Volleyball Tripped Up By No. 14 Minnesota

Friday, October 18

Piscataway, N.J.

7 p.m.

Rutgers

5-13,0-7Big Ten

Minnesota

12-5,5-2Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Minnesota	25	25	25	3
Rutgers	13	22	17	0

Rutgers volleyball huddles on the court during their contest with No. 16 Minnesota at Jersey Mike's Arena

Photo by: Ella Eitner

Oct 18 | Women's Volleyball

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers volleyball opened up Homecoming Weekend with the first of two Top 25 contests on Friday night at Jersey Mike's Arena with a 25-13, 25-22, 25-17 setback to No. 14 Minnesota.

STANDOUT STATS

Freshman Avery Jesewitz led the Scarlet Knights on the attack for the fourth time this season with eight kills. She also had a team second-best seven digs.
Freshman Natalie Robinson and redshirt junior Alissa Kinkela each had six kills.
Junior Aly Borellis recorded 23 assists.
On defense, sophomore Kenzie Dyrstad came up with a game-high 13 digs, while Kinkela added a trio of blocks to her stat line.

KEY MOMENTS

SET 1 (13-25) | Rutgers took an early 5-3 edge, but Minnesota captured the lead following a 7-1 run to climb out to a 10-6 advantage. A Zora Hardison attack saw RU trail 18-13, but Minnesota closed out the opener with seven straight and finished hitting .583. Jesewitz led the Scarlet Knights with three kills.

S1 | Air Robinson
.#GoRU ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/zZ1sg36uTK
— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) October 18, 2024

SET 2 (22-25) | Rutgers trailed by one late, 23-22, but Minnesota would pull out the second set victory. Altogether, the frame endured 11 ties and four lead changes. Alissa Kinkela gave RU leads on swings at 11-10 and 12-11, but Minnesota logged seven unanswered to take an 18-12 lead. Jesewitz ignited a 5-1 run behind a kill and an ace and narrowed the Scarlet Knight deficit to 19-17. While the Golden Gophers pulled ahead at 21-18, Rutgers captured points on three of the next four and trailed by one. Kills from Robinson, Jesewitz and Kinkela saw RU down 23-22. Minnesota, however, went up 2-0 taking the next two rotations. Kinkela totaled four kills and Kenzie Dyrstad collected five digs.

S2 | H-O-T-T-O-E-O 🔥
.#GoRU ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/RFCSdkJ9NC
— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) October 19, 2024

SET 3 (17-25) | Minnesota played out to a 16-4 lead in the final set en route to the victory. The second half of the final set, however, saw the Scarlet Knights outscore the Golden Gophers 13-9 and not allowing Minnesota back-to-back points. Robinson, Hartman and Jesewitz each had a pair of kills and RU limited the Gophers to hitting .161.

UP NEXT

The Rutgers volleyball team is back at home at Jersey Mike's Arena on Sunday, Oct. 20 against No. 16 USC at 1 p.m. RU alumnae will be honored between sets two and three while current members of the Scarlet Knights will be singing autographs on the concourse following the match.

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