DENTON, Texas – Rutgers volleyball fell in straight sets to Colorado on the final day of the UNT Invitational on Sunday.

The Scarlet Knights dropped the match 12-25, 17-25, 16-25 to go 1-2 over opening weekend.

• Freshman Avery Jesewitz led the attack with eight kills. The rookie hit .500 making only one error on 14 attempts.
• Junior Aly Borellis set up the offense with 12 assists and led the squad with five digs.

• SET 1 (25-12) |Colorado jumped in front opening the match with a 12- 1 lead.  Natalie Robinson logged points on all three of her attempts.

• SET 2 (25-17) | The two squads battled four early ties and a Lexi Visintine kill has RU down by a point at 9-8. The Buffalos, however, responded with the next seven points en route to the 2-0 lead. Avery Jesewitz swung a perfect 5-for-5.

• SET 3 (25-16) | The Scarlet Knights were unable to overcome another early Colorado opening run as the Buffalos took the first 10 points. RU produced a 7-2 run to narrow the gap at 16-10. During the run, aces were collected by Rebekah Williams and Jesewitz. Newcomers Ece Emrullah and Uliana Yastrub came off the bench during the frame to combine for five kills.

• Freshmen Lily Bolen and Avery Jesewitz were named to the UNT Invite All-Tournament Team.
• Bolen totaled 41 assists,14 digs and six aces across the 10 sets played on the weekend.
• Jesewitz averaged 2.10 kills per set hitting .405 in the three games along with six blocks.

• Rutgers is back on the road for the Wooo Pig Invitational hosted by Arkansas. While in Fayetteville, the Scarlet Knights will meet up with the No. 19 Razorbacks along with Little Rock and LA Tech.