After having an event cancelled due to Hurricane Milton, the team returns for their final tourney of the Fall season at The Ocean Golf Club. The 12 team field is headlined by 2 Top 50 teams in #40 College of Charleston and #48 Houston. Also participating is the #4 ranked D3 team, Emory University. Host #81 WVU is the ony other squad ranked in the Top 100. B1G mate #145 Maryland is also entered.
Rutgers comes in ranked #116. Although initial Rankings were not released till last week, working back I found that RU was ranked #86 after their 1st tourney, #95 after the 2nd, #114 after the 3rd and dropped 2 more spots without playing since. With RU the 4th highest ranked team and a lack of golf powerhouses, it's a chance to reverse the trend with a really good finish. This is not an overly strong field.
Rutgers will go with the same lineup as before in Sr Weston Jones, Grad Noah Kumar, Soph Derek Gutierrez, and 2 frosh, Argyle Downes and Bennett Espenshade. Soph Andrew Reyes is entered as an individual.
In the 1st Round shotgun start, RU will be paired with Maryland and Northern Illinois.