With a chance to solidify its position for an NCAA Tournament berth, the no. 6 Rutgers men’s lacrosse team (8-3) suffered a damaging 12-10 loss to Johns Hopkins (4-8) in the Big Ten semifinals on Thursday night.
After the Blue Jays jumped out to a 2-0 lead, the Scarlet Knights appeared to settle down in taking a 3-2 lead and holding them scoreless for the next 15 minutes into the second period. However, Hopkins put together a 3-1 scoring run at the end of the period to head into halftime with a 7-5 lead.
JHU continued to assert control of the game by scoring the first two goals after the break en route to another 3-1 scoring run that had them in front 10-6 heading into the fourth period.