Season and single-game tickets for Rutgers women’s volleyball in 2026 are now available, with the Scarlet Knights set to celebrate their 50th season at Jersey Mike’s Arena.
Rutgers will host 12 opponents overall, including nine home Big Ten matches. The slate brings Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, USC, Michigan and UCLA to Piscataway - all of whom reached last year’s NCAA Tournament.
The home schedule also includes a trio of neutral-site matchups featuring Stony Brook, Delaware and Rider on Thursday, Sept. 10, Friday, Sept. 11 and Saturday, Sept.
- Those dates will be single-admission events, meaning one ticket covers both games.
One change stands out on the calendar: Rutgers’ home finale against Maryland on Friday, Nov. 13 will be played at College Avenue Gym and is free admission.
The season opens Tuesday, Sept. 8 against LIU at 6:00 p.m. Rutgers then rolls into the early September neutral-site stretch before diving into Big Ten play with Indiana on Sunday, Oct.
- From there, the home conference run includes Minnesota on Friday, Oct.
9, UCLA on Saturday, Oct. 10, Michigan State on Friday, Oct.
23, Illinois on Saturday, Oct. 24, Michigan on Thursday, Nov.
5, USC on Saturday, Nov. 7, Wisconsin on Thursday, Nov. 12 and Maryland the next night.
All home matches are listed for Jersey Mike’s Arena except the Maryland finale at College Ave Gym. Dates and times are subject to change, and all times are ET.
Rutgers enters 2026 with momentum from a season that produced several notable program milestones. The Scarlet Knights reached their previous season’s win total nine games into the year, powered by a seven-match winning streak - the program’s longest since 2012 - and six sweeps in that seven-game run.
Against Saint Francis (PA), Rutgers hit .456, its best hitting percentage in a rally-era match. In nonconference play, the Scarlet Knights went 9-3 with seven sweeps and finished 4-0 at home.
The Big Ten schedule brought its own headlines. Rutgers set a school attendance record, and the crowd of 8,000 that watched the Scarlet Knights face No.
1 Nebraska at Jersey Mike’s Arena was the largest ever to see a volleyball match in New Jersey. The Scarlet Knights also earned their first-ever Big Ten win over Ohio State, with the sweep standing as the program’s most since 2000 and the first time in either Big East or Big Ten play that Rutgers held an opponent under 20 in a match.
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