Volleyball Unable To Claw Past Bearcats

Thursday, September 12

Piscataway, N.J.

7 p.m.

Rutgers University

3-5,0-0Big Ten

Binghamton

6-3,0-0America East

Binghamton

Rutgers

Photo by: Tom Gilbert

Sep 12 | Women's Volleyball

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers volleyball's home opening week continued playing extra volleyball in sets two and three against Binghamton Thursday night at Jersey Mike's Arena. It was the Bearcats, however, taking a 25-22, 26-24, 28-26 win.

STANDOUT STATS

Redshirt junior Alissa Kinkela registered her first double-double of the year and eighth of her career with 13 kills and 11 digs. She also added four blocks.
Freshman Avery Jesewitz was also in double-figure kills for a third time this season tying her season high with 11.
Junior Aly Borellis set up 21 assists.
Sophomore Kenzie Dyrstad joined Kinkella with 11 digs for the defense.
In the middle, sophomore Zora Hardison made a game and season-high six blocks.

KEY MOMENTS

SET 1 (22-25) | Both squads used significant runs to open up the match. Rutgers took an 11-4 run to establish a 15-11 advantage at the timeout while Binghamton countered with a 12-5 run for a 23-20 lead. Alissa Kinkela and Avery Jesewitz totaled 10 kills on 13 swings to combine for a .769 hitting percentage while the Scarlet Knights swung .548 as a team.

SET 2 (26-24) | Binghamton opened with five straight and led by as many as six, but Rutgers kept chipping away pulling within a pair. Zora Hardison and Jesewitz created the wall at the net as RU trailed 22-20. The Bearcats reached set point but the Scarlet Knights continued the fight to tie up the frame at 24-24. RU rattled off four consecutive points including three kills by Jesewitz to knot the score. The Bearcats, however, prevailed. Kinkela reached double-figure kills with five in the frame.

SET 3 (26-28) | Early in the set, the two squads played to 11 ties and three lead changes until Rutgers pulled ahead with four straight. Zora Hardison joined in on the attack with a pair of swings to push RU out to a 15-11 edge. The Scarlet Knights extended its lead to six at 18-12 as RU's run continued three of the next four points. Binghamton came back with five unanswered and went on to tie up the stanza at 23 all. The squads traded points until a Hardison swing put the Scarlet Knights at set point. A service error and Bearcat block, however, gave Binghamton a shot a taking the frame. An errant serve from the Bearcats brought the score to 26-26 for the 15^th and final tie of the frame before putting away the next two points.

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