PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers women's soccer is set to begin the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, April 8 in Columbus, Ohio. The Scarlet Knights, the No. 3 seed in the East, will face the sixth-seeded Michigan State Spartans in a 3 p.m. ET matchup.
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- Rutgers concluded the season with a record of 6-2-3 in conference matchups, including a 5-0 record at home.
- The Scarlet Knights own four shutouts on the season, having held all 11 opponents to single-digit shots on goal and seven to just single-digit shots overall.
- On the offensive side, a total of 10 different Scarlet Knights have contributed to scoring this year with seven recording at least one goal. Senior forward Amirah Ali, a MAC Hermann Trophy Award and Senior CLASS Award finalist, leads the team with five goals this year. Classmate Nneka Moneme has recorded two goals for the Scarlet Knights.
- Four freshmen started all regular season contests for RU, including Sam Kroeger and Sara Brocious who rank second on the team with five points each (1g, 3a). Classmate Becci Fluchel has added three assists as well.
- In net, junior Meagan McClelland has stopped 30 of 38 shots on goal. With 24 career clean sheets, she moved into sole ownership of fourth on the Rutgers career charts.
- The Scarlet Knights finished second in the league in points for the third consecutive year.
- Rutgers entered the final week of the regular season ranked in the Top 25 for the seventh straight year, climbing as high at No. 19 this spring.
All 14 teams will compete in the single-elimination Big Ten Regional Weekend on April 8 and 11 at four campus sites. The winning team at each of the four regional locations will advance to the four-team Big Ten Tournament, to be played on the campus of the highest-remaining seed following the Regional Weekend. The Big Ten Tournament semifinals are set for April 15, with the tournament championship game scheduled for April 18. Game times and television coverage for all Big Ten postseason women's soccer games will be announced at a later date.
For the Regional Weekend, the schools are seeded and assigned to their regional sites based on the same divisional alignment used during the Big Ten football season.
Following the Regional Weekend, the April 15 semifinals will be reseeded with the highest remaining seed playing host to the lowest remaining seed, while the second-highest remaining seed faces the second-lowest seed in the other semifinal. The winners of those games will meet for the Big Ten Tournament title on April 18, with the champion receiving the conference's automatic qualification to the NCAA Tournament.
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