March 24, 2012; Charlottesville, VA, USA; Lacrosse sticks lie on the ground behind the Virginia Cavaliers bench prior to the Cavaliers

Notre Dame (6-1) scored the first 6 out of the 7 goals off the game. They never trailed and they seemed to be the dominant team in the game.  Rutger had a good comeback from the deficit Notre Dame created, cutting the game to 7-6. However, after the game went to 8-7, Notre Dame had 3 straight goals to put the game away.

Here’s the scoring summary for both teams.

Rutgers SCORING: GOALS: DEPAOLERA, Nick 2; MANGAN, Will 2; KLIMCHAK, Scott 2; DIEHL, Michael 2; ZENDA, Zachary 1.

ASSISTS: DEPAOLERA, Nick 2; KLIMCHAK, Scott 1; MANGAN, Will 1; ZERRILLO, Nicholas 1.

Notre Dame SCORING: GOALS: Rogers, Sean 4; Marlatt, Jim 2; Foley, Ryan 1; Corrigan, Will 1; Murphy, Steve 1; Keppeler, Eric 1; Cotter, Pat 1; O’CONNOR, Liam 1.

ASSISTS: Foley, Ryan 2; Corrigan, Will 1; Marlatt, Jim 1.

ND (#6 in the country), will play in the Big City Classic and face off against St. John’s in a rival match-up. The game is in East Rutherford, N.J.

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This game is a tough one to swallow. Notre Dame could have won this game if they made their free throws (5-13 from the line tonight). I’m sure Mike Brey will be making the team practice their free throws after practice this week so this mistake doesn’t happen again.

Another problem that stuck out to me was their offensive play late in the game. It seemed as if no play calls were made during the final 3 or 4 minutes. They were unorganized and couldn’t find an open shot. Frustrating to see it happen, but you have to give credit to Rutgers who came out to play tonight.

Here’s the box score from the game.

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