COLUMBUS, Ohio - It was Rutgers volleyball's third top 10 Big Ten match-up of the season on Saturday at the Covelli Center with the Scarlet Knights falling 25-13, 25-15, 25-14 to No. 6 Ohio State in their lone meeting with the Buckeyes this year.
 

STANDOUT STATS

• Freshman Taylor Humphrey collected her seventh game with double-digit kills and second against a top-10 program with a team-leading 10 kills to go along with seven digs.
• Madyson Chitty notched a team-high 11 digs.
• Redshirt junior Lauren DeLo captured 25 assists and also had eight digs along with sophomore Lucy Malone. 
• Graduate student Megan Vernon led RU at the net with four blocks, while DeLo and Humphrey added three apiece.

KEY MOMENTS

• SET 1 (13-25) | It was an 8-2 Buckeye burst that gave the hosts control of the first set with an 11-5 lead. Rutgers put together a run of three straight off Kristina Grkovic, Taylor Humphrey, Megan Vernon and Lauren DeLo teaming up at the net and one of the Buckeyes' six attack errors to trail 16-11. The hosts, however, closed on a 9-2 run including six unanswered. Grkovic led RU with three kills on four of her attacks while Vernon and Humphrey had a pair of block assists.
• SET 2 (15-25) | A successful challenge by Rutgers resulted in the Buckeyes getting credited for an attack error to knot the score at 7-7. However, Ohio State produced a 5-1 run for a 12-8 lead to follow. While a Bekah Williams swing had RU down 10-8, the Buckeyes would score a pair of points for every Scarlet Knight score extending its advantage to 22-12. Humphrey added four kills in the fame while Vernon added another pair of blocks.
• SET 3 (14-25) | Humphrey posted another four kills joining Lucy Malone and Madyson Chitty with five digs apiece in the final set. The Buckeyes opened with a 10-3 lead but the Scarlet Knights went point-for-point with Ohio State over the next 11 services. Rutgers trailed 15-9 when the Buckeyes scored five straight including a trio of kills by Gabby Gonzalez to go up 20-9. From there it was point-for-point again until the final set score.  

UP NEXT

• Rutgers volleyball is back home and on tv next week.
• The Scarlet Knights wrap up the season series with Northwestern on Friday, Oct 21 at 6 p.m. on BTN at Jersey Mike's Arena
• Admission is free to all home games at Jersey Mike's Arena.
• Parking for all home games is free with registration.
• Post-match autographs will be held in the lobby.
• RU will also travel to No. Penn State on Sunday, Oct. 23.

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