FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Rutgers volleyball and Little Rock went to five on Friday night at Barnhill Arena in the Wooo Pig Invitational hosted by Arkansas.
The Scarlet Knights opened with a 25-21 victory while the Trojans tied the match following a 25-22 win in set two. Rutgers went back in front taking set three, 25-19, but Little Rock tied up the contest a second time behind a 25-18 set four win and took the deciding set five, 17-15.
- Four Scarlet Knights landed in double-digit kills led by redshirt junior Alissa Kinkela with 15. Kinkela also added six digs and four blocks.
- Junior Lexi Visintine captured her first career double-double behind a career-high 11 kills and career-high 17 digs.
- Freshman Avery Jesewitz also added 11 kills making only one attack error in the match across her 28 attempts.
- Sophomore Zora Hardison tied her career-high with 10 kills to go along with five blocks.
- Freshman Lily Bolen registered 33 assists and four aces. Five games into her Scarlet Knight career, Bolen’s four aces tied for the ninth most in a five-set match inrally eray-era. Bolen was also one dig shy of a double-double with nine.
- Rutgers out blocked Little Rock, 12-3, with Natalie Robinson leading the way with seven rejections. The freshman also added seven kills hitting .400 for the night. Sophomore Anna Hartman had a career-high six blocks while contributing eight kills and six digs.
- Joining Kinkela in double-figure digs on the defense was sophomore Kenzie Dyrstad with 12.
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