Volleyball Loses Tight Three-Set Bout at No. 4 Illinois

Friday, November 9

Champaign, Ill.

8 PM

Rutgers University

6-22, 0-15B1G

No. 4 Illinois

23-3, 12-3B1G

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Rutgers	20	22	11	0
Illinois	25	25	25	3

Volleyball Loses Tight Three-Set Bout at No. 4 Illinois

Nov 09 | Women's Volleyball

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Scarlet Knights’ blocking edge leads to close first two sets

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Nov. 9, 2018) – Rutgers volleyball used a spread out offense and an edge in the blocking battle to hang tight with No. 4 Illinois before the Illini posted a straight-set victory in a Big Ten match in Huff Hall on Friday evening.

THE LINE
Illinois (23-3, 11-3) 3, Rutgers (6-22, 0-15) 0 – 25-20, 25-22, 25-11

STANDOUT STATS

Senior outside hitter Sahbria McLetchie registered 12 kills on a .219 hitting percentage to lead Rutgers' offense. She also added two digs and two blocks.
Junior libero Karysa Swackenberg brought up eight digs and passed out five assists from the back row, a season-high in Big Ten matches.
Freshman setter Inna Balyko put up 25 assists to go with a team-high nine digs and a block assist.
Junior middle Jasmine Stackhouse was involved in all six of Rutgers' blocks on Friday.
Sophomore right side Beka Kojadinovic posted another well-rounded line with eight kills, six digs, two blocks and the Scarlet Knights' only two service aces of the match.

KNIGHT NOTES

Rutgers played its fifth AVCA Top 10 team in its last 14 matches.
Stackhouse has racked up 270 career blocks, which has her just seven away from cracking the all-time Top 10 at Rutgers.
Rutgers outblocked an opponent for the 17^th time this season – including five Big Ten matches – as they hold on to a Top 20 national ranking in the team blocks per set category.

THE MOMENTS

Set 1 | Illinois never led by more than five in a tight set, aided by a 5-1 Rutgers run midway through the set to cut an Illini lead to 15-13. Kojadinovic led the spurt with two kills and a block assist.
Set 2 | Rutgers took an early lead at 5-1 and 7-2, forcing Illinois to come from behind and take their first lead at 11-10. Sophomore outside hitter Kamila Cieslik had two kills early in the period, part of her six-kill evening.

UP NEXT
Rutgers heads north past Chicago to Evanston, Illinois to visit Northwestern on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. ET.

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