No. 5 Women's Soccer Cruises to Sweet Sixteen with 4-0 Win

Friday, November 19

Piscataway, N.J.

5 PM

Rutgers University

19-3-0, 10-0-0

NCAA Second Round: Saint Louis

13-9-1, 7-3-0

Saint Louis

Rutgers

Photo by: Ben Solomon

No. 5 Women's Soccer Cruises to Sweet Sixteen with 4-0 Win

Nov 19 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Scarlet Knights defeat Saint Louis in NCAA Second Round

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - No. 5 Rutgers women's soccer cruised to a 4-0 victory over Saint Louis in Friday's NCAA Second Round matchup at Yurcak Field. The Scarlet Knights improved to an overall mark of 19-3 on the season.

Freshman Riley Tiernan led the way with two goals and an assist, while senior Amirah Ali posted a goal and an assist as well. Freshman Kylie Daigle notched a goal, as senior Frankie Tagliaferri and Emma Misal contributed assists in the win.

Rutgers earned its lead early, finding the back of the net less than four minutes into the game. Tiernan started things off with a pass from midfield to Tagliaferri. Tagliaferri then crossed to Ali at the top of the box, who went one-on-one with the keeper for the goal and a 1-0 lead.

🤯Tiernan➡️Tagliaferri➡️Ali‼️#RUWS LEADS! Riley Tiernan starts things off with a pass to Frankie Tagliaferri! Tagliaferri keeps things going to set up an Amirah Ali goal! It's a 1-0 lead for RU just four minutes in! pic.twitter.com/kREJmj4AT4
— RUWS | BIG TEN CHAMPIONS (@RUWSoccer) November 19, 2021

The Scarlet Knights posted 13 shots in the first frame, while holding the Billiken's to just three shots in the opening frame.

The RU offense came alive in the second half, as Tiernan started things early with a goal in the 49th minute. Following a pass from Ali, Tiernan broke away and took a shot from the top center of the box to give RU a 2-0 cushion.

RILEY. TIERNAN‼️

Riley Tiernan with this 🔥🔥🔥goal to extend the #RUWS lead to 2-0 just minutes into the second half! pic.twitter.com/aU6d557D9C
— RUWS | BIG TEN CHAMPIONS (@RUWSoccer) November 19, 2021

Tiernan didn't stop there, she went on to add her second goal of the night in the 69th minute off an assist from Misal. A goal once again from the top of the 18-yard box.

😍Riley Tiernan strikes again!!

Riley extends the #RUWS lead to 3-0 with this beauty, marking her second goal of the game!! pic.twitter.com/g400Z2TsIw
— RUWS | BIG TEN CHAMPIONS (@RUWSoccer) November 19, 2021

Classmate Kylie Daigle joined in in the 79th minute, cruising from midfield past numerous defenders to notch her third goal of the season for the 4-0 lead. The four goals marks the most scored by the Scarlet Knights in an NCAA Tournament game since 2015.

Nothing, and we mean NOTHING was going to stop Kylie Daigle from scoring this one!

Kylie extends the #RUWS lead to 4-0 in the 79th minute! pic.twitter.com/I9Nqfbncvu
— RUWS | BIG TEN CHAMPIONS (@RUWSoccer) November 19, 2021

The defense held Saint Louis to just seven shots overall in the match, including three on goal, in route to secure RU's 13th clean sheet of the year.

With tonight's match, Ali and fellow senior captain Gabby Provenzano each reached 100 career games played. The duo stands as the leaders in career appearances for the program.

💯𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗗...and counting!

Congratulations to Amirah Ali on eclipsing 100 career games played! The milestone comes in the same season of her 100th career point! pic.twitter.com/qHBWsviMSX
— RUWS | BIG TEN CHAMPIONS (@RUWSoccer) November 20, 2021

💯𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗗...and counting!

Congratulations to Gabby Provenzano on eclipsing 100 career games played! The 2021 Big Ten Defender of the Year has captained the team to 13 shutouts this season! pic.twitter.com/ssgnaInMT0
— RUWS | BIG TEN CHAMPIONS (@RUWSoccer) November 20, 2021

Rutgers advances to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015. The No. 1 seed Scarlet Knights remain home to host No. 4 seed TCU on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. for the Third Round matchup.

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