NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The Scarlet Knights battled back a forth throughout the match, but unfortunately Rutgers (6-11, 1-3 BIG EAST) was unable to secure a victory against No. 6 Louisville (14-0, 4-0 BIG EAST) on Sunday, Oct. 2, at the College Avenue Gymnasium. The match scores were 23-30, 24-30, and 20-30.
Senior Courtney Stout (San Marcos, CA) sparked the Scarlet Knights’ offense with a team-high 13 kills, while freshmen Kyra Thompson (Tucson, AZ) and Claudia Neba (Aurora, CO) added 10 and seven kills, respectively. Freshman Roxy Calder (Oceanside, CA) registered a match-high 23 assists, followed by junior Tamarie Macon (Fayetteville, NC) with 10.
Defensively, senior Ashleigh Young (Albany, OR) led the way with four total blocks (two solo, two assisted), while Thompson chipped in three block assists and sophomore Amanda Meyer (Naperville, IL) had two total blocks (one solo, one assisted). Junior Jocelyn Greenwald (Old Tappan, NJ) posted a match-leading 16 defensive digs, followed by Neba with seven.
Rutgers will return to action on Sunday, Oct. 8, at 12:00 p.m. to take on the University of South Florida at the College Avenue Gymnasium.
Volleyball Box Score
2005 Rutgers Volleyball
#6 Louisville vs Rutgers (Oct 02, 2005 at New Brunswick, NJ)
Louisville | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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3 MARSH, Stephanie.... 3| 8 2 23 .261| 3| 2 1| 0| 8| 0 4 1| 3
5 USTYMENKO, Lena..... 3| 16 5 36 .306| 0| 0 1| 1| 7| 1 0 0| 0
8 HOFFMAN, Jennifer... 3| 6 1 10 .500| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 2 0| 0
9 DUKULE, Svetlana.... 3| 5 0 13 .385| 0| 0 0| 0| 4| 0 2 1| 0
11 YARTSEVA, Ana....... 3| 1 1 2 .000| 0| 0 1| 1| 3| 0 2 0| 0
12 CRAVEN, Jennifer.... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 22| 1 0| 0| 11| 0 0 0| 0
1 LIU, Rui............ 3| 4 0 7 .571| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 4 0| 0
2 WETTERER, Kristie... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 2| 5 1| 0| 10| 0 0 0| 0
6 HAMILTON, Kara...... 2| 0 2 4 -.500| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 1 0| 0
7 BATEMAN, Nicole..... 3| 1 1 2 .000| 1| 1 1| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0
13 PILNIKOVA, Elena.... 3| 5 1 10 .400| 13| 0 0| 0| 4| 0 2 1| 0
TEAM................ | | | | 1| | |
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Totals.............. 3| 46 13 107 .308| 41| 9 5| 3| 51| 2 17 3| 3
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 15 2 38 .342 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 15 8 36 .194 Louisville.......... (3) 30 30 30 14-0, 4-0 BIG EAST
3 16 3 33 .394 Rutgers............. (0) 23 24 20 6-11, 1-3 BIG EAST
Rutgers | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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2 NEBA, Claudia....... 3| 7 3 23 .174| 1| 2 2| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 0
5 MEYER, Amanda....... 3| 2 0 4 .500| 1| 0 0| 0| 0| 1 1 1| 0
8 STOUT, Courtney..... 3| 13 7 37 .162| 0| 0 0| 3| 4| 0 0 0| 1
9 YOUNG, Ashleigh..... 3| 6 3 17 .176| 0| 0 2| 0| 1| 2 2 0| 0
10 CALDER, Roxy........ 3| 1 1 3 .000| 23| 0 1| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 1
15 THOMPSON, Kyra...... 3| 10 6 37 .108| 2| 0 0| 2| 5| 0 3 0| 0
1 GREENWALD, Jocelyn.. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 1 0| 1| 16| 0 0 0| 1
3 MACON, Tamarie...... 3| 3 0 7 .429| 10| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 2
6 PARK, Justine....... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
13 YANKAUSKAS, Lora.... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 1| 4| 0 0 0| 0
TEAM................ | | | | 2| | |
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Totals.............. 3| 42 20 128 .172| 38| 3 5| 9| 41| 3 6 1| 5
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 17 4 39 .333 Site: New Brunswick, NJ (College Avenue Gym)
2 13 5 43 .186 Date: Oct 02, 2005 Attend: 140 Time: 1:25
3 12 11 46 .022 Referees: Phil Wagenblast, Alan Sowa
