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Jersey Number 1
Rafael Pereira
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lisbon, Portugal
- High School:
- Escola Secundaria Vergilio Ferreira
2018 - Senior: Prior to the start of the season earned Honorable Mention PDL All-Eastern Conference ... Held down a 1.45 goals against average with 52 saves for the Western Mass Pioneers... Logged a shutout against Mount Saint Mary's (Aug. 31) ... Posted a season-high six saves at UMBC (Aug. 27) ...
2017 - Junior: Led Big Ten and ranked fourth in NCAA in total saves (97) ... Topped Big Ten and eighth nationally in saves per game (5.39) ... Played every minute of the season in goal ... Captured first Scarlet Knight shutout at UMKC (Sept. 3) behind five saves in the double overtime match ... Stopped a PK by WAC Player of the Week Eric McWoods in the first overtime ... Made a season-high nine saves in regular season final with Columbia (Oct. 25), a squad that ranked as high as No. 14 during the season ... Notched second shutout of the season with seven saves at Princeton (Sept. 26) ... Also captured seven stops against No. 2 Indiana (Sept. 22) and No. 4 UNC ...
PRIOR TO RUTGERS: Two-time NJCAA All-American at Marshalltown Community College ... owned a 33-5-3 career record, including 20 shutouts and a 0.56 career goals against average ... goals against average ranked him third all-time at MCC ... guided the Tigers to back-to-back appearances in the Region XI Tournament and 22 consecutive appearances in the NJCAA rankings ... MCC ranked as high as at No. 3 in the rankings in 2016, a program-best ... two-time First Team All-Region XI, seven-time ICCAC Player of the Week ... also a standout in the classroom earning Second Team NJCAA All-Academic Team honors for the 2015-16 school year ... also a ICCAC Academic All-Region First Team honoree and recipient of the NJCAA Exemplary Academic Achievement award.
2017 - Junior: Led Big Ten and ranked fourth in NCAA in total saves (97) ... Topped Big Ten and eighth nationally in saves per game (5.39) ... Played every minute of the season in goal ... Captured first Scarlet Knight shutout at UMKC (Sept. 3) behind five saves in the double overtime match ... Stopped a PK by WAC Player of the Week Eric McWoods in the first overtime ... Made a season-high nine saves in regular season final with Columbia (Oct. 25), a squad that ranked as high as No. 14 during the season ... Notched second shutout of the season with seven saves at Princeton (Sept. 26) ... Also captured seven stops against No. 2 Indiana (Sept. 22) and No. 4 UNC ...
PRIOR TO RUTGERS: Two-time NJCAA All-American at Marshalltown Community College ... owned a 33-5-3 career record, including 20 shutouts and a 0.56 career goals against average ... goals against average ranked him third all-time at MCC ... guided the Tigers to back-to-back appearances in the Region XI Tournament and 22 consecutive appearances in the NJCAA rankings ... MCC ranked as high as at No. 3 in the rankings in 2016, a program-best ... two-time First Team All-Region XI, seven-time ICCAC Player of the Week ... also a standout in the classroom earning Second Team NJCAA All-Academic Team honors for the 2015-16 school year ... also a ICCAC Academic All-Region First Team honoree and recipient of the NJCAA Exemplary Academic Achievement award.
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