lead to 9-5, but Gaston scored with seven seconds remaining in the half to give RIT a 10-5 lead at the intermission.
  • The Jumbos scored the first two goals of the third quarter, cutting RIT's led to 10-7 on Louis Timms' goal with 4:58 remaining in the frame.
  • Mozrall scored from graduate Erickson to give RIT an 11-7 lead, and Erickson made it 12-7 on his goal with 29 seconds to play in the quarter.
  • Jack Regnery capped off a two-goal Tufts spurt early in the fourth quarter to cut RIT's lead to 12-9.
  • Gaston scored off an assist from Pilcher to give RIT a 13-9 lead before Garrett Kelly's goal to make it 13-10.
  • Pilcher scored off a feed from Brunson to make it 14-10, while Max Ettinghausen made it 14-11 on his goal with 8:40 remaining.
  • Junior attack Ethan Harkins and Dylan Bruno scored late in the quarter to make it a 16-11 final.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Tufts outshot RIT, 50-42.
  • Sophomore goalie Alex Zborowski made 12 saves in net to improve to 7-0.
  • Graduate student face-off specialist Allyn French won 16-of-29 draws and had nine ground balls.
  • RIT won 17-of-30 draws and went 26-of-31 on clearing attempts.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Wednesday (March 20) at St. John Fisher at 7:00 p.m.