COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Rutgers volleyball kicked off a three-game road trip on Saturday night, falling to the Maryland Terrapins 25-22, 25-20, 25-19 at the Xfinity Center Pavilion.
- Sophomores Zora Hardison and Anna Hartman both collected blocking career marks. Hardison set a season-high with seven stops, which included a new career mark in block assists. Hartman, meanwhile, tied her career-high with six rejections.
- Junior Aly Borellis posted a double-double, her second as a Scarlet Knight and 20th of her career behind 31 assists and 12 digs.
- Sophomore Kenzie Dyrstad aided the defense with a game-high 13 digs.
- Junior Alissa Kinkela led the attack with 11 kills while adding six digs and three blocks.
- SET 1 (22-25) | The Scarlet Knights forced the Terps to contend for set point five times before taking the opening frame. With the hosts up 24-18, Rutgers came up with a kill from Zora Hardison, ace from Alissa Kinkela and back-to-back blocks from the hands of Hardison and Hartman to keep the Terps at bay down 24-22. RU opened the stanza whittling a seven-point deficit down to two midway through the opening set. Trailing 12-5, the Scarlet Knights went on a 7-2 run. Fueled by a pair of blocks and pair of kills from Hardison, RU fought back to trail 14-12. Another Hardison swing had Rutgers down 15-13 when the Terps extended their advantage to as many as eight before the late Scarlet Knight surge. Hardison was successful on five of her six swings…
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