Rutgers men’s lacrosse squared off against the Utah Utes, in the first ever meeting between the programs, on a cold, blustery, overcast afternoon at SHI stadium.
The Utes, a member of the Pac 12 for most sports, play in the A-Sun conference for lacrosse and are the consensus preseason favorites to earn an automatic qualifier to the 17-member NCAA tournament. The conference is truly national, with far flung members such as Jacksonville in the south, Detroit Mercy in the upper midwest, Air Force in the rockies, and of course, Utah out west. Fans may fondly recall the big time skier and former Rutgers middie, Casey Rose, a graduate recruited out of Corner Canyon High School by coach Brecht, in what is now a powerhouse western lacrosse program.