Volleyball Falls in Four After Close Fight With No. 17 Purdue

Friday, October 26

New Brunswick, N.J.

7 PM

Rutgers University

6-18, 0-11Big Ten

No. 17 Purdue

18-4, 7-4Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Purdue	25	23	25	25	3
Rutgers	21	25	23	13	1

Photo by: (Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics)

Volleyball Falls in Four After Close Fight With No. 17 Purdue

Oct 27 | Women's Volleyball

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Nationally ranked Boilermakers outlast Scarlet Knights in a match with 14 lead changes and 31 ties

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Oct. 26, 2018) – Rutgers volleyball took a set off a ranked team for the first time since 2015 during a four-set loss No. 17 Purdue on Friday evening in the College Ave. Gym.

THE LINE
No. 17 Purdue (18-4, 7-4) 3, Rutgers (6-18, 0-11) 0 – 25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 25-13

KNIGHT NOTES

The Scarlet Knights won a set against a ranked opponent for the first time since Nov. 18, 2015, when Rutgers took the second set against then-No. 15 Purdue by a score of 25-12.
Rutgers' 44 digs topped Purdue's 38, marking the second time in the last three Big Ten matches the Scarlet Knights have won the digging category, and the 10^th overall of the season.
Senior outside hitter Sahbria McLetchie matched her Big Ten career high with 16 kills, the 47^th double-digit kill effort of her career.

STANDOUT STATS

McLetchie's 16 kills was a match-high, coming on a .256 swing percentage with six errors in 39 total attacks. The senior added five digs on defense.
Freshman outside hitter Tali Marmen chipped in 10 kills for her fourth double-digit performance of the year, throwing in a service ace, four digs and a block assist.
Freshman middle Merle Weidt put up seven kills on an efficient .455 hitting percentage to go with two blocks.
Junior middle Jasmine Stackhouse and freshman setter Inna Balyko each had five blocks, while Balyko directed Rutgers' .136 team attack with 36 assists.
Junior libero Karysa Swackenberg led all players with 16 digs, marking her 38^th double-digit dig mark of her career.

THE MOMENTS

Set 1 | Balyko assisted five kills and served an ace during a 6-2 run to take a 12-11 lead. The rally was part of a larger 12-5 run that saw RU leading 19-15 after a Swackenberg ace. Weidt's kill made it 21-17 before the Boilermakers rallied for the set's final eight points in a row.
Set 2 | Down 19-15, Marmen put together a kill and a block on back-to-play points during a 4-0 run that also featured two blocks and a kill from Weidt. Purdue took the lead one last time at 20-19 before Swackenberg's athletic dig went over the net in a perfect place for a kill to spark a 6-3 spurt to clinch the set.
Set 3 | In the match's tightest set with eight lead changes and 13 tie scores, the teams traded three or four-point runs to ties at 19, 20 and 21-all. A late 3-0 stint by the Boilermakers put the visitors up 24-21, but Rutgers saved a pair of set points on a Purdue service error and Marmen's subsequent ace before PU closed it out.

UP NEXT
Rutgers hosts Indiana on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the College Ave. Gym.

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