Volleyball Closes Out Series With No. 1 Wisconsin

Saturday, February 6

Madison, Wisc.

5:00 PM (ET)

Rutgers University

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Wisconsin

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Rutgers

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Volleyball Closes Out Series With No. 1 Wisconsin

Feb 06 | Women's Volleyball

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MADISON, WISC. – It was a close third set for the Rutgers volleyball team against the top team in the nation, but the Badgers would take the 25-21 win in the final set for the 3-0 (13-25, 11-25, 21-25) victory over the Scarlet Knights.

No. 1 Wisconsin stays undefeated at 6-0, while Rutgers drops to 1-5 on the year.

STANDOUT STATS

Junior Anastasiia Maksimova led Rutgers with seven kills and eight digs.
Senior Beka Kojadinovic and freshman Madyson Chitty also had eight digs apiece.
Redshirt freshman Lauren DeLo came off the bench for 11 assists.
Redshirt junior Shea McNamara added a pair of block assists.

KEY MOMENTS

Set 1 (12-25) | The Badgers swung .545 to open the match, took a 7-2 lead to start and grew a nine-point advantage at 17-8.
Set 2 (11-25) | Wisconsin went out in front 5-1, but errors by the Badgers and one of Maksimova's kills tied the set up at 7-7. The junior Scarlet Knight joined McNamara at the net for a stop for a 9-9 tie, but a 10-1 burst by the Badgers gave the home team the lead for good.
Set 3 (21-25) | The final set was tied five times and the Badgers led by no more than four points. Rutgers was ahead 9-6 before Wisconsin took its first lead off a 5-0 run. The Scarlet Knights battled back to knot the score three more times off swings from McNamara, Cieslik and Maksimova. Down the stretch, the Scarlet Knights were within two at 18-20.

KNIGHT NOTES

DeLo led Rutgers in helpers and captured double figure assists for the first time in her career.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

Rutgers returns home for another top-five matchup welcoming the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers to the College Ave Gym on Friday, Feb. 12 and Saturday, Feb. 13. Both games will serve up action at 4 p.m. Due to COVID-19 safety protocols, there will be no admission to home games.

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