Sunday, October 20
Evanston, Ill.
2:00 PM (ET)
Rutgers University
at
Northwestern
Photo by: Rich Schultz
Men's Soccer Travels To Northwestern for BTN Matchup on Sunday
Oct 18 | Men's Soccer
Scarlet Knights & Wildcats Kickoff at 2 p.m. on National TV
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers men's soccer team's four-game road trip continues with a Big Ten matchup at Northwestern on Sunday at 2 p.m. in front of the BTN cameras.
| RUTGERS QUICK KICKS |
- Rutgers appears on BTN for the second time this season with Dean Linke and Patrick Doody on the call.
- The Scarlet Knights returned to the win column, captured their first Big Ten victory of the year and snapped a three-game setback streak last Friday night in a 3-0 victory over Wisconsin and powered back from a two-goal deficit to tie Hartford, a team on an 11-game unbeaten streak, in nonconference action on Tuesday night.
- Against the Badgers in their last Big Ten matchup, Rutgers exploded for three second half goals. Senior captain Jake Longo put away the game-winning on his first career goal while insurance goals came off the feet of sophomore Pablo Ávila and classmate Brandon Wall within a three-minute span late in the game.
- On Tuesday night, the Scarlet Knights found themselves down 2-0 two minutes into the second half before Ávila scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season in the 50th minute and freshman Jackson Temple tied the match in the 67th minute.
- RU led in shots 10-6 at the end of regulation, but after a Hartford second overtime surge, ended the game outshot, 13-11. The Scarlet Knights withstood five second overtime shots by the Hawks to remain unbeaten in nonconference action at 6-0-2.
- Sophomore Pablo Ávila, along with Liam Butts (Penn State), is tied for second in the Big Ten with six goals with Michigan's Nebojsa Popovic topping the list with seven tallies.
- Ávila and Ohio State's Jack Holland are second in total points (14) behind Michigan's Popovic (17).
- Ávila and freshman Jackson Temple along with Bardia Kimiavi (Northwestern), Devyn Etling (Ohio State) and Joshua Penn (Indiana) each have two game-winning goals in 2019 and are tied for second in the Big Ten in game-winning goals. PSU's Butts tops the list with four game-winners.
- In goal, freshman Oren Asher is third in save percentage (.746) and saves (44) and is tied with Ohio State's Parker Siegfried with a league-leading three clean sheets on the season.
| SCOUTING NORTHWESTERN |
- Northwestern welcomes the Scarlet Knights at 5-7-1 overall and 1-3-1 in the Big Ten and are looking to snap a four-game losing streak.
- NU's lone Big Ten win of the season was a 1-0 upset of No. 25 Maryland in College Park back on Sept. 20.
- Most recently, the Wildcats played to an overtime loss at No. 10 Penn State on Saturday night with the Lions putting away the game-winner in the 98th minute. Northwestern got onto the scoreboard first in the 50th minute, but Penn State would battle back with back-to-back goals within a five-minute span midway thru the second half. Mattias Tomasino's first goal of the year in the 86th minute would tie the game at 2-2 and force extra time.
- Senior midfielder Matt Moderwell leads Northwestern with 10 points (3G, 4A), while sophomore midfielder Bardia Kimiavi checks in with eight points (3G, 2A).
- Junior Miha Miskovic has started in 11 games for the Wildcats holding a .672 save percentage with 39 saves. He is allowing 1.71 goals on the year.
| UP NEXT |
- Only three games remain on the regular season docket. Rutgers continues Big Ten play at Indiana on Friday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. and closes out its current road trip and nonconference play at Lehigh on Tuesday, Nov. 29. The Scarlet Knights wrap up the regular season at home against Penn State on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. on Senior Day.
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