Volleyball Falls in Four to St. John's

Friday, September 14

Storrs, Conn.

10 AM

Rutgers University

5-6

St. John's

9-3

St. John's

Rutgers

Sep 14 | Women's Volleyball

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McLetchie and Balyko record career numbers

STORRS, Conn. (Sept. 14, 2018) – Rutgers volleyball opened the Dog Pound Challenge with a four-set loss to St. John's on Friday morning.

THE LINE
St. John's (9-3) 3, Rutgers (5-6) 0 – 25-20, 26-28, 25-22, 25-12

KNIGHT NOTES

Rutgers falls for the first time this season when winning the second set (5-1)
St. John's third straight win in the series increases its lead to 13-9 all-time.
Rutgers has outblocked opponents in 10 of 11 matches, winning the battle 12-11 over the Red Storm. Rutgers ranks fourth in the nation with 3.09 team blocks per set heading into this weekend.
Senior outside hitter Sahbria McLetchie matched her career high with 19 kills, and freshman setter Inna Balyko set a career-best with 49 assists.

STANDOUT STATS

Sophomore right side Beka Kojadinovic posted her third career double-double with 13 kills and 10 digs.
Freshman outside hitter Tali Marmen bounced nine kills, while junior middle Stasa Miljevic had eight and was one of four Scarlet Knights with five blocks.
McLetchie, junior middle Jasmine Stackhouse and Balyko were the other three.

THE MOMENTS

Set 1 | Rutgers stayed alive late in the set with a 6-3 run and saving two set-points with Kojadinovic and McLetchie each getting their sixth kill. St. John's won the set 25-20 on a service error.
Set 2 | The opponents battled through 18 tie scores and three lead changes. Rutgers saved two set-points on kills by Miljevic and Marmen before Marmen's second consecutive kill put RU up 26-25. McLetchie's 12^th kill of the match delivered the set, 28-26, following a Red Storm ball handling error at 26-26.
Set 3 | Miljevic and Marmen fueled an early 9-2 lead for Rutgers, but St. John's gradually chipped away and took a 2-1 lead with the 25-22 result.
Set 4 | An 11-2 stint gave St. John's a 20-9 lead and all the momentum it needed to clinch the match.

UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights face the host, UConn, on Friday evening at 7 p.m. before taking on Holy Cross at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15 to close out the Dog Pound Challenge.

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