PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers volleyball took a set on Northwestern on Friday night at Jersey Mike’s Arena, but it was the Wildcats in four, 25-19, 24-26, 25-12, 25-16.
Rutgers redshirt junior setter Lauren DeLo picked up her first career double-double and junior middle blocker Kristina Grkovic cracked the Rutgers rally-era career solo block top 10 list.
- Junior Kristina Grkovic and freshman Bekah Williams paced the offense with eight kills each.
- Redshirt junior Lauren DeLo posted 24 assists along with a career-high and team-leading 10 digs for her first career double-double.
- Rutgers totaled 18 blocks (2 solo, 16 assisted) led by six rejections from graduate student Megan Vernon and six from the hands of freshman Taylor Humphrey.
- SET 1 (19-25) | Northwestern used an 8-2 burst early for a 10-5 lead. Megan Vernon, on one of her four blocks in the frame, closed the gap to 12-9, but the Wildcats responded with another run. Northwestern followed outscoring the Scarlet Knights 5-1 to extend its advantage to 17-10. Kristina Grkovic swung for four of her eight kills in the opening set.
- SET 2 (26-24) | Rutgers picked up its first set win since its 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Michigan State to knot the match at 1-1. After coming up with four first-set blocks to lead the defense in the first set, Vernon hit .625 with five kills on eight swings to lead the attack in the second set. Northwestern hit just .093 committing 11 attack errors and three service errors. With the Wildcats up 3-2, Rutgers scored the next five points, which…
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