FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Rutgers volleyball team opened the Wooo Pig Invitational on Thursday night battling host No. 21 Arkansas, a squad that reached last year’s NCAA Elite Eight, to 24 ties and 12 lead changes. It was the Razorbacks taking the match in three, 17-25, 19-25, 20-25.
- Redshirt junior Alissa Kinkela led both sides with 11 kills, missing out on a double-double with eight digs.
- Rutgers out-blocked its SEC foe, 15-10, with sophomore Zora Hardison coming away with a game-high five stops.
- Sophomore libero Kenzie Dyrstad had 12 digs to go along with a dig-kill for her first Scarlet Knight career kill.
- Freshman Lily Bolen and junior Aly Borellis logged 14 and 13 assists respectively.
- SET 1 (17-25) | Rutgers employed a 7-2 run to knot the score up at 12-12. Five of RU’s seven points came off kills, including Kenzie Dyrstad’s first career kill off a dig that drew the Scarlet Knights within one, 12-11, before a swing by Zora Hardison tied up the opening frame. Arkansas responded with four unanswered and closed out the set with four unanswered for the 1-0 lead. One of Alissa Kinkela’s four kills saw RU trail 21-17 before the Razorbacks closed out the set.
S1 | 👀 Libero Dig Kill #GoRU ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/ecJMOrG9X5
— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) September 6, 2024
- SET 2 (19-25) | Avery Jesewitz and Hardison teamed up at the tape for an early 5-5 tie and began what would end up being a 9-3 burst. The run included an ace from Rebekah Williams, a pair of kills from Kinkela and a solo block by Natalie Robinson. A…
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