Volleyball Topped at Indiana

Saturday, October 13

Bloomington, Ind.

7:30 PM

Rutgers

6-15

Indiana

12-7

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Rutgers	14	19	23	0
Indiana	25	25	25	3

Oct 13 | Women's Volleyball

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Scarlet Knights get double-digit blocks for the 13th time this season

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Oct. 13, 2018) – Rutgers volleyball took a straight set loss at Indiana in Big Ten action on Saturday evening.

THE LINE
Indiana (12-7, 3-5) 3, Rutgers (6-15, 0-8) 0 – 25-14, 25-19, 25-23

KNIGHT NOTES

The Scarlet Knights notched double-digit blocks for the 13^th time this season overall, and fourth time in Big Ten competition. Saturday's performance ups their season average to 2.9, which ranks 11^th in the country.
Rutgers held Indiana to a .135 hitting percentage, a Big Ten low for the Scarlet Knights in 2018.
The Scarlet Knights had 44 digs to Indiana's 41.

STANDOUT STATS

Freshman outside hitter Anastasiia Maksimova posted a career high for kills in a conference match with seven, adding an assist and two digs while playing in all three sets.
In addition to freshman setter Inna Balyko's 23 assists, the rookie led Rutgers' blocking efforts with six, including a solo block in the final set.
Sophomore Kamila Cieslik had a season-high 10 digs, followed by junior libero Karysa Swackenberg and Balyko, who each had nine.

THE MOMENTS

Set 2 | Kojadinovic was all over a 4-1 run to hand Rutgers its first lead of the evening, a 12-10 advantage. Following a resounding kill off a perfectly timed set from Balyko, Kojadinovic also picked up a block assist and served an ace.
Set 2 | Out of a timeout and trailing 18-15, Rutgers rallied with kills from freshman middle Merle Weidt, Maksimova and junior middle Jasmine Stackhouse for a 4-1 run to pull within one point.
Set 3 | Senior outside hitter Sahbria McLetchie bookended a 5-1 run with kills for a 22-19 advantage. Cieslik's clutch kill made it 23-20 before Indiana rallied for the match's final five points in succession.

UP NEXT
Rutgers closes out a quick two-match road trip in Happy Valley on Wednesday, Oct. 17 for a nationally televised match at No. 9 Penn State at 7 p.m. live on Big Ten Network.

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