NEWARK, NJ—The NJIT men's soccer team will close out a three-match road trip, visiting Rutgers on Tuesday night at 7pm at Yurcak Field in Piscataway, NJ.
The match at Rutgers will be streamed live on the BTN Plus.
A Look at NJIT
The Highlanders enter Tuesday's match with a 6-4-3 overall record and 3-1-0 mark in the ASUN Conference.
NJIT has gone 2-0-1 in the last three outings, including a 1-0 win at USC Upstate on Saturday and a double overtime draw with Lafayette last Tuesday.
NJIT is led by junior co-captain
Mamadou Guirassy and freshman
Rene White, both with 10 points on five goals.
ASUN Conference Defensive Player of the Week
Victor Pujades, has posted six shutouts (a new NJIT D1 mark) this season along with a 0.93 goals against average and .755 save percentage.
A Look at Rutgers
Rutgers (0-10-2) is seeking the programs first win in 2016. The Scarlet Knights are coming off an overtime heartbreaker with Northwestern on Friday night falling, 2-1 to the Wildcats. It was the fourth overtime match of the season for Rutgers.
Jason Wright gave Rutgers a 1-0 lead in the 23
rd minute, a lead Rutgers held until the final two minutes of regulation. The junior Scarlet Knight posted his fourth goal of the year, dribbling into the box and shooting between a pair of Wildcats into the upper right corner.
In the 88
th minute, however, Northwestern tied the score at 1-1 and the Wildcats notched the golden goal with 44 seconds remaining in the first overtime.
