PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers women’s tennis head coach, Hilary Ritchie, announced the 2024 spring slate Thursday afternoon. The team will play a total of 22 matches during the upcoming campaign, 10 at home and 12 on the road.
“I am looking forward to our spring competition season,” said Ritchie. “We will kick off the season against a strong Princeton team. This year, Michigan and Michigan State are back on our schedule after two seasons of no-play rotations. This schedule provides us several opportunities to test ourselves against top national teams. I am optimistic that our large senior class is going to lead this team through a great season.”
All home indoor matches will be played at the East Brunswick Racquet Club in East Brunswick, N.J. Once the weather permits, the Scarlet Knights will move outdoors for their first-ever matches at the new courts on the Livingston Campus in Piscataway, N.J.
Rutgers will open the 2024 spring season in a big way, competing in two matches on January 20 to begin its spring slate. The Scarlet Knights will open the campaign at Princeton (11 a.m.), before heading home to take on Howard (5 p.m.) later that same day.
RU will then have a week to prepare for NJIT on January 27 (12 p.m.) in Newark, N.J.
Following their match against the Highlanders, the Scarlet Knights will return to East Brunswick Racquet Club for two-straight home matches, where they will host Delaware on February 2 (12 p.m.) and Yale on February 3 (5 p.m.).
Rutgers will then hit the road to face another in-state opponent, this time the Seton Hall Pirates on February 10 (5:45 p.m.). Following the match up, RU will have a week off before heading north to face Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. on February 17 (12 p.m.) and UConn in Storrs, Conn. on February 18 (10:30 a.m.).
After the road trip, the Scarlet Knights will enter their longest homestand of the season. RU will face St. John’s on February 23, before opening Big Ten play on March 1 against Purdue. Both matches will have a noon start time. To close out the stretch, Rutgers will host Army on March 3 (2 p.m.).
The team will then head west for a trip to Illinois, where RU will play three matches against UIC (March 14), Northwestern, (March 16) and Illinois (March 17). The start time for the UIC match is TBD, while the contests against…
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