While the Rutgers baseball team didn’t win the Big Ten regular season title after losing two of three against Michigan and finishing one game behind champion Maryland, they still made history. The Scarlet Knights finished 17-7 in league play to earn second place after never finishing better than eighth since joining league play in 2015. After never qualifying for the Big Ten Tournament, they’ll open play Wednesday in Omaha, Nebraska as the No. 2 seed.
The Scarlet Knights were not even picked in the top six of the preseason poll and far exceeded expectations in Steve Owens’ third season on the banks.