PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Highlighted by two, early first half tallies, the Rutgers men’s soccer team (2-1) defeated in-state rival Princeton by a score of 3-1 at Yurcak Field on Friday night.
Curt Calov, Ola Maeland and Ian Abbey all found the back of the net for the Scarlet Knights while goalkeeper Ciaran Daltono recorded a season-high six saves.
Just 18 seconds into the match, Rutgers’ leading scorer, Curt Calov, netted his third goal of the season, this time on a great cross from Ian Abbey.
1′ | 18 SECONDS IN ‼️
Curt Calov finds the back of the net off a great pass from Ian Abbey 🤩
Rutgers 1, Princeton 0
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Just ten minutes later, Ola Maeland doubled RU’s lead. Cole Cruthers played a long through ball to Calov who played the ball onto Maeland’s sliding strike for his first goal of the young season.
11′ | What a flippin’ goal 👏
Ola Maeland records his first score and back flip of the season!
Rutgers 2, Princeton 0
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In the 34th minute, Joey Zalinski was assessed a red card, putting the Scarlet Knights down a man heading into half. Princeton would get one back in the 58th minute but solid defense at the back along with timely goalkeeping from Ciaran Dalton would keep the lead at one.
With just under 15 minutes left to play, a VAR review awarded a penalty kick to the Scarlet…
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