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Rutgers women’s soccer is in to the final four, outlasting Arkansas on penalty kicks on Friday night. The Scarlet Knights are on to the College Cup, a 2-2 match settled 4-2 on penalty kicks.
It is another big accomplishment in a season filled with them for a program that won the Big Ten regular season and earned a No. 1 seed in the tournament. It was a second-straight penalty kick win for Rutgers as they outlasted TCU last Sunday on penalty kicks to book their ticket to the Elite Eight match-up.
The women’s program makes a return to the Final Four for the first time since 2015.
Get your team a goalie who can do both. 😍
Senior GK Meagan McClelland making saves & nailing a PK like it’s her job. 😤@RUWSoccer pic.twitter.com/Vlm43doo4l
— Rutgers On BTN (@RutgersOnBTN) November 27, 2021
A Riley Tiernan goal just two minutes into the match sent the home crowd at Yurcak Field into a frenzy but it was answered by two Arkansas tallies in the next 13 minutes as the visitors took a 2-1 lead. Senior Amirah Ali leveled right before halftime, the 2-2 scoreline holding through regulation and two overtime periods.
Rutgers will face Florida State on Friday, December in Santa Clara, CA with a berth to the championship game on the line.