Men's Soccer Hosts Penn State on Senior Day Sunday

Sunday, October 22

Piscataway, N.J.

1:00 PM

Rutgers University

Penn State

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Scarlet Knights To Honor Nine Seniors Prior to Kickoff at 1 p.m.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers men's soccer team hosts Penn State on Sunday at 1 p.m. on Senior Day. The nine Scarlet Knight seniors will honored prior to the 1 p.m. kickoff with live coverage available on BTN Plus with Lou Brogno and Jared Smith on the call.

PROMOTIONS
- Senior Day
- Alumni Day
- Mini Soccer Ball Giveaway
- Free Admission with Purdue Football Ticket

B1G FINALE
The Rutgers men's soccer team is down to its two final games of the 2017 regular season and hosts Penn State in its regular season Big Ten finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Sunday's contest marks Senior Day with nine Scarlet Knights - Niel Guzman, Brandon Tetro, Ethan Vanacore-Decker, Erik Sa, Dante Perez, Jack Young, Ahmad Faheem, Spencer Hambleton and Ryan Peterson - honored prior to kickoff.

The Scarlet Knights are winners in two of their last three contests, including victories in their last two home games. RU earned a 2-1 win over NJIT on Oct. 11 and on Wednesday powered back from a 1-0 deficit on a Lafayette penalty kick for a 4-1 win over the Leopards.

In Wednesday's win, a trio of freshmen were involved in the scoring with Bryce Washington posting his first Scarlet Knight goal, Kyle Galloway registering a pair of assists and Vincent Borden posting his first collegiate helper. Meanwhile, veterans redshirt senior Erik Sa and junior Thomas Dovell also found the back of the Leopard goal in helping Rutgers return to the win column.

After Lafayette's Chris Gomez converted a penalty kick in the game's fourth minute to give the Leopards the early lead, it was all Rutgers with the Scarlet Knights responding in taking a 3-1 lead at the half and four unanswered goals total.

Dovell captured his second goal of the season, registering the eventual game-winner in the 34th minute.

ABOUT PENN STATE
The Nittany Lions make their way to New Jersey witha 2-9-2 overall record and 0-6-0 mark in Big Ten action. Penn State has dropped six-straight and last picked up a win on Sept. 20 in a 2-0 victory against Detroit Mercy.

PSU is on the third game of a four-game road trip after falling 3-2 in overtime to Pittsburgh and a 1-0 loss at No. 6 Michigan State last week.

After Sunday's game, the Nittany Lions will face James Madison on the road on Wednesday to close out the current road swing and host Northwestern in the its 2017 regular season finale on Sunday at noon.

Freshman forward Ethan Beckford and sophomore midfielder Aaron Molloy lead Penn State with two goals apiece. Sophomore forward Christian Sload, meanwhile, has registered a goal and an assist.

In goal, redshirt freshman Josh Levine has gotten starts in the last four games and posts a 1.48 goals against average and .776 save percentage.

LAST TIME VS. PENN STATE
Freshman Tim McQuaid's first career goal came with two minutes left in regulation and forced overtime between the Rutgers men's soccer team and Penn State. The Nittany Lions, however, netted the golden goal in the second overtime to take the game, 3-2, back on Oct. 21, 2016.
The Scarlet Knights battled back from a one-goal deficit twice before extra time was needed to decide the game.

Penn State struck in the 34th minute and held a 1-0 edge at the half. Pierre Reedy dribbled across the top of the box to Frankie Camara for the shot 18-yards out and inside the left post.

Dante Perez, however, tied the game four minutes into the second half. With the Nittany Lions deep in their own territory, Penn State tried to center the ball, but Brandon Tetro intercepted the ball for the takeaway and fed it ahead to Perez. From the middle of the box, Perez put the ball away into the lower right corner for the equalizer and his fourth goal of the 2016 campaign.

Penn State pushed ahead 2-1 in the 76th minute with Connor Maloney receiving a long pass at the top of the 18 and firing into the far corner.

The game was far from over though as Rutgers tied the game with 1:52 left in regulation. Off the corner sent in by Ryan Peterson, a Kieran Kemmerer header deflected the ball towards goal, finding McQuaid to tap the ball in at the goal line.

In the first overtime, the Scarlet Knight defense came up with blocks by Kemmerer and Tyler Morris to keep play going.

Penn State registered the game-winning goal with 2:05 left in the second overtime as Aymar Sigue was in line with the RU defense in taking the pass before getting open inside the box for the golden goal from eight-yards out.

Rutgers held a 17-16 edge in shots, while both squads recorded five corner kicks. David Greczek, logged eight saves in goal for the Scarlet Knights. Evan Finney made five stops in the win.

UP NEXT
Following Sunday's game, RU will close out the regular season hosting Columbia, a team receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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