No. 21 MSOC Rolls To Seventh Straight Victory

Saturday, October 31

Piscataway, N.J.

1:00 PM

Rutgers University

10-4-1, 4-3-0B1G

Nebraska at Omaha

8-4-3, 2-2-1Summit

Nebraska-Omaha

Rutgers

Oct 31 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Oct. 31, 2015

Box Score | RVISION: Highlights

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The No. 21 Rutgers men's soccer team closed out its regular season home schedule with its seventh-straight victory and seventh shutout of the year in a 1-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha.

Senior Mitchell Taintor (Storrs, Conn.) scored the game's lone goal in the 39th minute. Sophomore Brandon Tetro (Freehold, N.J.) sent a pass from the right sideline to Taintor along the end line. Taintor dribbled into the box and fired into the far upper corner for his third goal of the season.

Rutgers ended the game outshooting the Mavericks, 7-5, with junior David Greczek (Fairfield, N.J.) collecting three saves in the victory.

Tetro had RU's other attempt on net. The sophomore Scarlet Knight deflected a header by Drew Morgan (Atlanta, Ga.) off a corner kick, but Nebraska-Omaha's Jesus Perez was at the goal line to head the ball away.

Senior JP Correa (Montville, N.J.), in his first start since the Scarlet Knights' contest at Michigan on Oct. 10, had two early shots go wide right of the Maverick goal. Freshman Brian Hawkins (Chesterfield, N.J.), meanwhile, took a deflection off a Niel Guzman (Bridgewater, N.J.) cross above the crossbar early in the second half.

The Mavericks had two chances midway through the second stanza. Emir Alihodzic tried to find the gap at the right post in the 69th minute, but Greczek was there to make his third and final stop of the afternoon. Minutes later, Fazlo Alihodzic beat the Scarlet Knight defense and raced into the box, but saw his shot go wide right to keep Nebraska-Omaha scoreless.

"They are an NCAA caliber team and knew it was going to be a tough match today," said head coach Dan Donigan. "The second half we sat on a 1-0 lead and did a good enough job to get the result. It was an aggressive second half, but kids are trying to compete and win. Again, a very tough match-up and I give (Omaha) a lot of credit. The results are here. These players are very capable and we've put it all together this year. I'm more happy for the players than anybody else."

The win improved the Scarlet Knights to 11-4-1 overall as they head into their final game of the regular season on Wednesday night against Maryland for a possible chance at the Big Ten regular season title.

Nebraska-Omaha had a three-game unbeaten streak snapped and dropped to 8-5-3 overall.

KNIGHT NOTES:
- Rutgers finished the regular season with a 5-3-0 record at Yurcak Field, including three-straight victories to conclude the home portion of the regular season calendar.
- The Scarlet Knights have posted shutouts in their last three straight games and in five of their last seven matchups.
- Mitchell Taintor notched his third goal of the year and 11th career tally. It was his first game-winner of the 2015 and fourth of his career.
- Taintor currently has 10 points (3G, 4A) on the season and 27 points (11G, 5A) in his four years "On The Banks".
- Brandon Tetro collected his first assist of the season and second of his career. He currently has three points (1G, 1A) in the 2015 season and four points (1G, 2A) in his career.
- With his three saves, David Greczek has registered 245 career saves.
- Greczek posted his seventh shutout of the season and 14th career shutout. His seven clean sheets are the most since Ricky Zinter's seven shutouts in 2000.
- The Scarlet Knights currently sit in first place in the Big Ten with 12 points followed by Ohio State with 10 points. Maryland and Northwestern are third with nine points. Several key games take place Saturday night - Michigan State at Michigan - 5 p.m. Wisconsin at Indiana - 7 p.m. and Maryland at Ohio State - 7 p.m. - and on Sunday - Northwestern at Penn State - 2 p.m. - to help determine the seeding for next weekend's Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.

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