WELCOME HOME: Men's Soccer Hosts Michigan
Oct 10 | Men's Soccer
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (October 10, 2014) - The Rutgers men's soccer team returns home and back to Big Ten action when the Scarlet Knights host Michigan on Saturday at 7 p.m.
WELCOME HOME
After playing on the road for its last three contests, the Rutgers men's soccer team returns home to Yurcak Field where it will be for six of the final seven games of the 2014 campaign. RU has only one more road trip left in the regular season at Ohio State on Oct. 25.
Rutgers returns to Big Ten action on Saturday, hosting Michigan at 7 p.m. The Scarlet Knights are looking to return back to the win column after going 0-4-1 since picking up their first Big Ten win against Wisconsin.
LEADING THE WAY
Freshman forward Jason Wright continues to lead the Scarlet Knights in scoring. Wright, who tallied both goals in RU's loss to Princeton on Tuesday night, has five goals to his name in 2014 in addition to two assists. His 10 points places his name third among all Big Ten scorers.
Wright's two goals against the Tigers gave him his second multiple scoring game of the year. The Kingston, Jamaica native also had two tallies in RU's 3-1 win against Lafayette.
NEW IN NET
Sophomore Mitchell Walier made his second appearance of the season in net for the Scarlet Knights on Tuesday at Princeton. The sophomore Scarlet Knight played the final 20 minutes of action, logging four stops.
Walier earned his first career start in goal in RU's 0-0 draw with No. 16 Michigan State on Sept. 28. He played the entire first half and registered a career-high four saves.
Walier also played in goal last season against Hofstra, making one stop in playing the entire second half.
ABOUT MICHIGAN
Michigan comes to Yurcak Field sporting a 3-5-2 overall mark and 1-1-2 record in the Big Ten. The Wolverines are on a two-game winning streak that includes a 2-1 overtime win at Wisconsin and a huge upset in a 3-2 victory over No. 6 Notre Dame.
Redshirt junior midfielder Colin McAtee currently leads the Wolverines with 10 points (5G) and is followed on the stat sheet by junior forward James Murphy with five points (2G, 1A). McAtee captured a hat trick against the Fighting Irish on Tuesday night.
In goal, duties have been spilt between redshirt senior Adam Grinwis and freshman Evan Louro. Grinwis holds a 1-2-2 record with a 0.74 goals against average and .750 save percentage. Louro, meanwhile, has gone 2-3-0 in goal with a 1.35 goals against average and .708 save percentage.
UP NEXT
The Rutgers men's soccer team hosts Penn in nonconference play on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. There will be a Junior Knights Pre-Game Clinic and the first 150 Junior Knights will receive a Rutgers soccer youth scarf. The game will also be available on BTN Plus.
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