Soccer Travels To Face Rutgers

Oct. 17, 2002

CORAL GABLES, Fla.-The Miami soccer team is back on the road this weekend travelling to face Rutgers in a BIG EAST cross-divisional matchup in Piscataway, NJ Friday night at 7 p.m.

The Hurricanes enter the contest 9-5-1 overall and 4-1-1 in the Northeast Division of the BIG EAST. Miami is currently ranked first in the Northeast with 13 points.

The Scarlet Knights are 7-5-2 overall and 3-2-1 in the Mid-Atlantic Division of the conference. Rutgers is a lock for third place in the Mid-Atlantic with 10 points.

The Hurricanes are 1-0 all-time against the Scarlet Knights. Miami won the only matchp 2-1 in 2000.

Sophomore Britney Butcher (Bothell, Wash.) continues to lead the Miami offense with 22 points on the season. She has scored 10 goals and added two assists.