Olympic Sports Review with Men's Golf Update

Men's Soccer   Season record: 3-4 (B1G 1-1

The loss to No. 14 Indiana dropped the Knights below .500 for the season, and evened their B1G record at 1-1.  Freshman Niel Guzman scored one in the 40th minute of play, tying the game, coming off a rebound from freshman Jason Wright. The assist was the second of the season for Wright. Sophomore goalkeeper David Greczek made seven saves on the night, including a diving penalty kick save in the first half with the game still scoreless.  Earlier in the week, Rutgers dropped a 3-0 match to intrastate rival Monmouth.

Women's Soccer   Season record: 6-1-0  (B1G 2-1-0)

Two wins over the state of Michigan put the Knights in the thick of the Big Ten soccer race. Sunday's win over No. 21 Michigan was a statement for the women.  The Knights held the Wolverines (7-3-0, 3-1 Big Ten) without a shot on goal in the 1-0 win. Stef Scholz crossed a ball to set Jessica Puchalski for the lone - and winning - goal.   Against Michigan State, junior Sam Valliant tallied the lone goal and goalkeeper Casey Murphy made four saves.

Field Hockey  Season record: 4-3 (B1G 0-1)

The Big Ten era and season started off with a 3-0 loss to Iowa.  The B1G is a strong Field Hockey conference, and Iowa was a solid test to measure the Knights' position.  In the game, Goalkeeper Shevaunn Hayes made eight saves in the loss.  Iowa put 12 shots on net

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Volleyball  Season record: 7-5

Hosting the Rutgers Invitatyional, the Knights went 2-2 on the weekend.  They opened its home slate Friday splitting the first day of the tournament 1-1, defeating Akron (3-1) in its home opener and falling to American (1-3) in its second match.  Against Akron, junior libero Ali Schroeter posted 21 digs and another 25 against JMU.  The tournament concluded with a 3-2 loss to JMU and a 3-0 win over Princeton.  Sophomore middle Lauren Cloyd was named to the All-Tournament Team following her performance over the weekend. Cloyd registered a total of 20 digs, 14 blocks and eight digs across four games.  Against JMU junior Ronnie Komisarek had a season-high 23 digs.  Against PU Junior middle Eden Frazier and Fletcher tied for the team lead with 12 kills. Senior setter Nicole Bayer posted a season-high 40 assists in the sweep.

Golf

Men's golf hosted the Rutgers Invitational, with the Knights coming in second in the 18-team tournament.  Rutgers senior Jacob Stockl had a strong showing for all three rounds, finishing second on the leaderboard with a six-under 207 (66-69-72).  He was the defending tournament champion.  Juniors Jonathan Chang and Louis Bodine each had a solid performance.  Chang finished tied for 11th with a 214 (70-74-70) while Bodine carded a 216 (75-69-72) to finish tied for 14th.

Men's Golf Update

Senior Jacob Stockl has been named the Big Ten Conference Co-Golfer of the Week. Stockl earned the honor after carding six-under par 207 (66-69-72) to place second at the 95-competitor Rutgers Invitational, played Sept. 19-20 at the par 71, 6,347-yard Rutgers University Golf Course.

Cross Country

Women: Finished third of nine teams at the Monmouth Invitational.  Individually, a fourth place finish was tops for the Knights  by senior Paige Senatore and RU had three other top 25 finishers. Senatore finished in a time of 18:44.0, with Brianna Deming in 13^th (18:58.2), freshman Megan Coakley in 23^rd (19:41.4) and senior Allison Payenski in 24^th (19:42.0).

Men: Finished last among eight teams at the Monmouth event.  The Scarlet Knights were led by junior Jaimin Vekaria (Clinton, N.J.) who finished in 42^nd in a time of 27:53.9.

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This week, all Olympic sports are on the road.  The only sport at home this week is football.  Will you be there?