Volleyball Falls in Four at Northwestern

Saturday, November 10

Evanston, Ill.

8 PM

Rutgers University

6-23,0-16Big Ten

Northwestern

15-13, 5-11Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Rutgers	20	17	25	14	1
Northwestern	25	25	21	25	3

Nov 10 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score

Scarlet Knights lead in digs and improve their national Top 20 team blocks per set mark

EVANSTON, Ill. (Nov. 10, 2018) – Rutgers volleyball led in the digging department and took a set off Northwestern, but ultimately dropped a Big Ten match to the Wildcats in Welsh-Ryan Arena on Saturday evening.

THE LINE
Northwestern (15-13, 5-11) 3, Rutgers (6-23, 0-16) 1 – 25-20, 25-17, 21-25, 25-14

STANDOUT STATS

Senior outside hitter Sahbria McLetchie led the Rutgers offense for the 19^th time this season with 13 kills, adding 10 digs for her fifth career double-double.
Freshman outside hitter Anastasiya Kudryashova finished with seven kills on .227 hitting with five digs.
Freshman setter Inna Balyko had an active evening with a double-double of 26 assists and 11 digs, to go with six blocks.
Junior libero Karysa Swackenberg paced the defense for the 16^th time this season with 12 digs, joining her three assists.
Freshman middle Merle Weidt threw up seven blocks along with four kills and digs apiece.

KNIGHT NOTES

Rutgers led an opponent in digging (58-56) for the 12^th time in 2018.
The Scarlet Knights had 12 blocks in four sets, improving on their 2.68 blocks per set mark, which ranked 20^th in the nation heading into this weekend's action.
McLetchie notched her 50^th career double-digit kill match.
Balyko got her eighth double-double of her rookie year.
Swackenberg's double-digit digging effort was the 41^st of her career.

THE MOMENTS

Set 1 | Rutgers led as deep into the set as 15-14 thanks to a hot start to the first. An early 5-2 run saw Weidt get two kills for the first two points of the match.
Set 2 | Another fast start had RU up 4-2 with Weidt getting in on two blocks. Later, the Scarlet Knights used a 4-0 rally to pull within one at 10-9 after kills by McLetchie and Kudryashova.
Set 3 | For the third set in a row, Rutgers held a lead midway through. This time, standout defense led to an 11-10 lead as Weidt punished an over pass.
Set 3 | In a set with 12 ties and five lead changes, Rutgers took a 21-20 lead on Weidt and sophomore right side Beka Kojadinovic's block. After a 21-21 tie, three straight Wildcat miscues led to set-point at 24-21, which Kojadinovic clinched on a kill from a pass from Weidt.

UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights begin a four-match homestand to conclude the 2018 season on Wednesday, Nov. 14 against Michigan State at 7 p.m. in the College Ave. Gym.

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