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Field Hockey Ranked 19th to Open the Season

Field Hockey Aug 27

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers field hockey will begin the season in the national rankings, as the NFHCA
Division I National Coaches Poll was released. The Scarlet Knights are ranked 19 in the preseason
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rankings.

The Scarlet Knights earned the ranking after completing a 13-win season last year that saw the
program earn its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1986. RU was ranked in the final 10 polls of the
season last year, peaking as high as 10 . Rutgers set a program record with five ranked wins, including
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vanquishing two top-10 foes.

The Scarlet Knights will play in the first game of the NCAA field hockey season this Friday, opening the
year with a noon contest against No. 24 Maine. The Black Bears are one of 11 opponents that the
Scarlet Knights will face this season to be ranked in the preseason poll. That includes six Big Ten foes
and six top-10 teams. The program will host No. 2 Maryland, No. 7 Michigan, No. 15 Northwestern, No.
16 Delaware and No. 24 Maine, while traveling to No. 4 UConn, No. 5 Princeton, No. 8 Iowa, No. 9 Penn
State, No. 14 Ohio State and No. 17 Saint Joseph's.