BALTIMORE — The Rutgers-Loyola men’s lacrosse game was delayed at least 75 minutes for an atypical reason.
The Scarlet Knights left their jerseys in New Jersey.
The uniforms were expected to arrive at the Ridley Athletic Complex around 12:45 p.m. after making the 170-mile trip from Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers had players shooting on the field well before the scheduled noon start, and the team began more structured warmups while wearing white hoodies at about 12:15.
Rutgers’ goalies emerged from the locker room clad in the team's black jerseys at about 12:55 p.m., 20 minutes before the rescheduled 1:15 p.m. faceoff.
Uniform mishaps are rare, but do happen. In December, the Coppin State men’s basketball team forgot its uniforms for a trip to Drexel and wore the Dragons’ practice jerseys during the game.
Rutgers went on to beat Loyola 13-12, the team’s first win over the Greyhounds since 2007.