PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers men's soccer team hosts Northwestern in a crucial Big Ten matchup on Friday night at 7 p.m. at Yurcak Field. 

PARKING
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HOW TO WATCH
Friday's game will be streamed live on BTN Plus with Lou Brongo and Glenn Crooks on the call.

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PROMOTIONS
It will be Youth Sports Night with teams encouraged to arrive at the game wearing their team jerseys and joining the Scarlet Knights postgame for autographs.



SCARLET KNIGHTS CLOSE WEEK WITH THE WILDCATS
The Rutgers men's soccer team closes out the week looking to get back on track in returning to Big Ten action and hosting Northwestern on Friday at 7 p.m. 

With three games left in conference including Friday's matchup with the Wildcats, RU sits in seventh place in the league standings with Indiana and Penn State also remaining on the schedule.  

The Scarlet Knights are coming off a heartbreaking double overtime loss to Howard on Tuesday night. The Bison broke the scoreless stalemate in the 107th minute off a rebound from six yards out.

Rutgers outshot Howard, 16-11, with leading scorer Jordan Hall accounting for five attempts.

ABOUT NORTHWESTERN
The Wildcats come to town at 4-5-4 overall and 0-3-2 in the Big Ten. Northwestern is coming off a pair of draws last week with DePaul (1-1) and Penn State (0-0) after taking on a trio of losses against nationally ranked programs in No. 2 Indiana (2-1), No. 19 Michigan (2-0) and No. 15 Notre Dame (3-0).

Senior midfielder Camden Buescher leads the squad with seven points (3G, 1A) followed by sophomore defender Garrett Opperman with five points (2G, 1A). Freshman midfielder Bardia Kimiavi is the only other multiple goal Wildcat scorers with a pair of tallies.

In goal, sophomore Miha Miskovic has logged seven shutouts on the year along with a 0.92 goals against average and .768 save percentage.

B1G Stats
With two goals against Wisconsin last Sunday afternoon, junior Jordan Hall has totaled nine goals on the season to lead all Big Ten scorers.

Hall sits in first place ahead of Michigan's Umar Farouk Osman with seven goals and Indiana's Andrew Gutman with six goals.

Hall's name is also found atop the league charts in goals per game (0.75), points (19) and points per game (1.58) and second in shots (39) and shots per game (3.23).

Redshirt senior Miles Hackett meanwhile has four assists to his name and is tied for fifth in the league in the category.

IN THE CLASSROOM
The Rutgers men's soccer team was honored with the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the 2017-18 academic year, it was announced last Thursday by the organization.

The Scarlet Knights have earned the team academic award from the coaches association for the fifth-straight year and in seven of the last eight seasons.

Rutgers men's soccer was one of a total of 773 collegiate soccer teams (289 men, 484 women) who posted a 3.0 or higher grade point average during the 2017-18 academic year. 

Both the RU men's and women's soccer teams earned the award, one of 191 schools with both their men's and women's programs recognized.

Also during the 2017-18 academic year, men's soccer placed 10 members on the Big Ten All-Academic Team and four members of the roster earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors for achieving a grade point average of 3.7 or higher, including current Scarlet Knights Joe Bruno (electrical engineering), Alex Kaczynski (labor studies & employment relations) and Brian Shushkovsky (finance).

UP NEXT
Following Friday's game, the Scarlet Knights return to nonconference action with a road game against Lafayette on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and return home to host No. 2 and 2017 national runner-up Indiana.

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