** UPDATE**  Due to impending inclement weather expected Wednesday evening, the Rutgers men's soccer contest with Maryland has been moved up to a noon kickoff.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers men's soccer team is back home on Wednesday to host the Maryland Terrapins for noon kickoff at Yurcak Field.

PARKING
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HOW TO WATCH
Wednesday's game will be streamed live on BTN Plus.

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BACK AT HOME
The Scarlet Knights have a pair of Big Ten games on the docket this week. First RU will host Maryland on Wednesday night at Yurcak Field at 7 p.m. and then travel to Ohio State on Sunday for matchup with the Buckeyes on BTN at noon.

Rutgers had only one game last week as the midweek nonconference contest with Marist was canceled due to weather. The game will not be made up.

The Scarlet Knights traveled to No. 5 Michigan State last Friday in a tight battle with the Spartans, who entering the game was the Big Ten's top ranked offense.

RU was able to keep the Spartans off the scoreboard until midway thru the second half. Michigan State's Ryan Sierakowski scored both goals converting a PK following a handball off a scramble inside the box in the 64th minute and later in the 80th minute hitting the left post and in.

Playing down by a pair of goals, Scarlet Knight leading scorer Jordan Hall made it a 2-1 game with 10 minutes to go. 

Then with two minutes remaining in the game, it looked as if Miles Hackett had headed in an equalizer at the far post, but the ball had crossed the end line out of bounds prior to the cross by Bryce Washington.

While it was Hall, the junior forward, putting away his fourth goal of the season for the Scarlet Knights, redshirt junior forward Brian Hawkins led RU with five of its 10 shots on the night. 

ABOUT MARYLAND
Maryland enters Yurcak Field sporting a 2-3-2 overall record and 1-1-0 mark in Big Ten play. The Terps are coming off a 2-1 loss at home against Wisconsin on Friday night.

Maryland started off the 2018 season with a gauntlet of top 25 programs including No. 24 Washington, No. 10 Stanford and No. 7 Virginia 

The Terps are led by freshman midfielder William James Herve with five points (2G, 1A), while senior midfielder Amar Sejdic and junior forward/midfielder Paul Bin have each captured a goal on the season.

In goal, redshirt junior Dayne St. Clair has logged 25 saves and three shutouts while holding down a 0.78 goals against average and .806 save percentage.

LAST TIME AGAINST MARYLAND
Facing its fourth nationally-ranked program in six games, the Rutgers men's soccer team and No. 3 Maryland fought to scoreless halftime before the Scarlet Knights dropped a 3-0 decision to the Terps at Ludwig Field on Sept. 12.

Reigning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Gordon Wild accounted for two of the Terps' three goals on the evening.

Wild broke open the scoreless match in the 52nd minute of play as Jake Rozhansky fed Eryk Williamson into the right side of the box. Williamson sent the cross five yards out from the center of the Scarlet Knight net setting up Wild for the 1-0 Terp lead.

Maryland went ahead 2-0 in the 60th minute. Rozhansky dribbled along the right side of the 18 to once again set up a Wild tally. Wild managed to slip the ball inside the far post.

The Terps wrapped up scoring in the 85th minute with Eli Grognale firing from 20 yards out into the lower left corner.

Rutgers' backline and goalkeeper Rafael Pereira combined for seven saves in the loss.  Zeno Mazzucato swooped in for a defensive save at the far post in the latter part of the first half after Rozhansky chipped the ball past Pereira to keep the game scoreless heading into the half.

Maryland netminder Dayne St. Clair made two stops to collect his fourth shutout of the season.

B1G STAT SPEAKING
Rutgers leading scorer Jordan Hall currently leads the Big Ten in shots per game, averaging 2.71 attempts per game and totaling a league second best 19 shots over the first seven games of the season.

Hall is also second in goals per game averaging 0.57 with four tallies in seven games.

ALUMNI UPDATE
In April, former Scarlet Knight Mitch Taintor was acquired by Toronto FC on loan from Sacramento Republic FC and captured his first MLS goal in his debut against the Houston Dynamo.

Entering this week, Taintor has appeared in and started 28 matches for Sacramento Republic FC in 2018 and helped the squad qualify for the USL Playoffs after a 0-0 draw with OKC Energy FC on Sunday night.

Republic FC returns home on Sept. 28 to face the Portland Timbers 2 looking to seek a top-four finish that will earn the squad a home playoff match.

Prior to joining Sacramento, Taintor spent two seasons (2016 & 2017) with Toronto FC II. During his time with the Young Reds, he appeared in 47 matches registering three goals and one assist.

UP NEXT
Rutgers appears on BTN when the Scarlet Knights travel to Ohio State for a noon kickoff with the Buckeyes on Sunday, Sept. 30. Dean Linke and Chris Doran will be on the call.

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