PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers volleyball's Alissa Kinkela collected her 900^th career kill, sophomore Zora Hardison tied her career-high in kills and junior Aly Borellis set a new benchmark in blocks as the Scarlet Knights fought Indiana to a four-set setback.

While the Hoosiers went up 2-0 behind 25-21 and 25-13 set wins, the Scarlet Knights took set three 26-24. The fourth frame endured 11 ties before the visitors took the victory 25-22 in the final set of the evening.

• Sophomore Zora Hardison tied her career high with 15 kills, swinging .314 for the match, while adding seven blocks to tie her season high. The Palm Bay, Florida product also had 15 kills in RU's five-set match at Michigan back on Sept. 29 and seven blocks at Maryland on Oct. 5.
• Junior Lexi Visintine was just shy of a double-double and double figures in both kills and digs, finishing the night with nine in both categories.
  Freshman Natalie Robinson hit a team-best .353 with seven kills and added six blocks.
• Junior Aly Borellis notched helpers on all but three of RU's kills, coming up with 42 assists, and set a new career mark in blocks with five stops at the net. Her five blocks marked a Scarlet Knight best for the setter and surpassed her previous high captured on four occasions in her previous stop at Ole Miss.
• Defensively, two Scarlet Knights landed in double-figure digs. Sophomore Kenzie Dyrstad led all with a match-high 17 digs, while Alissa Kinkela collected 11.
• Kinkela captured career kill number 900 in the match to become the third Scarlet Knight of the rally era to reach the milestone. She finished the contest with seven kills. She currently sits third in the rally-era career kills leader list with 903 and needs 15 to move into second place past Alex Jones (2009-12) and 77 more to become the all-time Rutgers rally-era leader.

• SET 1 (21-25) | Indiana went out to a 10-6 advantage when the two squads traded the next eight points before a Hoosier service error and blocks from Aly Borellis and Zora Hardison saw RU down 14-12. The squads continued to trade points when an Anna Hartman kill and block alongside Natalie Robinson saw the Scarlet Knights down by one, 17-16. The Hoosiers scored four of the next five to remain in front at 21-17 and scoring went back and forth the rest of the way. Zora Hardison was successful on three of her four swings to go along with a pair of blocks.

S1 | Scarlet Wall pulls RU within ☝️
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— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) November 1, 2024

• SET 2 (13-25) | Rutgers began the frame with an early 4-2 edge, but the Hoosiers went on to produce a 12-1 run to go out to a 14-5 lead en route to the 2-0 lead. Hardison once again captured a trio of kills.

• SET 3 (26-24) | Rutgers garnered the victory in the third set as Hardison hit .444 with four kills on nine swings and four other Scarlet Knights registered a trio of kills to help RU swing .395 for the frame. A trio of Hoosier miscues and a Kenzie Dyrstad ace gave Rutgers an 11-9 advantage. The two teams went back and forth in scoring until RU used a 7-3 run to take its largest lead of the night, 22-17. During the burst, Alissa Kinkela collected her 900^th career kills. The Hoosiers, however, kept the set alive, countering with a 7-2 outburst to knot the score at 24-24. Avery Jesewitz helped put the set away with a kill and teamed up with classmate Robinson at the net for the win.

S3 | Kenzie serving up the lead ♠️
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— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) November 2, 2024

• SET 4 (22-25) | Altogether, the final set endured 11 ties and four lead changes. Hardison and Kinkela teamed up for the block giving RU a 9-6 lead. Indiana came back to tie the score five times, but each time, the Scarlet Knights went back in front until back-to-back Hoosier blocks put the visitors up 16-15. Indiana did not maintain the lead for long as two consecutive kills from Lexi Visintine and solo stop by Hardison gave the Scarlet Knights an 18-16 edge. The Hoosiers, however, retook the lead behind a 6-1 run for 21-19 advantage. RU was within a point twice. Visintine's fourth kill of the set had the Scarlet Knights down 21-10 and a block by the freshman duo of Jesewitz and Robinson had Rutgers behind 23-22 before the Hoosiers took the win.

S4 | Zora ties her career high as come we down to the wire
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— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) November 2, 2024

• The Rutgers volleyball homestand continues on Saturday, Nov. 2 with No. 11 Purdue at 7 p.m. at Jersey Mike's Arena.
• Admission is free.
• The Scarlet Knights will be sign autographs on the concourse following the match.