😎 Ballin' and bowlin'

Welcome to Knights of the Raritan, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Rutgers University’s collective Knights of the Raritan.

In today’s content:
- Bowl presser 🎤
- Senior bowl vibes 😎
+ So much more

🎾 Jelena Vico signs with Rutgers’ Women’s Tennis program

🚣‍♀️ Katherine McFetridge joins the Rowing coaching staff as an assistant

⚾ Chris Brito inks a contract with the Kansas City Royals

🏈 Max Melton will play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl

Coach Schiano hits the mic after learning of the team’s bowl destination: The Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium.

• “Very, very excited. It’s an iconic venue and a real, quality opponent.” (0:00)

• Rutgers then versus now, in the words of coach (1:25)

• How important is it to have these extra practices? (2:15)

• The strength of Rutgers’ schedule and how they were able to hang in games late (6:05)

• Was coach able to congratulate former assistant Kyle Flood? (9:20)

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It’s time we look at the upcoming Men’s Basketball game against Wake Forest, a match-up that went the Scarlet Knights’ way back in December of 2022.

Here’s a few things of note 👇

• The Scarlet Knights have the best team defense in the Big Ten, holding opposing squads to 58.4 points/game

• Clifford Omoruyi leads the conference in blocked shots with an average of 3.4/game, 24 total

• Wake Forest has the sixth-best scoring offense in the ACC at 78.9 points/game but has one of the worst defenses in the conference

🏊 November 28-December 6 // Women’s Swimming & Diving is at their first meet, the CAMO International Invitational Championships in Montreal

🏊 November 28-December 6 // Women’s Swimming & Diving is also in Knoxville, Tennessee for the USA Diving Winter Nationals

🏀 December 6 // Men’s Basketball is battling Wake Forest at 6:00 pm ET in Winston-Salem on the ACC Network | Watch + Listen + Live Stats