Rutgers Rallies to Five in Solid Match

Wednesday, November 14

New Brunswick, N.J.

7 PM

Rutgers University

6-24, 0-17Big Ten

Michigan State

17-13, 5-12Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Michigan State	28	25	23	16	15	3
Rutgers	26	14	25	25	12	2

Photo by: (Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics)

Nov 14 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score

New Brunswick, N.J. (Nov. 14, 2018) - For the third time this year, the Scarlet Knights rallied their way to a fifth set, ultimately dropping a Big Ten match at the College Ave. Gym on Tuesday evening.

THE LINE
Michigan State (17-13, 5-12) 3, Rutgers (6-24, 0-17) 2– 28-26, 25-14, 23-25, 16-25, 15-12

STANDOUT STATS

Junior Jasmine Stackhouse led the night in blocks and points with 4 solo blocks, 8 block assists, and 16 points.
Leading the Scarlet Knights in assists was freshman setter Inna Balyko with 41 over five sets.
Freshman Tali Marmen and senior Sahbria McLetchie were killing it on the court with hitting double digits, each had 12 and 10 kills respectively.

KNIGHT NOTES

Stackhouse joins former Scarlet Knights on the All Time Top 10 list for blocks, ending todays match with 286 blocks in her career.
Yet again, junior Karysa Swackenberg hit double digits in the dig category which brings her up to 42 in her career that she has accomplished this.
In their last meeting, the Spartans and the Scarlet Knights rallied through four sets before a final score was declared.

THE MOMENTS

Set 1 | Rutgers kept pace with the Spartans until the last serve with seven lead changes and tying the score a total of 12 times.
Set 2 | A tough second set had the Scarlet Knights fighting for every point. Unable to take the lead, Balyko hit seven of her assists to help the team to their 14 points.
Set 3 | The Scarlet Knights let the Spartans get an early lead, but once they scored their sixth point of the set, Rutgers couldn't be stopped.
Set 4 | Continuing their streak from the fourth set, Rutgers waited until their 10^thpoint to pull ahead and take the set by storm.
Set 5 | In an exciting final set, there were six tied scores and four lead changes keeping both teams on their toes until an attack error cemented the Spartan win.

UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights continue their four-match home stand on Saturday, Nov. 17 against No. Illinois at 7 p.m. in the College Ave. Gym.

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