Volleyball Begins Four-Game Road Trip Starting With No. 8 Purdue & Ohio State

PISCATAWAY, N.J.  – Rutgers volleyball embarks on a four-game road trip this week, marking the final Big Ten road games of the season, with No. 8 Purdue on Thursday, Nov. 14 and Ohio State on Saturday, Nov. 16.

• Rutgers heads into its final Big Ten road matches starting this week with No. 8 Purdue and Ohio State.
• Last week, RU met UCLA for the first time in program history as freshman Natalie Robinson cracked the top 10 in rally-era season blocks in a three-set loss. Robinson and sophomore Zora Hardison both had a trio of stops at the net. Robinson collected her 100^th block of the season and moved into the top 10 in rally-era season blocks. Hardison, meanwhile, registered career block number 100. Redshirt junior Alissa Kinkela climbed the rally-era career leaders list after leading the attack with eight kills and moved into second place. Sophomore Georgia Lee and freshman Lily Bolen both ended the night with 14 assists each. Sophomore Kenzie Dyrstad led RU in digs logging seven.
• The Scarlet Knights also battled Michigan State to 22 ties and 12 lead changes across four sets. Rutgers had two in double-figure kills with Kinkela swinging away for a team-high 15 kills and freshman Avery Jesewitz collecting a career-high tying 11 and finishing the night swinging .305. Lee, meanwhile, set a new career mark with 24 assists. Bolen also joined with double-digit helpers, adding 15 while also coming up with 10 digs for her second double-double of the season. Altogether, four Scarlet Knights recorded double-figure digs with Dyrstad and freshman Alleigh Dutton both capturing 16. Junior Lexi Visintine posted 13 digs to go along with Bolen’s 10. On the block, freshman Natalie Robinson made four stops and moved up the rally-era season list into sixth with 104 blocks to date.
• On the season, Kinkela continues to lead the way on the attack with 3.28 k/s looking to crack the 1,000 career kills list and become the rally-era career kills leader with three weeks left in the season. Borellis is putting on 6.71 a/s in directing the offense. Visintine has put away 28 aces at the service line, closely followed by Lily Bolen with 27/
• On defense, Dyrstad is collecting 3.01 d/g while Natalie Robinson checks in ranking seventh in the conference with 1.28 b/s…