Volleyball Tamed By Old Dominion

Thursday, September 19

Norfolk, Va.

6 p.m.

Rutgers University

4-6,0-0Big Ten

Old Dominion

9-2,0-0Sun Belt

Rutgers

Old Dominion

Alissa Kinkela and Natalie Robinson team up at the net for a block against Colorado during opening weekend

Photo by: Zach Del Bello

Sep 19 | Women's Volleyball

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NORFOLK, Va. – Rutgers volleyball was unable to put a halt to Old Dominion's five-match win streak as the Monarchs took the opening game from the Scarlet Knights in the ODU Invitational on Thursday night. The hosts topped RU 26-24, 25-14, 25-14.

STANDOUT STATS

Freshman Natalie Robinson put away six kills along with a trio of blocks.
Rutgers collected seven aces with freshman Lily Bolen and redshirt junior Alissa Kinkela each serving up a pair. Bolen hit the 20 ace mark and is seven away from cracking the Rutgers freshman top 10 list.
Sophomore Anna Hartman and freshman Alleigh Dutton led the defense with five digs each.

KEY MOMENTS

SET 1 (24-26) | The opening set was even late, but the Monarchs edged out RU with the final two points of the stanza. ODU used a 6-0 scoring run to establish a 14-10 edge. After the two squads traded the next four points, the Scarlet Knights produced a 5-1 run capped by a kill from Alissa Kinkela to knot the score at 17-17-. Down the stretch, the frame would be tied four more times with a Monarch attack error evening the opener at 24-24. ODU, however, captured the next two points for the 1-0 lead.

SET 2 (14-25) | Back-to-back aces from Lily Bolen put Rutgers ahead 10-9. Old Dominion, however, responded with a trio of aces during a 6-1 run to go up 14-11. The Monarchs continued to grow its lead behind a .320 hitting percentage.

SET 3 (14-25) | Rutgers took the first three points on blocks by Kinkela, Robinson and Lexi Visintine and an ace from Kinkela, but rattled off the next six en route to its sixth-straight win.

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