POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist men's lacrosse team opens the 2022 season with two games this week. Wednesday, February 9^th, the Red Foxes face off in Piscataway, New Jersey against the #9 Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. On Saturday, February 12^th, Marist travels to Binghamton for their second game of the season. The game starts at noon.
 

Last Time Out

• The Marist men's lacrosse program was voted to finished second in the MAAC this year, receiving 41 votes. They finished just behind Monmouth, who received 46 votes.
• Red Foxes JT Roselle and Jamison Embury found themselves on the Preseason All-MAAC Team. Roselle's selection was unanimous.
• Last season, the men were only able to play four games due to COVID-19 restrictions. They finished 3-1 overall, and 2-0 in MAAC play. In last year's MAAC tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to #4 Canisius, 14-13.

 

Scouting Rutgers

• The Scarlet Knights ranked 9^th in the country in the latest Men's Lacrosse Division 1 Preseason Poll.
• Last Season, Rutgers finished 9-4, winning eight in-conference games. They beat Lehigh University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament but fell to #1 University of North Carolina in the next game.
• Marist is 1-3 all-time against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
• Rutgers started their season with a win against LIU by a score of 15-6.

 

Scouting Binghamton

• The Bearcats will be opening their 2022 season against Marist this weekend.
• Last season, Binghamton finished with an overall record of 5-4, all their games coming within conference play.
• Binghamton was voted to finished fifth in the America East Conference this year, finishing ahead of only UMass Lowell and NJIT.
• Marist has an all-time record of 5-5 against the Bearcats.

 

Up Next

• Following these two opening games, Marist plays University of Richmond on Saturday, February 19^th in Richmond, Virginia. That game is scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m.