PISCATAWAY, N.J. – In front of its largest crowd of the season at Jersey Mike’s Arena on Friday night, the Rutgers volleyball team nearly stole a set off the defending national champions.
The second set against No. 3 Wisconsin saw 16 ties and six lead changes and was tied at 24-24 down the stretch before the Badgers pulled out the victory in its 25-13, 26-24, 25-10 win over the Scarlet Knights.
- Freshman Taylor Humphrey and redshirt freshman Alissa Kinkela led RU with seven kills each while graduate student Megan Vernon swung .429 with six kills on 14 attacks.
- Redshirt junior Lauren DeLo made a team-leading nine assists with senior Alyssa Nayar adding eight helpers.
- Rutgers served up five aces for the second-straight contest with Madyson Chitty collecting two. DeLo, freshman Lexi Visintine, and Kristina Grkovic all served up points as well.
- Visintine led Rutgers in digs for the first time in her career with eight.
- At the net, Grkovic and Kinkela came up with four blocks each.
- SET 1 (13-25) | The Badgers had a hot start in the first frame jumping out to an 8-0 lead. Kristina Grkovic and Alissa Kinkela teamed up twice to reject Wisconsin attacks and Madyson Chitty served up one of her two aces to cut RU’s deficit in half at 14-7. The Badgers, however, responded with a 9-2 run.
- SET 2 (24-26) | The second set electrified the largest Jersey Mike’s crowd of the year as the two squads battled thru 16 ties and six lead changes with neither squad holding more than a two-point edge. Wisconsin led 17-15 and from there neither team…
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