PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers volleyball tried to slow down Maryland’s momentum by coming back for a third-set victory, but the Terps got the win in four topping the Scarlet Knights 25-19, 25-14, 15-25, 25-18 on Wednesday night at Jersey Mike’s Arena.
The Scarlet Knights dropped to 8-5 overall and 0-3 in Big Ten play while the Terrapins improved to 12-3 overall and 2-1 in league action.
- Rutgers had a trio in double-figure kills. Redshirt sophomore Alissa Kinkela notched her second double-double of the year with 15 kills with only two swing miscues and 10 digs Sophomore Taylor Humphrey and freshman Kristina Grkovic each collected 12 apiece. Grkovic also tallied two aces.
- Freshman Georgia Lee made her first career start at setter putting up 17 helps while fifth-year senior Alyssa Nayar posted 27 assists and was one dig shy of a double-double.
- On defense, redshirt sophomore Rikki Williams notched four total blocks, including a pair of solo stops, while senior Madyson Chitty came up with a match-high 17 digs.
- Set 1 (19-25) | Alissa Kinkela led all with four kills while RU served up a trio of aces led by a pair from Kristina Grkovic, but it was the Terps in set one. It was back and forth early as Rutgers rattled off three-straight points including Grkovic’s first ace of the night to give RU an 8-7 edge. Maryland pulled in front behind a 7-0 run, but Rutgers managed to narrow the gap by churning out a 6-3 run to trail 17-14. Maryland, however, remained in front with the Scarlet Knights thwarting set point twice, including another Grkovic…
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