SETTING THE SCENE
• The No. 23-ranked Indiana Hoosiers (20-9) head to Piscataway, N.J. this weekend to face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (17-13) and the Nebraska Cornhuskers (20-10) in a Big Ten pod at Bainton Field. IU will face both teams twice over the course of the weekend.
• This past weekend, the Hoosiers moved in to first place in the Big Ten after winning two of three games from Iowa at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Ind. After dropping the first game on Friday, IU responded to win the final two contests, scoring 12 runs in both victories.