No. 5 Rutgers women’s soccer advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2015 with a dramatic shootout victory over No. 8 TCU. In front of 2,892 fans in attendance at Yurcak Field, the Scarlet Knights won the shootout 5-4 in seven frames to advance.
With both Rutgers and TCU making their first four penalty kick attempts in the shootout, goalkeeper Meagan McClelland made three consecutive saves while Allison Lowrey scored the decisive penalty kick in the seventh frame to send RU through.
Goalkeeper Meagan McClelland made eight saves in the game in addition to the three saves in the shootout.