Rutgers Defeats Terps, 2-0

Wednesday, March 3

Piscataway, NJ

12:00 PM

Maryland

0-3-0, 0-3-0

Rutgers

3-1-0, 3-1-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Maryland	0	0	0
Rutgers	1	1	2

3/3/2021 2:08:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland men's soccer team (0-3-0) fell, 2-0, to Rutgers (3-1-0) at Sport Club Field Wednesday afternoon.

The XI

Jamie Lowell (GK)
Alex Nitzl (LB), Chris Rindov (LCB), Brett St. Martin (RCB), Nick Richardson (RB)
Joe Suchecki (MF), Malcolm Johnston (MF), Ben Bender (MF)
Brayan Padilla (F), Jacen Russell-Rowe (F), Paul Bin (F)

View from the Live Stats

The Terps started brightly and had moments throughout the match, but were undone by Rutgers taking its chances when they were presented.
The Scarlet Knights got on the board first when Ritchie Barry capitalized on a Maryland mistake and finished past Jamie Lowell in the ninth minute.
The Terps pressed for some chances in the following minutes, but Rutgers once again was on the front foot when they drew a penalty kick in the 20th minute. Rutgers' Pablo Avila missed the spot kick to keep the match at 1-0.
Maryland took control of the proceedings at the beginning of the second half and were given a huge lifeline when Thomas DeVizio of Rutgers was shown a red card in the 53rd minute. However it was Rutgers that struck for a second goal when Barry scored his second goal in the 63rd minute.
The Terps pressured after going down 2-0, and recorded nine shots in the final 17 minutes, but could not find a goal for the second consecutive match.
Freshman Alex Nitzl made his first career start and played left back for the Terps.

From The Boss

"We asked our guys to get off to a better start and for the first seven or eight minutes we were very bright. They took their chance and we were down a goal. We played reasonably well for the rest of the half, but today we just gave up too many fouls and free kicks. We were our own worst enemy. The effort was a lot better than Saturday, but our execution was lacking." - Sasho Cirovski

From The Boys

"The result wasn't what we wanted, but I felt the effort we put forth was a positive. The whole 90 minutes the whole team gave it everything they had, it just wasn't our day." - Malcolm Johnston

Up Next

Maryland returns to action at Ludwig Field against Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m., and will be streamed live on Big Ten Network+.