Women’s Soccer Loses to Penn State

PISCATAWAY, N.J.  – Rutgers ladies’s soccer fell to Penn State by a rating of 2-1 on Saturday afternoon at Yurcak Field. 

The Scarlet Knights (3-4-4, 1-4-1) scored the equalizer early within the second half, however the Nittany Lions (7-4-2, 3-2-1) scored the winner with 10 minutes remaining to earn the victory.  

Penn State managed the tempo from opening kick, outshooting RU by a margin of 11-3 within the first half. While goalkeeper Olivia Bodmer made 4 saves within the first half, PSU was capable of rating within the thirty second minute to take a 1-0 benefit heading into halftime. 

Coming out of the locker room, Rutgers fought again, controlling the early moments of the second half. The Scarlet Knights earned the equalizer beneath two minutes into the half, with true freshman Kennedi Cotter slamming in a cross from Ashley Baran to make it 1-1. It was Cotter’s second objective of the season, tying her with Baran for second-most on the crew. True freshman Julia Joseph additionally registered an help on the objective, the primary level of her collegiate profession. 

Both groups spent the vast majority of the second half looking for a winner. RU and PSU each had appears, nevertheless it was Penn State who broke by within the eightieth minute, slotting dwelling a objective in transition to take the lead and finally win the match. 

Bodmer made one other eight saves, tying her sport towards Princeton for probably the most saves this season. It additionally brings her to 195 profession saves, simply 5 shy of 200. 

Rutgers returns to motion subsequent weekend with a highway journey to Illinois. The Scarlet Knights will tackle Illinois on Thursday at 8 p.m. and Northwestern at 2 p.m. on Sunday. 

 

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