The Muhlenberg men's lacrosse team opened its 2022 season with a 19-9 loss at defending national champion RIT.

The game, and season, started well enough, with graduate student Matt Burke winning the opening faceoff and scoring just 9 seconds after the opening whistle.

RIT netted the next four goals, however, and gradually pulled away.

Muhlenberg trailed only 7-4 in the second quarter after back-to-back goals by sophomore Wyatt Malia, but the Engineers scored three in a row to take a 10-4 lead.

Junior Max May had a sensational game in goal, making 23 saves - most by a Mule since 2010 and the most by a Mule in a regulation game since 2009. His previous career high was 15.

Malia finished with three goals for his second career hat trick. Junior James Dalimonte added a pair in his first game with the Mules since 2020.

Burke finished 18-of-32 on faceoffs and picked up 8 ground balls. Senior Maxwell Seeber also scooped 8 ground balls, one short of his career high.

Sophomore Brandon Caslow scored his first career goal.

pictured above: senior Kyle Lando recorded 3 ground balls and caused a turnover