PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers field hockey has released the team's schedule for the upcoming 2021 fall season. The Scarlet Knights will begin play on August 27 and will play 18 games (eight home and 10 away from home). Rutgers will also be the host school for the 2021 Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament on the first weekend of November.
The schedule starts with two road trips. On the final weekend of August, RU travels to the campus of Duke University for contests against Duke (Friday) and Richmond (Saturday). The team then has a single game the following weekend at UConn on Friday, September 3.
Rutgers' home opener comes on Friday, September 10 when the squad hosts Syracuse. The team then plays four of their next five games on the road, travelling to St. Joseph's (Sunday, September 12), then hosting Monmouth (Friday, September 17) before a three-game road swing to conclude the month at Delaware (September 19), Northwestern (September 24) and Princeton (September 26).
To start the month of October, RU then hosts four of its next five games. The first home Big Ten weekend comes as Iowa and Indiana visit (October 1 and October 3). A single-play weekend follows with a Friday contest at Penn State on October 8.
The Scarlet Knights welcome Maryland (October 15) and Columbia (October 17) to Piscataway prior to taking the last road trip of the year to Michigan (October 22) and Ohio State (October 24). The team then hosts two final contests on the final weekend of October, with Michigan State visiting on October 29, then welcoming Lafayette for Senior Day on Sunday, October 31.
The Big Ten Tournament will be hosted by Rutgers for the first time this season on the first weekend in November. The event begins on Thursday, November 4. The semifinals will take place on Saturday, November 6 and the Big Ten Championship Game will be held on Sunday, November 7.
The 2021 fall schedule is subject to change, including dates, times and locations. Television and streaming information will be announced at a later date.
The Scarlet Knights went 9-6 last season and spent the year ranked in the top-12 of the national polls. Rutgers was undefeated at home (6-0) for the first time since 1976 and went 5-3 in counted Big Ten Conference games, the best league record since joining the conference. Three student-athletes (
Gianna Glatz,
Katie Larmour and
Milena Redlingshoefer) were named All-American, a first for the program, as well as a program record four All-Big Ten selections (Glatz, Larmour, Redlingshoefer and
Kerrie Burns). All those student-athletes are set to return for next season, as the Scarlet Knights saw just one senior depart due to graduation, bringing back a veteran and talented roster that is well poised for success.
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