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Rutgers fall sports enter their final stretch

With the fall season coming to a close, most of Rutgers fall sports are turning their attention to the 2024 campaign.

With the fall season coming to a close, most of Rutgers fall sports are turning their attention to the 2024 campaign. Over the weekend, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and field hockey were eliminated in the Big Ten tournament. Rutgers field hockey was the only team that made it past the quarterfinals.

However, there is still plenty to root for, as football and volleyball still have a few weeks left in their regular seasons. On Saturday, Rutgers football faced a challenging task as they welcomed one of the top teams in the country to Piscataway in Ohio State.

Unfortunately, the Scarlet Knights were unable to hold off the Buckeyes. Ohio State scored 28 points in the second half to top Rutgers and improve to 9-0. For Rutgers volleyball, there are still five games left in the regular season before the start of the playoffs.

Scroll down and check out how Rutgers sports have been doing this fall!

Rutgers women’s soccer opens their season with win over Holy Cross

Rutgers women’s soccer has a solid start to the season.

On Thursday night, months of anticipation came to an end as Rutgers women’s soccer began their season. The wait proved to be worth it as the Scarlet Knights took care of business against Holy Cross. In a low-scoring game, Rutgers struck first.

Just six minutes after the opening whistle was blown, Riley Tiernan started the scoring. It was Tiernan’s only shot of the night, but it gave Rutgers a 1-0 lead. Eight minutes later, Allison Lowrey provided some insurance with her first goal of the season after drawing a penalty in the box. It marked the second consecutive season Lowrey scored in the opener.

While Lowrey and Tiernan provided the offense, Rutgers got stellar play from Olivia Bodmer. In her college debut, the Monroe native recorded her first career shutout. Holy Cross only landed two shots on net, but Bodmer stopped both of them.

Although Rutgers was happy to come away with a win, there are still areas of their game they need to improve on.

“It’s always difficult attacking a team that sits in,” head coach Mike O’Neil told Rutgers athletics.  “There’s not a lot of space to play, so sometimes you force it and it takes away confidence. We need to stick to the way we play, and I felt at times, we did that and created chances. Now we just need to get a little better at the execution.”

With a win on Thursday night, Rutgers has now won eight consecutive season openers. They return to action on Sunday against Hofstra at 7 p.m.

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