PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers swimming and diving meet this weekend was canceled due to travel issues. The Scarlet Knights were set to compete on Friday and Saturday at Queens, but were unable to complete their scheduled travel to Charlotte.
The Scarlet Knights will compete next on Saturday, November 15, when the Scarlet Knights will travel to face an in-state foe, Princeton, at 11 a.m. That meet will be the sixth annual Battle For The Cannon Trophy. The meet at the Tigers will now be the first road competition of the season, with three other competitions on the road scheduled until RU returns home to host La Salle on Senior Day on January 23.Â
Rutgers has had a pair of weekend competitions thus far this season. The Scarlet Knights posted a strong opening meet on October 11, welcoming St. Bonaventure and Fordham. RU earned a pair of wins, handedly downing the Bonnies (211-87.5) and the Rams (218-81). The Scarlet Knights later hosted a pair of Power Four foes out of the ACC and SEC for a two-day meet on October 24-25, welcoming Miami out of the ACC and Arkansas from the SEC. In that meet, the Scarlet Knights Rutgers saw six different swims across five events placing in the top-ten all-time. On the diving side, RU ranks No. 6 nationally in the US PDCA Coaches Poll. The Scarlet Knights top their current rankings in the team dual meet power rankings. In their recent D-1 Power rankings, RU has three top-10 divers on the 3M:
Amelia Scott (3
rd),
Katerina Hoffman (6
th) and
Bailee Sturgill (8
th). They are led on the 1M by
Katerina Hoffman (10
th).
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