EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Rutgers men’s soccer team (6-3-5, 2-2-2) dropped a close 4-3 contest at Michigan State (6-5-2, 3-1-1) on Sunday afternoon. Hugo Le Guennec and Ola Maeland scored first half goals to lead the Scarlet Knights to tie the Spartans up twice, before MD Myers added one last score in the final minute of play.
Michigan State got on the board first with a quick goal in the 11th minute of play.
The early lead did not last however, as Le Guennec finished off a shot from Matthew Acosta to tie the contest up, 1-1, just 10 minutes later.
21′ | THE EQUALIZER!!
Hugo Le Guennec taps in a strike from Matt Acosta to tie it up!
Rutgers 1, Michigan State 1
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The Spartans continued to attack the goal, storming back in the 30th minute to regain the 2-1 edge. The Scarlet Knights stayed hungry too though, as MD Myers controlled the restart and found Maeland for the equalizer just 17 seconds later to knot the score back up, 2-all.
30′ | That didn’t take long 😱
Less than 30 seconds after the restart, MD Myers finds Ola Maeland for the score to tie the score back up!
Rutgers 2, Michigan State 2
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With just over four minutes remaining in the first half, MSU scored the fifth goal of the first 45 minutes the two teams to once again retake the 3-2 edge.
In the 74th minute…
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