Rutgers will ride an avalanche of bonus points back into Big Ten competition.
The No. 16 Scarlet Knights made easy work of Hofstra in their final tune-up before a six consecutive matches against nationally-ranked conference foes, posting a dominating 37-9 win over the Pride on Friday night at the Rutgers Athletics Center in Piscataway.
Rutgers (5-3) captured eight of 10 bouts in the dual meet and picked up bonus points in seven of them, putting some wind behind its sail ahead of Sunday's road match at No. 18 Nebraska.
Nick Suriano, the nation's No.