Things not called football began their season last week. And one Olympic sport - Volleyball - is off to a hot start.
Volleyball
The team has taken its lumps in its first two seasons in the Big Ten. It has struggled, and certainly not helped by a lack of top-tier facilities.
New year, new results.
In four tournaments last season, Rutgers was a combined 3-9, including being swept at the Harvard Invitational. But 2016 opened with the Bryant Hampton Inn-vitational and the squad equaled its 2015 win total, winning the tournament with victories over Rider, Hartford, and Bryant, while losing to St.