Rutgers Drops Home Finale to Notre Dame

Sunday, November 9

New Brunswick, NJ

2:00 PM

Rutgers University

Notre Dame

Nov 09 | Women's Volleyball

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Senior setter Roxy Calder (Oceanside, Calif.) dished out a team-high 12 assists and dug a match-high 12 balls in her last home match, but the Rutgers volleyball team fell to Notre Dame 3-0 (25-13, 25-16, 25-8) Sunday afternoon at the College Ave. Gym.

Roxy Calder played her final home game for the Scarlet Knights (Tom Ciszek/NJSportsPhoto)

Sophomore Lauren Voss (Hartland, Wis.) tallied a team-high six kills for the Scarlet Knights, who fall to 2-20 on the year and 1-11 in the BIG EAST.

"We're still trying to figure out how to maintain a rhythm when we play good teams like Notre Dame," said head coach CJ Werneke. "Our kids didn't give up, sometimes (good teams) just beat you. We're still learning that magic formula of energy and focus that will allow us to compete at this level."

Christina Kaelin, who ranks sixth in the conference with 3.49 kills per game, racked up a team-high seven kills for the Irish (13-12, 8-4). Jamel Nicholas dished out a match-high 27 assists in the win.

Rutgers will play its final two matches of the season next weekend. The Scarlet Knights will take on Louisville on Saturday, Nov. 15 and then conclude their 2008 campaign with a road tilt at Cincinnati the following day.