EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Rutgers volleyball team took set one from host Michigan State on Wednesday night at the Breslin Center, 25-22, but the Spartans came back with 25-23, 25-15 and 25-20 set wins to take the match.
- Redshirt freshman Alissa Kinkela captured 21 kills, a new career high and the second most by a Scarlet Knight in a Big Ten match. Kinkela has reached double-digit kills in three of the last four games averaging 4.08 kills per set during the span.
- Freshman Taylor Humphrey added 14 kills and swung .324, her second-best hitting percentage in a conference match this season.
- Junior Kristina Grkovic was just shy of reaching double-figure kills ending the match with nine while adding four services aces and three blocks. It marked her fifth match this season with three or more aces.
- Redshirt junior Lauren DeLo directed the attack for 19 assists to crack the rally-era season top 10 and logged three blocks, while senior Alyssa Nayar added 16 helpers and was shy of a double-double with eight digs.
- Defensively, junior Madyson Chitty led RU with 14 digs while Megan Vernon totaled four rejections. Vernon’s solo block moved her up to second on the rally-era season leaders list and is now one solo block shy of tying for the rally-era leader.
- SET 1 (25-22) | Taylor Humphrey led Rutgers with five kills in the opening set while Lauren DeLo and Kristina Grkovic added aces. A 5-0 run fueled by a pair of…
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