Box Score

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers men's soccer team pushed No. 4 Maryland to double overtime on Tuesday night at Yurcak Field with the Terps netting the golden goal with six minutes remaining in the game for the 2-1 victory.

After Maryland went ahead 1-0 early in the game off a penalty kick by Gordon Wild, the Scarlet Knights' Dante Perez blasted in the equalizer in the 27th minute.

The Terps' Jake Rozhansky, however, captured the golden goal in the 104th minute taking a rebound right in front of the goal line off a saved shot from Sebastian Elney.

Maryland improved to 4-0-2 overall and 1-0-1 in the Big Ten. The Scarlet Knights, meanwhile, drop to 0-5-0 and 0-2-0 in Big Ten play.

"I'm really proud of the performance of our guys. They now see what it takes and the way they need to perform for 90 plus minutes against a high caliber team like Maryland," said head coach Dan Donigan. "It's tough to go through what these guys are going through and I give them a lot of credit for that performance. They know that none of us are giving up and that hoepfully this can give them a jolt of confidence."

Rutgers made its comeback from down 1-0 as Ryan Peterson took a corner kick for Rutgers that was batted out by the Terp defense. However, Perez swooped in at the top of the 18 to take the clear and find the back of the Maryland net for RU's first goal of the year.

The game remained knotted at 1-1 after regulation after the Rutgers defense stopped six attempts on net in the second half. In addition to senior goalkeeper David Greczek making four of his eight stops in the second frame, Ross Tetro and Tyler Morris also came away with stops at the goal line to keep the contest tied midway through the second half.

With the clock ticking down in regulation, Tim McQuaid played a throw-in to Rayon Gibbs along the left side. Gibbs sent the ball into Jason Wright at the penalty mark, but a foul was called negating the potential Scarlet Knight game-winner and the upset.

In the second overtime, Greczek made a point blank save on a shot by Sebastain Elney, but Terp teammate Rozhansky collected the rebound and put the ball high into the net to prevent the Scarlet Knight upset.

The Rutgers men's soccer team returns to action on Sunday, Sept. 18 at Ohio State. Kick off is set for 2 p.m. on BTN2Go.

KNIGHT NOTES:
- David Greczek made eight saves on the night upping his career total to 298 career stops. He needs six more saves to move into second on the all-time saves leaders list past Steve Widdowson (1994-96). His eight saves tied his high for the season. He also had eight stops vs. No. 7 Creighton to open the season.
- Dante Perez's goal was his first career goal.

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