PISCATAWAY, N.J. – For the first time in Rutgers volleyball history, the Scarlet Knights have a top-25 victory. The Scarlet Knights defeated No. 16 Minnesota, 3-1, at Jersey Mike’s Arena on Saturday night.
RU powered to a 2-0 lead behind 25-20 and 25-22 set victories. While the Golden Gophers came back to claim the third set, 25-14, the Scarlet Knights dominated the fourth and final set 25-14 to collect its first Big Ten victory of the season.
The Scarlet Knights, who were facing their second-straight top 25 foes on back-to-back nights and fourth over the last six games, improved to 9-7 overall snapping a four-game skid. The Golden Gophers dropped its second-straight contest to drop to 6-8 overall and 2-4 in league play.
- A trio of Scarlet Knights ended the night with double-figure kills. Redshirt sophomore Alissa Kinkela was one kill shy of tying her season-high leading RU with 17 and made it her third double-double of the season with 13 digs. Freshman Anna Hartman blasted away her best of the year with 12 kills hitting .407 with only one error across 27 attempts. Redshirt sophomore Rikki Williams notched 10 kills while also leading RU with three blocks.
- Fifth-year senior Alyssa Nayar produced her sixth double-double of the year and 27th of her career behind 45 helpers and 14 digs.
- Senior Madyson Chitty claimed a match-high 17 digs.
- Rutgers held a 55-50 edge in kills, held a 5-4 advantage in aces, while defensively led 66-57 in digs.
- Set 1 (25-20) | Rutgers made it back-to-back nights with a top 25 set victory taking the opening…
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