ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Rutgers volleyball team closed out the 2022 season on the road Friday night at Cliff Keen Arena with Michigan taking the win 25-22, 25-9, 25-11.
 

STANDOUT STATS

• Redshirt freshman Alissa Kinkela led Rutgers for the 14^th time this season in kills with eight.
• Junior Kristina Grkovic logged seven kills and a pair of blocks.
• Senior Alyssa Nayar put up 10 assists while Lauren DeLo added nine helpers of her own.
• Junior Madyson Chitty and freshman Lexi Visintine each had eight digs. Visintine also served up a pair of aces.

KEY MOMENTS

• SET 1 (22-25) | A late run by the Wolverines gave the hosts the 1-0 lead. Rutgers scored four unanswered, including back-to-back service aces from Lexi Visintine, to go in front 9-6 and used a 6-1 run that featured a trio of kills by Taylor Humphrey for a 15-10 edge. Humphrey's fourth kill of the frame put RU up 20-18, however, Michigan scored the next five and closed on a 7-2 run to take the set.
• SET 2 (9-25) | Michigan committed only two errors and swung .680 to take the second set. While the Scarlet Knights took the first two points, Michigan proceeded on a 9-1 run to take control. Alissa Kinkela captured three kills in the set.
• SET 3 (11-25) | Blocks from the hands of Lauren DeLo and Kristina Grkovic saw Rutgers trail by a point at 7-6.  Michigan limited the Rutgers attack and outscored the visitors 18-5 the rest of the way. Grkovic collected three kills in the stanza along with a pair of blocks.

KNIGHT NOTES

• In the rally-era season record book …
  • Megan Vernon ranks second in solo blocks (18), fourth in total blocks (106), eighth in attack percentage (.261), tenth in block assists (88)
  • Kristina Grkovic ranks third in aces (34), fourth in solo blocks (15), fifth in total blocks (103), ninth in blocks per set (1.02) and tenth in block assists (88)
  • Lauren DeLo ranks eighth in assists (673)
  • Alissa Kinkela ranks ninth in kills (301)
• In the rally-era career record book …
  • Taylor Humphrey ranks fourth in kills per set (2.54)
  • Kristina Grkovic ranks seventh in attack percentage (.248), ninth in solo blocks (22), tenth in blocks per set (0.80)
  • Megan Vernon ranks sixth in solo blocks (23) and blocks per set (0.93) and eighth in attack percentage (.247)
  • Lauren DeLo ranks fifth in assists per set (5.97) and seventh in assists (758)
  • Madyson Chitty ranks fourth in digs per set (3.08) and sixth in digs (880)

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