PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers volleyball closes out the 2024 season this week with No. 4 Penn State on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. at Jersey Mike’s Arena and Maryland on Friday, Nov. 29 at 5 p.m. at the College Ave Gym. Admission to both games is free.
On Friday against Maryland, the Scarlet Knights will celebrate “Senior Knight” honoring Alissa Kinkela and Ece Emrullah.
- Rutgers heads into the final weekend of play comming off a 3-1 victory at Northwestern on Saturday.
- The Scarlet Knights accumulated a season-high 16 blocks with sophomore Zora Hardison tying her career-high with eight stops, redshirt junior Alissa Kinkela tying her season-high with seven and freshman Natalie Robinson also contributing seven. Robinson’s seven blocks moved her into a tie for second on the rally-era season list with 118 blocks this season.
- Hardison not only led RU in blocks, but also led RU in kills as one of three Scarlet Knights to hit over .400 on the night. Hardison put away 12 kills swinging at a .435 clip, while junior Lexi Visintine also reached double-digit kills and was one shy of tying her career mark with 10. Freshman Avery Jesewitz was without an attack error all night with nine kills on 16 swings to hit .562 as was classmate Robinson, who posted seven kills on 16 swings to hit .438. Kinkela, who added nine kills in the win, moved into the all-time top 10 with her nine kills to up her career total to 965. Additionally, she is now 15 kills away from becoming the rally-era leader.
- The Scarlet Knights also racked up nine aces, the most by the squad in Big Ten play this season. Visintine had four to move into third on the rally-era season leaders list with 35 to date. Freshman Alleigh Dutton also punched in two from the service line. Classmate Lily Bolen also moved into the rally-era season top 10 with her ace.
- Bolen also came up with 26 helpers with junior Aly Borellis adding 17.
- Sophomore Kenzie Dyrstad ed RU from the back row with 12 digs with Dutton shy of double figures with nine.
- On the season, Kinkela continues to lead the way on the attack with 3.13 k/s looking to become the rally-era career kills leader with two games left in the season. Junior Aly Borellis is putting up 6.42 a/s in directing the offense. Visintine has put away 35 aces at the…
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