2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS RUTGERS MICHIGAN Overall Record: 1-4-1 Big Ten Record: 0-1-0 STATE Home: 0-2-1 Away: 1-2-0 Neutral: 0-0-0 SCARLET KNIGHTS SPARTANS AUGUST 2018 Record: 1-4-1 Overall, 0-1-0 Big Ten 2018 Record: 6-0-2 Overalll, 0-0-0 Big Ten Fri. 24 @ Loyola (Md.) ..................................L, 0-3 Last Result: L, 0-2 - vs. RV Michigan - Sept. 14 Last Result: W, 1-0 - vs. #8 Notre Dame - Sept. 17 Head Coach: Dan Donigan (Connecticut ‘93) Mon. 27 @ UMBC ............................................L, 2-3 Head Coach: Damon Rensing (Michigan St. ‘96) Overall: 170-128-38/18th Season Overall: 109-61-28/10th Season Fri. 31 @ Mt. St. Mary’s ............................... W, 2-0 At Rutgers: 52-86-15/Ninth Season At MSU: 109-61-28/10th Season SEPTEMBER RANKED ON THE ROAD GAMEDAY CENTRAL: FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 Sun. 2 ELON ..........................................L, 1-8 After unfavorable weather and field condi- #5 Michigan State tions canceled Tuesday night’s nonconfer- OPPONENT: Sat. 8 HARTFORD .................................T, 2-2 DeMartin Soccer Complex - ence matchup with Marist, the Scarlet Knights VENUE: East Lansing, Mich. Fri. 14 (RV) MICHIGAN * ........................L, 0-2 return to action embarking on its first Big 7 p.m. Ten road trip of the year heading to No. 5 KICK-OFF: Tue. 18 MARIST ................................ Canceled BTN Plus Michigan State for a Friday night tilt with the VIDEO: None Fri. 21 @ #5 Michigan St. * .........................7 p.m. Spartans. RADIO: LIVESTATS: MSUSpartans.com Wed. 26 MARYLAND * ............................ 7 p.m. In their last contest on Saturday night, RU suf- Sun. 30 @ OHIO ST * ......................................Noon fered a 2-0 setback to Michigan, the 2017 Big Ten regular season champion and a squad that moved up to No. 21 in this week’s United UP NEXT: OCTOBER Soccer Coaches Poll. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26 OPPONENT: Maryland Tue. 2 DREXEL..................................... 7 p.m. Michigan’s Umar Farouk Osman scored twice VENUE: Yurcak Field - Sun. 7 @ Wisconsin * ..................................2 p.m. midway through the second half to spoil the Piscataway, N.J. Big Ten opener for the Scarlet Knights. KICK-OFF: 7 p.m. Tue. 9 HOWARD ................................. 7 p.m. VIDEO: BTN Plus Fri. 12 NORTHWESTERN * ................... 7 p.m. It was nearly 30 minutes into the first half (Lou Brogno & Glenn Crooks) before either Rutgers or Michigan were able RADIO: WRSU Tue. 16 @ Lafayatte .......................................7 p.m. to get chances on goal. The Scarlet Knights (Justin Sontupe & Jake Ostrove) nearly lit up the scoreboard in the final two Fri. 19 INDIANA * ................................ 7 p.m. ScarletKnights.com minutes of the opening stanza with Brian LIVESTATS: Tue. 23 @ Columbia ......................................7 p.m. Hawkins firing away between two Wolverine defenders. The shot, however, hit the far post Sun. 28 @ Penn. St. * .....................................4 p.m. to keep the score knotted at 0-0 entering the intermission. FOLLOW US NOVEMBER Scarlet Knight goalkeeper Rafael Pereira Big Ten Tournament came up with a big save 10 minutes into the second half to keep the game scoreless, Nov. 3-11 making a diving save to his left denying the RutgersMensSoccer header by Daniel Mukuna and the Wolver- ine’s Jackson Ragen followed by hitting the Home Games in BOLD CAPS ball into the near post. * B1G Game Michigan’s first goal came in the 62nd minute @RUMensSoccer All Times Eastern and subject to change with Osman breaking the scoreless stale- mate with the left footed shot off a pass from RUTGERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Mohammad Zakyi from 20 yards out into the upper left corner. Kimberly Zivkovich, Director (MSoc) RUMensSoccer Cell: 732-690-6716 Less than four minutes later, the Wolverine Email: [email protected] added his second score of the night putting Twitter: @KimZSID away a deflected throw-in by Austin Swiech at the back post. RUTGERS MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES 2018 RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS RUTGERS MEDIA POLICY PRESS SERVICES No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous School Club Team The Athletic Communications Office will provide NCAA box scores and scoring 1 Rafael Pereira GK Sr. 6-0 165 Lisbon, Portugal/Escola Secundaria VergilioFerreira/Marshalltown CC summaries approximately 15 minutes after 2 Thomas DeVizio D Fr. 5-7 145 Cotch Plains, N.J/Scotch Plains-Fanwood PDA the game. Up-to- date statistics, as well as 3 Tyejae Burchall MF So. 5-8 150 Pembroke, Bermuda/South Kent School Black Rock FC post-game notes, will be available approxi- mately 30 minutes after the game. 4 Bryce Washington D So. 6-2 165 Atlanta, Ga./North Atlanta Atlanta United 5 Federico Gutierrez D So. 6-5 200 Montevideo, Uruguay/Instituto Juan XXIII Proplayer United All information will also be posted on the Rutgers website at ScarletKnights.com fol- 6 Andrew Murray MF Fr. 5-10 155 Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains-Fanwood PDA lowing the match. 7 Kyle Galloway MF So. 5-10 140 Manahawkin, N.J./Pennington Holmdel FC/NJX Sounders GAME COVERAGE 8 Tim McQuaid MF Jr. 6-2 160 Roswell, Ga./Blessed Trinity Catholic Concorde Fire We ask that you call in advance if you 9 Jordan Hall F Jr. 5-9 165 Manchester, England/Mississippi Gulf Coast College plan to cover the game in-person. Seating 10 Brian Hawkins F Jr.-r 5-11 165 Chesterfield, N.J./Notre Dame PDA within the press box is limited and on a first-come, first serve basis. Post-game 11 Sean Dailey MF So. 5-10 165 East Windsor, N.J./Peddie School MatchFit filing can be done from the Yurcak Field 12 Miles Hackett F Sr.-r 6-0 165 Montclair, N.J./Montclair Kimberley/South Kent SDFC Gauchos Press Box, which is equipped with wireless internet. 14 Zeno Mazzucato D So. 5-11 175 Princeton, N.J./Princeton PDA 15 Brandon Golden D So. 5-11 175 Morganville, N.J./YSC Academy Philadelphia Union INTERVIEW REQUESTS Player interviews are to be arranged 16 Vincenzo Pugliese MF So. 5-7 155 West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro North MatchFit through Kimberly Zivkovich. Please try 17 Aaron Acloque MF So. 5-8 175 Ringoes, N.J./Immaculata PDA to give as much advance notice so that a 18 Vincent Borden D So. 6-3 185 Ithaca, N.Y./Red Bulls Academy NY Redbull convenient time can be arranged for both the student-athlete and the member of 19 Alex Kaczynski D/MF Sr. 5-9 150 Medford, N.J./Shawnee MatchFit the media. Coach Donigan and student 20 Nick Cruz MF Fr. 5-7 150 Monroe, N.J./St. Joseph’s MatchFit athletes are typically available prior to morning practices. 21 Seth Turner D Fr. 5-9 150 San Pedro, Calif./San Pedro Fram Lawson 22 Kyle Goodwin F Sr.-r 6-0 185 So. Brunswick, N.J./So. Brunswick/Montclair St. NY Redbull BIG TEN 23 Chris Hawkins MF So. 6-1 160 Chesterfield, N.J./Notre Dame MatchFit The Big Ten will announce its weekly award winners on Monday afternoons 24 Miles Franklyn F So. 6-3 175 Teaneck, N.J./Bergan Catholic MatchFit during the season. At that time, up-to- 26 Thomas Dovell MF/F Sr. 5-8 150 Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown Philadelphia SC date notes, statistics and standings will be available on the Big Ten website at www. 27 Brendan Wall MF/F So. 5-9 155 Holmdel, N.J./Ranney School bigten.org. 28 Dominik Demcak F Fr. 5-6 135 Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater STA 29 Jake Longo D Jr. 6-0 170 Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains-Fanwood Metuchen Rovers QUICK FACTS 30 Brian Shushkovsky GK Sr. 5-11 155 Morganville, N.J./Freehold Township MatchFit Founded: 1766 32 Niko Lovoulos D So. 6-0 175 Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel NJCSA Enrollment: 67,000 President: Dr. Robert L. Barchi 99 Joe Bruno GK Jr.-r 6-3 195 Edison, N.J./St. Joseph’s/Lafayette PDA Director of Athletics: Patrick Hobbs Nickname: Scarlet Knights Head Coach: Dan Donigan (Connecticut, ‘93), eighth season Conference: Big Ten Associate Head Coach: Dave Beck, eighth season Field: Yurcak Field (5,000) Assistant Coach: Tyler Stakiwicz, second season TEAM INFORMATION Volunteer Assistant Coach: Gerry McKeown, first season 2017 Overall Record: 4-13-1 Director of Operations: Bryant Knibbs, fifth season 2017 Big Ten Record/Finish: 0-8-0/9th 2017 Postseason: N/A PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Letterwinners R/L: 13/5 TYEJAE BURCHALL ty-zh-a birch-all ZENO MAZZUCATO z-knew m-azz-a-cot-o Starters R/L: 6/5 Aaron ACLOQUE a-cloak NIKO LOVOULOS knee-co love-o-lus Newcomers: 14 Head Coach: Dan Donigan (Connecticut ‘93) Tyler STAKIWICZ stack-uh-witz Overall Record: 170-128-38/18th Season Record at RU: 52-86-15/Ninth Season Assoc. Head Coach: Dave Beck - Ninth Season Asst. Coach: Tyler Stakiwicz - Third Season Dir. of Ops: Bryant Knibbs - Fifth Season Dir. of Player Development: Tom Shields - First Season RUTGERS MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES TEAM COMPARISONS - MICHIGAN STATE Big Ten Standings (as of 9/20/18) CONFERENCE OVERALL RU MSU Goals-Shot Attempts 7-59 19-96 Record Pct Pts Record Pct. Goals Scored Per Game 1.17 2.38 Shot Pct. .119 .198 Indiana 1-0-0 1.000 3 6-1-0 .857 Shots on Goal-Attempts 18-59 44-96 SOG Pct. .305 .458 Michigan 1-0-0 1.000 3 5-1-0 .833 Shots Per Game 9.8 12.0 Maryland 1-0-0 1.000 3 2-2-2 .500 Assists 4 25 Corner Kicks 21 62 Penn State 1-0-0 1.000 3 2-4-0 .333 Penalty Kicks 1-2 1-2 Yellow Cards 13 10 Michigan State 0-0-0 .000 0 6-0-2 .875 Red Cards 0 0 Northwestern 0-1-0 .000 0 4-2-1 .643 All-Time Series: Rutgers Trails 0-3-1 9/28/14 A T 0-0 Wisconsin 0-1-0 .000 0 2-4-1 .357 9/25/15 H L 1-3 9/9/16 A L 0-4 Rutgers 0-1-0 .000 0 1-4-1 .250 9/8/17 H L 1-2 Ohio State 0-1-0 .000 0 1-5-1 .214 ABOUT MICHIGAN STATE The Scarlet Knights, who ended the evening COMING TO YURCAK IN 2018 Ranked at #5 in this week’s United Soccer outshooting the Spartans 19-6, were relentless The Scarlet Knight home slate began Sept.