Volleyball Wraps Up Season Hosting Oregon & Washington

Wednesday, November 26

Piscataway, N.J.

4:00 PM

Rutgers

Oregon

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Tara Garvey celebrates during Rutgers volleyball's match with #19 Minnesota

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Volleyball Wraps Up Season Hosting Oregon & Washington

Nov 25 | Women's Volleyball

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers volleyball season closes out the season this week by hosting Oregon on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. at Jersey Mike's Arena and Washington on Friday at 1 p.m. at the College Avenue Gym.

Click here to purchase tickets to RU's matchup with the Ducks at Jersey Mike's Arena. Admission to the match with the Huskies at the College Ave Gym is free.

This Week Volleyball Graphic against Oregon and Washington featuring seniors Lauren Wilcock, Aly Borellis, Lexi Visintine and Tara Garvey

GAME DAY INFO

Venue:	Wednesday: Jersey Mike's Arena - Piscataway, N.J. Friday: College Ave Gym - New Brunswick, N.J.
Tickets:	Click Here To Purchase Tickets For Jersey Mike's Arena Free Admission To College Ave Gym
Parking:	Jersey Mike's Arena: Livingston Campus - Green/Yellow Lot College Ave Gym: Lot 30, Lot 26 & College Ave Parking Deck
Game Notes:	Rutgers \| Oregon \| Washington
Statistics:	Rutgers \| Oregon \| Washington \| Big Ten
Schedule:	Wednesday, Nov. 26 vs. Oregon - 4:00 p.m. (ET) B1G+ \| Live Stats Friday, Nov. 28 vs. Washington - 1:00 p.m. (ET) College Ave Gym B1G+ \| Live Stats
Social Media:	Facebook \| X \| Instagram

PROMOTIONS

Celebrate seniors Aly Borellis, Tara Garvey, Lexi Visintine and Lauren Wilcock.

ABOUT THE SCARLET KNIGHTS

Rutgers wraps up the 2025 campaign this week in hosting Oregon on Wednesday at Jersey Mike's Arena and Washington on Friday at the College Ave Gym. The Ducks and Huskies make their first trek out to New Jersey after Rutgers played each squad on the West Coast last season in the two squad's first year in the league.
The Scarlet Knights are coming off back-to-back top 25 contests with a loss at No. 17 Indiana in their final road contest and setback in closing out the season series with #19 Minnesota where sophomore Lily Bolen captured her 1,000th season assist.
Rutgers continues to lead the conference in aces per set in averaging 1.82 per frame to rank 29th nationally in the category. RU has served up a total of 189 aces this season. Lexi Visintine continues to lead RU at the line and enters the week at fourth in the Big Ten with 44 and is one ace shy of her 100th career ace. Visintine became RU's rally-era season on Nov. 1 at Michigan State.
Aspen Maxwell, who has picked up two all-tournament nods this nonconference season, including being named the Sacred Heart Invite MVP, is ninth in the league in total points (421.5) and 16th in kills per set (3.39). Her 3.39 kills per frame ranks at the top of the rally-era career leaders list.
Lily Bolen is adding 9.68 assists per frame and is eighth among Big Ten setters in the category. She has collected 10 double-doubles this season in matches, including the last four games - UCLA (27a, 10d), USC (20a, 10d), OSU (55a, 12d) and Michigan (50a, 10d). Bolen also surpassed the 1,000-career assist mark back on Oct. 26 at Iowa and topped the 1,000-season assist mark on Nov. 23 vs. #19 Minnesota.
Zora Hardison leads RU with the stops at the net with 103 total blocks, including 27 solo stops. She is the Rutgers rally-era career and season leader in solo blocks. She surpassed the 200-career total block total in early October.
Alleigh Dutton has led RU in digs in all but five matches to date and averages 3.06 per set. At Iowa back on Oct. 26, Dutton tied her career high for a third time this year with 17 digs and also added a career-high eight helpers.

SCOUTING OREGON

The Ducks make their way to New Jersey with a 15-13 overall record and 6-12 Big Ten mark after falling 3-1 last week at home to #16 USC and Michigan. Oregon's last victory was a five-set upset victory over Purdue back on Nov. 15.
A pair of Ducks are averaging over three kills per frame led by Alanah Clemente at 3.82 k/s and followed by Valentina Vaulet at 3.23 k/s. Both also lead the Ducks with a league-leading 47 aces apiece. Directing the attack is Cora Taylor at 8.77 a/s.
At the net, Iva Sucurovic has totaled 119 stops, averaging 1.09 per set. Reese Sheppard aids the defense with 2.40 d/s.

SCOUTING WASHINGTON

The Huskies will be at Maryland on Wednesday before meeting up with the Scarlet Knights on Friday. Entering the week, Washington holds a 12-16 overall and 7-11 Big Ten mark. Last week, the Huskies wrapped up their home schedule last week with a five-set setback to Michigan, followed by a sweep of UCLA.
Kierstyn Barton leads the attack at 3.57 k/s with Alexis Haury directing the offense with 9.20 a/s. At the line, Simona Mateska leads the way with 30 aces.
On defense, Kat Wessels has totaled a league-leading 145 stops with a conference second-best 1.34 per frame. Zoria Heard, meanwhile, is coming up with 3.82 d/s and ranks number two in the Big Ten in the category..

STAT NOTABLE WATCH

ALL-TIME CAREER WATCH
- Zora Hardison needs seven more solo blocks to move into a tie for ninth on the all-time block solo leaders list, joining Addie Thiry (2001-04) and Margaret Puccio (1985-87). Hardison currently has 47 career solo blocks.

RALLY-ERA CAREER WATCH
- Zora Hardison is the rally-era career leader in solo blocks with 45.
- Hardison needs 24 more total blocks to move up into seventh past Alex Jones (2009-12). Hardison currently has 227 career total blocks.
- Hardison needs four more block assists to move onto the top 10 list and into a tie with Stasa Miljevic (2017-19). She also needs 16 more to move into ninth place past Beka Kojadinovic (2017-21). Hardison currently has 186 career block assists.
- Lexi Visintine needs two more aces to not only move into second past Inna Balyko (2018-21), but will also become only the second Scarlet Knight of the rally era with 100 or more career aces. Additionally, Visintine needs nine more to take over the top spot from Beka Kojadinovic (2017-21). Visintine currently has 98 career aces
- Lily Bolen needs 427 more assists to move into third, passing Anna Sudbury (2012-25). Bolen currently has 1,290 career assists. Bolen was the seventh Scarlet Knight of the rally era to collect 1,000 or more helpers in a career.
- Bolen is also three aces away from moving into a tie for ninth alongside Hannah Curtis (2008-11). Bolen currently has 65 career aces.
- Natalie Robinson needs two more solo blocks to move up to sixth and pass Inna Balyko (2018-21) and six more to surpass Alex Jones (2009-12) for fifth place on the list. Robinson currently has 25 career solo blocks.
- Robinson also needs 27 more total blocks to join the top 10 and move into a tie for 10th with Beka Kojadinovic (2017-21).

ALL-TIME SEASON WATCH
- Lexi Visintine needs seven more aces to join the all-time top 10, moving into a tie with Kerry Cody (1988). Visintine currently has 44 season aces.
- Zora Hardison needs three more solo blocks to move into a tie with Margaret Puccio (1986) for ninth on the all-time list.
- Hardison also needs 15 more total blocks to join the all-time top 10 list and move into a tie with Shealyn McNamara (2021).

RALLY-ERA SEASON WATCH
- Lexi Visintine's 44 aces on the year are the most by a Scarlet Knight in the rally era.
- Zora Hardison's 27 solo blocks on the year are the most by a Scarlet Knight in the rally era.
- Hardison needs four more total blocks to move into sixth past Megan Vernon (2022). Hardison currently has 103 total blocks on the year.
- Hardison needs 13 more block assists to move into the top 10 and into a tie with Inna Balyko (2018). Hardison currently has 76 season block assists.
- Lily Bolen needs 57 more assists to surpass Inna Balyko (2018) for third place. Additionally, the sophomore became the fourth Scarlet Knight of the rally era to collect 1,000 assists in a season against #19 Minnesota on Nov. 23. Bolen currently has 1,007 assists.
- Bolen is two aces shy of moving into second and past Tracy Wright (2013). Bolen currently has 37 season aces.
- Alleigh Dutton needs 42 more digs to move into a tie for 10th with Stephanie Zielinski (2012). Dutton currently has 309 season digs.
- Aspen Maxwell has racked up 421.5 points behind 353 kills and 76 blocks to rank third. She needs 8.5 more points to move into second behind Alex Lassa (2013) and 31.0 points to become the all-time rally-era points leader, surpassing Sarah Schmid (2012).
- Jenna DeLa Mater is one ace away and Maxwell is three aces away from joining the top 10 list and moving into a tie for 10th with Bolen's mark of 31 served up last season.
- Imani Howell is five solo blocks away from joining the top 10 list and into a tie with Natalie Robinson's 12 solo blocks from both this season and last season.

RUTGERS ON THE RISE

In Caitlin Schweihofer's first season, played in the spring of 2021 due to COVID-19, the Scarlet Knights tripled their conference win total en route to capturing numerous program firsts. Among the team's firsts were its first-ever All-Big Ten honoree and Big Ten series sweeps. The Scarlet Knights won their first-ever Big Ten home opener, earned victories over Indiana and Michigan State for the first time in history, captured two series sweeps against Maryland and Michigan State, picked up set victories against No. 4 Nebraska and No. 10 Purdue and pushed No. 19 Ohio State to five sets and match point. RU established new team, season and match records for aces and reset program Big Ten game bests in kills, attempts, attack percentage and assists, as well as individual conference superlatives in attack percentage, assists and digs.
Returning to fall ball for the 2021 season, only three and a half months after the conclusion of the Big Ten-only 2020 season, Rutgers continued to make strides, going 8-3 for its best nonconference record since 2012. During the season, the Scarlet Knights battled eight Top 25 teams during Big Ten play, a conference that sent eight teams to the NCAA Tournament, including the year's national champion. Rutgers captured set wins over No. 8 Purdue and No. 15 Penn State and took Illinois to five sets in front of a national audience on BTN. Inna Balyko wrapped up her career fifth all-time in assists and ninth all-time in block assists, while Kamila Cieslik became the rally era leader in matches played (132) and Beka Kojadinovic concluded her career as the rally era leader in aces.
More success continued in 2022 as the Scarlet Knights opened the year at 3-0 for the first time since 1998 and battled eight Top 25 teams during Big Ten play and eight teams that advanced to the 2022 NCAA Tournament. During the nonconference schedule, four Scarlet Knights were named to All-Tournament squads, while Rutgers had 11 entries altogether among the rally-era season leaders list.
Another step up the ladder occurred in 2023 as the Scarlet Knights earned their first-ever All-Big Ten attacker, captured their first-ever top 25 victory, collected the most overall wins and best nonconference record since 2012, improved set wins by 45% over the previous season and set a school record in attendance. RU placed 12 entries into the rally-era individual season top 10 records and 13 entries into the rally-era team top 10 records while collecting the most sets played, kills, assists, assists per set, digs and solo blocks by a team in conference play since joining the Big Ten in 2014.
Last season, a youthful Scarlet Knight squad continued to rewrite the Rutgers record book, putting up several notable career and season numbers as the Big Ten expanded to the West Coast. On the attack, Alissa Kinkela, the squad's first-ever All-Big Ten attacker from 2023 and an Australian Olympic hopeful, cracked the top 10 all-time in career kills, the second most rally-era career kills and the third most rally-era career kills per set. Following the season, Kinkela signed to play professionally in South Korea. In addition to Kinkela's mark in the record book, Rutgers put nine entries into the rally-era individual season top 10 records, with a new benchmark set for blocks in a rally-era season from rookie Natalie Robinson. Additionally, Robinson leads RU's career blocks per set category after only one season "On The Banks". At the same time, junior Lexi Visintine was just two aces shy of setting a new season standard in the category.