Kojadinovic & Swackenberg Set Career-Highs in Opening Loss to Colgate

Friday, August 24

Berkeley, Calif.

3:30 PM

Rutgers University

0-1

Colgate

1-0

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
RUTGERS	25	22	25	23	1
COLGATE	27	25	23	25	3

Kojadinovic & Swackenberg Set Career-Highs in Opening Loss to Colgate

Aug 24 | Women's Volleyball

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BERKELEY, Calif. (Aug. 24, 2018) – Rutgers volleyball opened the 2018 season with a four-set loss to Colgate (27-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23) despite outhitting, digging and blocking the Raiders at Cal's Molten Classic.

Game 1: Colgate 3, Rutgers 1
KNIGHT NOTES

Sophomore right side Beka Kojadinovic swatted a career-high 17 kills on a career-best .382 attack percentage, adding eight digs and four blocks.
Rutgers' 12.5 total team blocks was the most in a match since 14 at Wisconsin on Oct. 30, 2016.
Junior libero Karysa Swackenberg scooped a career-high 24 digs, leading Rutgers to its highest dig total (71) in a four-set match since Oct. 24, 2015 against Maryland.
The Scarlet Knights held advantages in kills (54-48), attack percentage (.160-.154), digs (71-66) and blocks (12.5-10).
Freshman setter Inna Balyko notched a double-double of 43 assists and 12 digs, while adding two aces and three kills in her collegiate debut.
Freshmen Merle Weidt and Anastasiia Maksimova also made their college debuts, with Maksimova picking up five kills.
Senior outside hitter Sahbria McLetchie also produced a double-double with 14 kills and 10 digs, while pacing RU in blocks with six, including two solo jobs.
Junior middle blocker Jasmine Stackhouse was Rutgers' tertiary point producer with eight kills and four block assists.
Colgate improves to 6-4 in the all-time series.

THE MOMENTS

Set 1 | Down a point midway through the opener, Balyko pancaked a ball leading to Kojadinovic's attack off the block, part of a 6-0 run to put RU ahead 14-12. The Scarlet Knights had four blocks over that span.
Set 1 | The Raiders outlasted Rutgers during a tight end to the stanza. McLetchie picked up kills to tie the score at 20 and 21-all, while Kojadinovic bounced a pair for a 24-23 lead and a 25-25 tie score before Colgate closed out the set with a kill and a Rutgers attack error.
Set 2 | Kojadinovic's kill and subsequent ace tied the period at 5-5 and another kill sparked a 3-0 run and a 10-8 lead.
Set 3 | 4-0 and 6-3 leads were paced by two blocks and a kill from junior middle blocker Jasmine Stackhouse.
Set 3 | The set was won late as McLetchie notched three straight kills amid a 6-0 run to take a 22-20 lead. The set ended in a 9-3 run for the Scarlet Knights, stamped by two Stackhouse kills.
Set 4 | Balyko found the floor twice late in the set for a 19-19 tie and to bring RU within 23-21, but Colgate closed out the match on a 6-3 run.

UP NEXT
Rutgers faces the host Golden Bears at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday evening before closing out the Molten Classic with a Saturday match against Chicago State at 2 p.m. ET.

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