A pair of first-half goals and a stout defensive effort allowed the Rutgers women’s soccer team to advance to its first Big Ten Tournament championship game berth.
Colby Ciarrocca and Jennifer Andresen scored 31 minutes apart in the first half and goalkeeper Casey Murphy notched her conference-leading 15th shutout of the season as the third-seeded Scarlet Knights blanked seventh-seeded Ohio State, 2-0, on Friday afternoon in University Park, Pa.
ONTO THE #B1GWSOC Championship! #RFutbol beats OSU, 2-0, and will play for the first B1G title in RU history Sunday pic.twitter.com/o9q1fkywG3
— RutgersWomensSoccer (@RUWSoccer) November 6, 2015
Rutgers will await the winner of the other Big Ten Tournament semifinals game between Penn State and Michigan.
The final is set for 2 p.m. Sunday on the Penn State campus.
PLUS: Rutgers’ 1st Big Ten championship could be won by the women’s soccer team
It marks Rutgers’ first-ever appearance in a Big Ten championship game.in any sport.
With the win, the Scarlet Knights (16-2-2) matched the program record for victories set in 2006.
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Watch both goals from @RUWSoccer 2-0 win over @OhioState_WSOC in the today’s 1st Big Ten Women’s Soccer Semifinal. https://t.co/p2Tt15CGKR
— Soccer on BTN (@SoccerOnBTN) November 6, 2015
