PISCATAWAY, N.J. – It was home sweep home for Rutgers volleyball in their 2024 home opener on Tuesday night against LIU.
The Scarlet Knights picked up their third sweep of the season and second in-a-row behind set scores of 25-18, 25-22 and 25-11 at Jersey Mike’s Arena.
- The attack was led by redshirt junior Alissa Kinkela’s 15 kills hitting .343 on the night.
- Freshman Lily Bolen logged a double-double in her Jersey Mike’s debut with a team-leading 13 helpers and 11 digs.
- Sophomore Kenzie Dyrstad, junior Lexi Visintine and Bolen each had a pair of service aces..
- Also in a Jersey Mike’s debut, freshman Natalie Robinson notched six blocks to along with five kills.
- Drystad joined Bolen with double-figure digs with a team-high 14.
- Redshirt freshman Krista Dooley made her first career start.
- SET 1 (25-18) | Rutgers used two significant runs to take its first home set win of the year. RU produced an 8-2 run to take a 13-9 advantage prompting an LIU timeout and went on a 9-3 run to pull ahead 20-24 capped by the tape tickler by Aly Borellis for the ace. Alissa Kinkela hammered in five kills with Lexi Visintine contributing four. Natalie Robinson captured three of RU’s six blocks.
S1 | Aly Borellis uses the tape to get us to 20 ♠️
.#GoRU ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/Z77hZJ1at0
— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) September 10, 2024
- SET 2 (25-22) | With nine ties and the frame even at 20-20, Rutgers closed out the set…
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