Heading into Monday’s Shore Conference Tournament first-round clash with Red Bank Catholic, the Southern Regional boys lacrosse team hadn’t played in a week.

So it made sense the Rams were a bit rusty during the first half.

“It’s been pretty rough with the weather we’ve had lately,” said junior goaltender Tristen Farina, who made nine saves against the Caseys as the Rams notched a 16-5 victory, which sent them into the quarterfinals to face Freehold Township and kept them undefeated at 11-0.

“Fortunately, we have a solid system. So it doesn’t take us too long to get back into the flow of things.