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UMass Men's Lacrosse Downs Rutgers 16-11
May 02, 2000 | Men's Lacrosse
May 2, 2000
AMHERST, Mass. -- Junior attackman Rich Kunkel (Centereach, N.Y.) scored five goals and added one assist, to lead the University of Massachusetts men's lacrosse team to a 16-11 victory over Rutgers at Richard F. Garber Field. UMass improves its overall record to 6-7 with the win, and finishes its inaugural season in the ECAC with a 2-4 conference record. Rutgers falls to 3-10 overall and 1-5 in the ECAC.
The Minutemen never trailed in the game, and jumped out to an early 4-1 lead after one quarter of play. The Scarlet Knights cut the UMass lead to only one goal on two occasions, at 5-4 in the second quarter and 8-7 in the third quarter, but Rutgers would get no closer. The Minutemen would go on a 4-0 run midway through the fourth quarter, turning a 12-10 lead into a 16-10 advantage and putting the game out of reach.
Junior midfielder Alex Racioppi (Winchester, Mass.) and sophomore midfielder Don Little (Clifton Park, N.Y.) both scored two goals for UMass, while junior Jeff Seals (Long Valley, N.J.) won 17 of 28 faceoffs in addition to scoring two goals. Freshman attackman Kevin Leveille (Delmar, N.Y.) also had a strong game with a goal and two assists, while junior Chris Campolettano (Massapequa, N.Y.) made 13 saves in goal.
Rutgers was led by freshman attackman Mike McLaughlin with two goals and three assists, while freshman midfielder Jason Brown, junior attackman Keith Cromwell and junior attackman Scott Massey all added two goals for the Scarlet Knights. Junior George Counes came off the bench to make 15 saves in goal for Rutgers.
The Minutemen will return to action on Saturday, May 6, when they play host to Brown in the regular season finale at Garber Field at 1:00 p.m.
UMass 16, Rutgers 11 Rutgers (3-10, 1-5 ECAC) 1 3 3 4 -- 11 UMass (6-7, 2-4 ECAC) 4 2 4 6 -- 16 UMass Goals: Rich Kunkel 5, Don Little 2, Alex Racioppi 2, Jeff Seals 2, Chris Fiore, Keith Gabrielli, Kevin Leveille, Dusty Smith, Tim Socha, Rutgers Goals: Jason Brown 2, Keith Cromwell 2, Scott Massey 2, Mike McLaughlin 2, Steve Snider, Ken Springer, Aaron Vecchio. UMass Assists: Kevin Leveille 2, Chris Gabrielli, Jeremy Guski, Mike Janowicz, Rich Kunkel, Dusty Smith, Mike Young, Rutgers Assists: Mike McLaughlin 3, Keith Cromwell, Dave Rough, Nick Schmidt, Aaron Vecchio. UMass Saves: Chris Campolettano 13, Rutgers Saves: George Counes 15, John Martino 3, Dan Schaivitz 2. Shots: UMass 47, Rutgers 39, Faceoffs: UMass 18/31, Rutgers 13/31, Groundballs: UMass 43, Rutgers 32, Clears: UMass 20/25, Rutgers 17/25, EMOs: UMass 0/2, Rutgers 2/4.
