PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Junior Anna Stein of the Lafayette women's lacrosse team registered five points on four goals and an assist, but the Leopards couldn't stop Rutgers on Tuesday evening in Piscataway, New Jersey, closing the non-conference season with a 19-10 defeat.
 
The two sides played evenly over the first half of the opening frame before a five-goal Rutgers run from the 15:18 to the 8:12 mark opened it up at a 9-3 home lead. The Leopards took it to the break at an 11-5 deficit and cut that to 11-6 early in the second stanza and 13-8 with 17:18 to play. Unfortunately, it was all Scarlet Knights through the final stretch, though, extending it out to a 19-10 final.
 
Stein led five multi-point efforts from the Maroon and White with two goals apiece from Ally Hickey and Lizzie O'Brien. Olivia Cunningham and Meghan McLachlan each tallied a goal and an assist, respectively, to round out the attack.
 
The loss drops Lafayette to 4-3 on the season overall headed into Patriot League action. Rutgers improves to 5-4 this season, opening Big Ten play in its next tilt as well.
 
Junior Quinn Lacy did all she could between the pipes, making 13 saves on 45 shots faced, stopping just over 40 percent of her looks. Defensively in front of her, Hickey added three caused turnovers in addition to her three draw controls and a ground ball, while freshman Kerry Tuorto saw her biggest impact of her rookie campaign, registering two caused turnovers and two ground balls.
 
Shots finished at 45-20 in favor of the home side and Rutgers led in ground balls, 15-12. Lafayette forced the Scarlet Knights into 17 turnovers, while committing 16 of its own, but lost the battle in the circle, 20-12, including the final eight draws.
 
Next up for the Maroon and White is a trek to Washington, D.C. on Saturday to open Patriot League play at American. Opening draw on the conference season is set for 1 p.m.