Volleyball Drops Match At No. 1 Nebraska

Saturday, October 28

Lincoln, Neb.

8:30 PM

Rutgers University

10-12,2-10Big Ten

Nebraska

21-0,12-0Big Ten

Rutgers

Nebraska

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Oct 28 | Women's Volleyball

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LINCOLN, Neb. – Rutgers volleyball took on the top team in the nation for a second time this season. The Scarlet Knights fell in three sets, 25-22, 25-15, 25-12 to No. 1 Nebraska in front of 8,692 people at the Devaney Center.

The top-ranked Cornhuskers remain undefeated improving to 21-0 and 12-0 in the Big Ten. Rutgers, who was coming off a five-set victory at Iowa the night before, dropped to 10-12 overall and 2-10 in conference play.

STANDOUT STATS

Senior Kristina Grkovic and redshirt sophomore Alissa Kinkela delivered eight kills each to lead the Scarlet Knights.
Grkovic also had an ace and two blocks in her stat line.
Fifth-year senior Alyssa Nayar tabbed 22 assists.
Sophomore Bekah Williams led RU with eight digs.

KEY MOMENTS

Set 1 (22-25) | Rutgers took a 6-5 lead by scoring four unanswered points with kills from Kristina Grkovic, Anna Hartman and Alissa Kinkela. A Cornhusker attack error equaled the frame at 7-7 when Nebraska outscored RU 5-1 to take the lead. The Scarlet Knights, however, came back to tie the opener four times with a swing from Gkrovic knotting the score at 20-20. The Cornhuskers concluded the set with five of the next seven points for the 1-0 lead. Grkovic finished with four kills hitting .429 while Bekah Williams collected six of her team-leading eight digs.

Set 2 (15-25) | Rutgers used a 4-1 run to close to within a point at 11-10 on Kristina Grkovic's swing from the middle. Nebraska, however, grew its lead behind an 8-2 run to go ahead 19-12. The Cornhuskers from there limited RU to three more points. Taylor Humphrey added a trio of kills for the Scarlet Knights in the set.

Set 3 (12-25)| Nebraska powered out to a 13-2 lead and wrapped up the night hitting over .400 for the second set in a row. Alissa Kinkela led RU with four kills on seven swings.

UP NEXT

The Scarlet Knights will return home to host Indiana, who is receiving votes in the top 25, on Friday, November 3 at 7 p.m. and welcome No.1 Nebraska on Sunday, November 5 at 1 p.m.. Admission is free and doors will open one hour prior to competition.

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