The historic season for No. 11 Rutgers women’s lacrosse (16-4) continued on Friday night as they won an NCAA Tournament game for just the second time in program history. In just the third appearance ever in the NCAA Tournament, the Scarlet Knights advanced to the second round for a second consecutive year. A dominant first quarter followed by multiple contributions from role players throughout the game resulted in a 17-10 triumph over No. 23 St. Joseph’s (14-7) in the first round at Stony Brook.
Rutgers jumped out to a 3-0 lead just over 5 minutes into the game behind two goals from Cassidy Spilis and another from Kate Carolonza.