PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers volleyball’s homestand continues this week as the Scarlet Knights host UCLA on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. at the College Ave Gym and return to the court on Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. against Michigan State at Jersey Mike’s Arena.
On Friday night, the Scarlet Knights will be hosting a Heart Health Awareness game where fans can learn about understanding risk factors, making healthy choices and ways to protect your heart. Visit the marketing table for free foam swords in honor of the fight against heart disease while supplies last.
Admission to all Rutgers home volleyball games is free.
- Rutgers is back in action at home after taking on Indiana and meeting then-No. 11 Purdue in the first of two meetings with the Boilermakers last weekend at Jersey Mike’s Arena.
- While the Hoosiers went up 2-0 behind 25-21 and 25-13 set wins, the Scarlet Knights took set three 26-24. The fourth frame endured 11 ties before the visitors took the victory 25-22 in the final set of the evening. Zora Hardison tied her career high with 15 kills, swinging .314 for the match, while adding seven blocks to tie her season high. The Palm Bay, Florida product also had 15 kills in RU’s five-set match at Michigan back on Sept. 29 and seven blocks at Maryland on Oct. 5. Lexi Visintine was just shy of a double-double and double figures in both kills and digs, finishing the night with nine in both categories. Natalie Robinson hit a team-best .353 with seven kills and added six blocks. Aly Borellis notched helpers on all but three of RU’s kills, coming up with 42 assists, and set a new career mark in blocks with five stops at the net. Her five blocks marked a Scarlet Knight best for the setter and surpassed her previous high, which she had captured on four occasions in her previous stop at Ole Miss. Defensively, two Scarlet Knights landed in double-figure digs. Sophomore Kenzie Dyrstad led all with a match-high 17 digs, while Alissa Kinkela collected 11 Kinkela captured career kill number 900 in the match to become the third Scarlet Knight of the rally era to reach the milestone. She finished the contest with seven kills.
- In the setback against Purdue, Kinkela cracked the top 10 in career aces while leading the attack with eight kills while her lone ace gave her 59…
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