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Jersey Number 73
Riley Tiernan
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Voorhees, N.J.
- High School:
- Eastern Regional
- Major:
- Communication
NJ.com | How the Tiernan sisters helped build Rutgers women’s soccer into Big Ten juggernaut
Career StatsAwards & Honors
- Rutgers all-time record holder with 34 career assists
- Sixth in Rutgers history with 72 career points
- Sixth in Big Ten history with 34 career assists
- United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Fourth Team (2024)
- United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Third Team (2023)
- United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Second Team (2022)
- United Soccer Coaches All-North Region First Team (2021)
- All-Big Ten Third Team (2022, 2024)
- All-Big Ten Second Team (2023)
- All-Big Ten First Team (2021)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Big Ten Player to Watch (2022, 2023, 2024)
- College Soccer Coaches National Players to Watch - Forwards (2022, 2023)
- MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List (2022)
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2021)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2021)
- ECAC Freshman of the Year (2021)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (2021)
- Played in and started 18 matches in her final collegiate season, scoring four goals with 11 assists
- Assisted on both goals in the 2-1 comeback overtime victory over No. 16 Michigan State (11/2) in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal
- 31st career assist moved her into a tie for 10th place all-time in the Big Ten career assists record book. She extended her school record for career assists at RU during game against Illinois (10/20)
- Scored game winning goal in the 1-0 win against Washington (9/22)
- Recorded a pair of assists in the 3-0 win over Oregon (9/19), setting the new all-time record at Rutgers with 30 career assists
- Assisted both goals scored, making her one assist away from tying the school record of 29 in the 2-0 win with NC State (9/8)
- Scored the final goal securing victory in the 3-0 win with Maine (9/1)
- Strikes her first goal of the season in the 3-0 win against Lehigh (8/28)
- Gained her 25th assist of her career, giving her sole possession of third place all-time at Rutgers in the 3-0 win against Lehigh (8/28)
- Assisted the lone goal and game-winner in season opening 1-0 win at NJIT (8/15), moving her into a third-place tie in Rutgers history with 24 career helpers
- Played in and started all 20 matches, ranking second on the team with 10 points on three goals and four assists
- Played in and started all 18 regular season matches, with at least 85 minutes played in all 10 Big Ten matches
- Took multiple shots on goal in the final seven matches of the season, which included four wins and a draw for the Scarlet Knights
- Scored an insurance goal on a penalty in 2-0 win over Michigan (10/12)
- Notched assists in back-to-back matches, a 1-0 win over Purdue (9/24) and a 2-2 draw at Nebraska (9/28)
- Recorded her second goal of the season in the team's 7-0 win over FDU (8/28)
- Scored the first goal of 2023, the game-winner in a 2-0 victory over Holy Cross (8/17) on Opening Night
- Played in and started all 20 games with 14 points on four goals and six assists.
- Recorded a goal in Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal loss at Northwestern (10/30)
- Tallied the second goal at Michigan (10/20), scoring in two of the final four matches of the regular season
- Scored a goal in a 2-2 draw with Minnesota (10/13)
- Collected team leading six assists during the 8-0-0 start to the season
- Assisted two goals, including the game winner, in the 3-2 defeat of LSU (9/11)
- Picked up an assist in the 3-1 home defeat over La Salle (9/8)
- Recorded points in three of first four matches during a 4-0-0 start to the season
- Scored the equalizer in the 46th minute in the home opening, 2-1 win over Buffalo (8/28)
- Passed out two assists in the 5-1 win away from home against UNLV (8/21)
- Assisted the lone goal in the 1-0 season opening win at New Mexico (8/18)
Prior to Rutgers: 2020 All-American HS game invite/participant...2020-21 National USA TODAY Athlete of the Year Nominee - Girls Soccer...2018 NPL National Champion with PDA...2020 USC All-American and two-time USC Regional All-American...2020 Sectional Player of the Year and 2019 Voorhees Sun Player of the Year...2018 Group IV State Champion with Eastern Regional...Four-year varsity starter at ERHS and 2020 team captain...Etched into the ERHS career record books in assists (first all-time with 85), in points (second all-time with 257), and in goals (third all-time with 85)...Owns the school records in points in a single game (10), goals in a single game (5), assists in a single game (5), tied for points in a season (100), assists in a season (34) and in career assists (87)....High school jersey No. 13 will be retired this spring...Three Olympic Conference Championships...Two South Jersey Soccer Coaches Association (SJSCA) Coaches Tournament Championships...Three-time Group IV Sectional Champion...2019 Team Co-MVP...Four-time Team Offensive Co-MVP...Two-time SJSCA Forward of the Year...Three-time All-South Jersey...Three-time All-Olympic Conference First Team...Four-time New Jersey Girls NJGSCA All-State...Three-time Star Ledger First Team All-State...Sister of former Scarlet Knight and current Rutgers assistant coach Madison Tiernan.
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