Volleyball Edged At #20 Washington, 3-1

Friday, October 16

Seattle, Wash.

10:00 PM

Rutgers

10-9,1-6Big Ten

Washington

14-2,5-2Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Rutgers	21	25	16	31	1
Washington	25	23	25	33	3

Imani Howell serves against Indiana at Jersey Mike's Arena

Photo by: Mike Lawrence

Oct 16 | Women's Volleyball

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SEATTLE, Wash. – Rutgers volleyball did battle with #20 Washington on Friday night at Alaska Airlines Arena as the two squads played through 38 ties and 16 lead changes, including a marathon fourth set. It was the Huskies, however, who prevailed 25-21, 23-25, 25-16, 33-31.

The Scarlet Knights have taken a set from each of their last four opponents, who have all either appeared in the AVCA Top 25 or received votes.

STANDOUT STATS

Four Scarlet Knights landed in double-digit kills with Aspen Maxwell and Malia Romes leading the way with 12 each. Imani Howell added 11 and Skylar George collected 10.
Lily Bolen put up 22 assists and recorded 11 digs for her fifth double-double of the season and 19th of her career. She is three double-doubles away from joining the rally-era top five in career double-doubles.
Howell also registered a career-high four aces and led the Scarlet Knights with three blocks.

KEY MOMENTS

SET 1 (21-25) | The opening frame was knotted at 21-21 before the host Huskies pulled out the win with the final four points of the set. RU overcame an early 7-3 deficit by taking a 5-1 run to even the score at 8-8, the first of 11 ties from that point. Aspen Maxwell bookended another 5-1 Scarlet Knight run that put the squad up 19-16. Washington, however, would go on to close out the opener on a 9-2 run. Imani Howell led the Knights with five kills, while Maxwell finished with four kills.

SET 2 (25-23) | Rutgers opened with a 6-1 run and possessed a 15-11 edge at the midway mark. Out of the break, the Huskies responded with a 6-1 run of their own to take a 17-16 lead. Even at 19-19, a Maxwell attack gave the Scarlet Knight a lead they would not relinquish. Washington challenged and won the point as RU clung to a 24-23 advantage, but a Malia Romes swing finished out the frame. Addison Weimann put away four kills in the win.

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SET 3 (16-25) | Kami Dyrstad served up an ace for a 7-5 RU lead, but Washington took control of the set behind a 10-2 run to follow. The Huskies hit a match-best .500 with 17 kills on 32 attacks with only one miscue. Skylar George collected a trio of kills for the Scarlet Knights.

SET 4 (31-33) | A marathon final frame saw 14 ties, five lead changes, and the two squads playing through 10 set-point opportunities. The set marked RU's longest since a 32-30 first set win over Howard back on Sept. 7, 2018. The Scarlet Knights poured out seven unanswered points, including a pair of aces from Howell for a 14-12 advantage. A Romes attack put Rutgers at its first opportunity to take the frame up 24-21, but the Huskies came back with four-straight points for their first chance at taking the set. Maxwell thwarted Washington's moment, but the Huskies had three more chances at closing out the frame stopped by errors, two from the line and one on the attack. A swing from Romes and Howell's third ace had the Scarlet Knights up 30-29 and serving for set point, but a service error continued the match. Two more Huskies errors kept RU's hopes alive as the Scarlet Knights held on at 31-30, but Washington prevailed on a pair of RU errors and kill from Samantha Destler.

UP NEXT

Rutgers volleyball's West Coast trip continues at #11 Oregon on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. (ET) on BTN with AJ Kanell and Anna Connelly on the call.
The Scarlet Knights return home to host #22 Michigan State on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. and #23 Illinois on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. Click here to purchase tickets.

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