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Midwest Connection: Rutgers Back On Track With Series Sweep

No, Rutgers isn’t a Midwest team, but it plays in a Midwest conference so its early-season successes are important to all of their Big Ten opponents. Placing an emphasis on increasing the difficulty of their non-conference schedule has been evident for several Big Ten teams, although the Scarlet Knights’ slate seems to be especially unforgiving.

The Knights opened the year at Campbell where they lost the first two games of the series before rebounding to take game three. They went 1-2 at the Swig & Swine Classic in Charleston, S.C. the following weekend and got swept at UNC Greensboro a[…]