PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers field hockey team is set to take the field this spring with a competitive offseason schedule, featuring four weekends of competition that will prepare the Scarlet Knights for the following fall season. Coming off a strong fall 2024 season in which RU secured eight victories, including four ranked wins, the team is looking to continue building into the spring.

The Scarlet Knights will kick off their spring slate at the Big Apple Tournament, held March 1-2 in Spring City, Pa. This tournament will provide a valuable opportunity for the team to test its skills against top competition early in the offseason.

Rutgers will then return home on April 5 to face Syracuse at Bauer Track and Field Hockey Complex.  Following this, the team will hit the road for a contest at UConn on April 12. The spring schedule is closed out with a home game against Lafayette on April 26.

RU has won 51 of their past 78 games over the past four seasons. During the year, RU defeated four ranked teams: No. 3 Ohio State, No. 7 Iowa, No. 7 Ohio State, and No. 17 Penn State. Rutgers has 17 ranked wins in the past five seasons and 41 ranked wins since 2018, which includes 16 top-10 wins since 2021. The team was ranked in the top-20 for numerous weeks in both the NFHCA Coaches Poll and the RPI rankings.