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GAME NOTES GAME FIVE: Rutgers at Monmouth - Sept. 16 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall Record: 2-2 Big Ten Record: 0-1 RUTGERS MONMOUTH Home: 1-1 Away: 1-1 Neutral: 0-0 SCARLET KNIGHTS Hawks AUGUST Sat. 15 vs. Bryant (Exhibition) ............... W, 3-0 2015 Record: 2-2-0 Overall, 0-0-0 Big Ten 2015 Record: 2-3-0 Overall, 0-0-0 MAAC Sat. 22 at NJIT (Exhibition) ......................... W, 1-0 Last Result: Sept. 11 - vs. Wisconsin - L, 0-1 (2OT) Last Result: Sept. 12 - vs. Villanova - W, 3-1 Fri. 28 SIENA .................................................W, 4-2 Head Coach: Dan Donigan (Connecticut ‘93) Head Coach: Robert McCourt (Adelphi ‘89) Overall: 154-92-32/15th Season Overall: 131-48-42/12th season At Rutgers: 36-50-9/Sixth Season At Monmouth: 37-50-15/6th Season SEPTEMBER Fri. 4 at Colgate ............................................W, 2-1 ON THE ROAD AGAIN: GAMEDAY CENTRAL: Sun. 6 at (RV) Syracuse ................................L, 1-2 The Rutgers men’s soccer team is back on the OPPONENT: at Monmouth Fri. 11 WISCONSIN * ....................... L, 0-1 (2OT) road for its next two contests after suffering DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 16 a heartbreaking 1-0 double overtime loss to Wed. 16 at Monmouth .....................................7 p.m. Hesse Field - West Long Branch, N.J. Wisconsin to open Big Ten play on Friday night. VENUE: Sun. 20 at Indiana * (BTN) ...........................3 p.m. KICK-OFF: 7 p.m. Fri. 25 MICHIGAN STATE * ....................... 7 p.m. The Scarlet Knights make the short trip down Tue. 29 LOYOLA (MD) ................................... 7 p.m. to Monmouth for a nonconference meeting VIDEO: ESPN3 with the Hawks on Wednesday before resum- (Matt Harmon and Eddy Occhipinti) RADIO: None OCTOBER ing Big Ten action with a trip to Indiana on Sunday. Sunday’s contest with the Hoosiers LIVESTATS: GoMUHawks.com Sat. 3 PENN STATE * .................................. 7 p.m. will air on BTN. Tues. 6 YALE ................................................... 7 p.m. Sat. 10 at Michigan * .............................11:30 a.m. HEARTBREAKER AT THE HORN: UPCOMING Tue. 13 at Penn ................................................. 5 p.m. While the Rutgers men’s soccer team pres- sured the Wisconsin net all Friday evening OPPONENT: at Indiana Fri. 16 at Northwestern ..............................8 p.m. long, the Badgers’ last second shot gave the DATE: Sunday, Sept. 20 Tue. 20 at Army ..................................................7 p.m. Scarlet Knights a 1-0 loss in double overtime. VENUE: Bill Armstrong Stadium Sun. 25 OHIO STATE * (BTN) .......................1 p.m. - Bloomington, Ind. KICK-OFF: 3 p.m. Sat. 31 OMAHA ................................................1 p.m. The Wisconsin defense and net endured a barrage of Rutgers shots throughout the night led by senior Mitchell Taintor, who saw five of VIDEO: BTN NOVEMBER his game-high eight shots on goal. At the end RADIO: None Wed. 4 at Maryland * ......................................7 p.m. of the night, RU outshot the Badgers, 27-12. LIVESTATS: IUHoosiers.com In what looked like would be a stalemate, in Big Ten Tournament the final seconds of the second overtime, the Sat. - Sun. Nov. 7-15 at campus sites Badgers controlled a clear at the midfield with Sat. 7 B1G Play In a combo play from Tom Barlow to Christopher FOLLOW US Sun. 8 B1G Quarterfinal Mueller. Mueller’s shot hit the cross bar, then the left post before bouncing into the back of Fri. 15 B1G Semifinal the net for the golden goal. RutgersMensSoccer Sun. 17 B1G Final ABOUT MONMOUTH Home Games in BOLD CAPS The Hawks enter Wednesday game a 2-3 * B1G Game overall after rebounding from an 0-3 start with All Times Eastern and subject to change wins in their last two contests. @RUMensSoccer Monmouth is coming off a 3-1 win over Villa- nova on Saturday night, handing the Wildcats, RUTGERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS a team ranked at No. 25 in the TopDrawerSoc- Kimberly Zivkovich, Director (MSoc) cer Poll, its first loss of the season. The Hawks RUMensSoccer Cell: 732-690-6716 also earned a 5-0 shutout over Howard back Email: [email protected] on Sept. 6. Twitter: @KimZSID RUTGERS MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES 2015 RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS RUTGERS MEDIA POLICY PRESS SERVICES No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous School The Athletic Communications Office will provide NCAA box scores and scoring sum- 1 David Greczek GK Jr. 6-2 185 Fairfield, N.J./West Essex maries approximately 15 minutes after the game. Up-to- date statistics, as well as 2 Niel Guzman D So. 5-9 155 Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan post-game notes, will be available approxi- 3 Sugor Al Awwad F Fr. 6-1 160 Abu Dhabi, UAE/American Community School mately 30 minutes after the game. 4 Ross Tetro D/MF Sr. 5-8 145 Freehold, N.J./Colts Neck All information will also be posted on the 5 Mitchell Taintor MF/D Sr. 6-2 175 Storrs, Conn./E.O. Smith Rutgers website at ScarletKnights.com fol- lowing the match. 6 Brandon Tetro D/MF So. 5-10 150 Freehold, N.J./Colts Neck GAME COVERAGE 7 Rayon Gibbs MF Sr. 6-0 170 Jackson, Miss./West Jones/Tyler JC We ask that you call in advance if you plan 8 Brian Hawkins F Fr. 5-11 165 Chesterfield, N.J./Notre Dame to cover the game in-person. Seating within the press box is limited and on a first-come, 9 J.P. Correa F/MF Sr.-r 6-1 175 Montville, N.J./Montville first serve basis. Post-game filing can be 10 Erik Sa MF Jr. 5-10 155 Watchung, N.J./Watchung Hill Regional/ done from the Yurcak Field Press Box, which is equipped with wireless internet. 11 Sheldon McKoy MF Fr. 6-5 200 St. Catherine, Jamaica/Jamaica College INTERVIEW REQUESTS 12 Miles Hackett F So. 6-0 165 Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley/South Kent Player interviews are to be arranged 14 Mitchell Lurie D Sr.-r 6-2 170 Atlanta, Ga./Chattahoochee/Portland through Kimberly Zivkovich. Please try to give as much advance notice so that a 15 Drew Morgan D Sr. 5-10 170 Atlanta, Ga./St. Pius X Catholic convenient time can be arranged for both 16 Dante Perez F/MF So. 5-10 150 East Windsor, N.J./Hightstown the student-athlete and the member of the media. Coach Donigan and student athletes 17 Spencer Hambleton D/MF Jr. 5-7 145 Scotch Plains, N.J./St. Benedict are typically available prior to morning practices. 18 Kieran Kemmerer D Jr.-r 6-0 175 Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery 19 Alex Kaczynski D/MF Fr. 5-9 150 Medford, N.J./Shawnee BIG TEN The Big Ten will announce its weekly award 20 Jason Wright F So. 5-7 165 Kingston, Jamaica/Wolmers Boys School winners on Monday afternoons during the 21 Jack Young MF So.-r 5-9 165 Saddle River, N.J./Northern Highlands season. At that time, up-to-date notes, statistics and standings will be available on 22 Tyler Morris D Jr.-r 5-10 160 Montclair, N.J./Montclair/William Paterson the Big Ten website at www.bigten.org. 23 Sang Lee F So. 6-0 160 Morganville, N.J./Marlboro 24 Jesse Weick F Fr. 6-2 165 Barrington, N.J./Haddon Heights 25 Ahmad Faheem MF So. 5-10 160 Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound QUICK FACTS 26 Thomas Dovell MF/F Fr. 5-8 145 Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown Founded: 1766 Enrollment: 65,000 27 Mike Fornaro D Fr. 6-2 185 Hamilton, N.J./Steinert President: Dr. Robert L. Barchi 28 Thomas Farrell MF Jr. 5-8 170 West Keansburg, N.J./St. John Vianney Director of Athletics: Julie Hermann Nickname: Scarlet Knights 29 Olisa Eze F/MF Sr. 6-0 170 Sayreville, N.J./Sayreville Conference: Big Ten 30 Brian Shushkovsky GK Fr. 5-11 155 Morganville, N.J./Freehold Township Field: Yurcak Field (5,000) 31 Mitchell Walier GK Jr. 6-1 175 Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Overall Record: 6-12-2 Head Coach: Dan Donigan (Connecticut, ‘93), Sixth season 2014 American Record/Finish: 1-6-1/8th 2014 Postseason: Big Ten Quarterfinals Associate Head Coach: Dave Beck Assistant Coaches: Bryant Knibbs and Mike Romeo Letterwinners R/L: 18/2 Starters R/L: 10/1 Newcomers: 11 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Dan Donigan (Connecticut ‘93) Overall Record/Seasons: 154-92-32/15th Season J.P. CORREA co - ray – uh Olisa EZE e - zay Record at RU/Seasons: 36-50-9/Sixth Season David GRECZEK gr-eh-sh-eck Mitchell WALIER wahl-lee-er Associate Head Coach: Dave Beck - Sixth Season Assistant Coach: Bryant Knibbs - Second Season Assistant Coach: Mike Romeo - Fifth Season RUTGERS MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES TEAM COMPARISONS - MONMOUTH Big Ten Standings (as of 9/13/15) RU MU CONFERENCE OVERALL Goals-Shot Attempts 7-57 9-51 Record Pct Pts Record Pct. Goals Scored Per Game 1.75 1.80 Shot Pct. .123 .176 Penn State 1-0-0 1.000 3 3-1-1 .700 Shots on Goal-Attempts 24-57 20-51 SOG Pct. .421 .392 Northwestern 1-0-0 1.000 3 1-2-1 .375 Shots Per Game 14.2 10.2 Wisconsin 1-0-0 1.000 3 1-4-0 .200 Assists 6 10 Corner Kicks 12 26 Michigan 0-0-1 .500 1 2-1-1 .625 Penalty Kicks 1-1 0-0 Yellow Cards 6 3 Maryland 0-0-1 .500 1 2-1-2 .600 Red Cards 0 0 Michigan State 0-0-0 .000 0 3-1-0 .750 All-Time Series: Rutgers Leads 11-1 Indiana 0-1-0 .000 0 3-2-0 .600 9/21/83 H W 1-0 Rutgers 0-1-0 .000 0 2-2-0 .500 9/19/84 A W 3-1 Ohio State 0-1-0 .000 0 1-4-0 .200 9/18/85 A W 3-1 9/10/86 A W 3-1 The Scarlet Knights increased pressure up front, Wright’s first goal of the game came just three 9/9/87 H W 4-1 getting off 11 second half shots.