Volleyball Dominates Dartmouth – Rutgers College Athletics

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Rutgers volleyball kicked off the Sacred Heart Invitational on Friday, dominating Dartmouth on the William H. Pitt Athletic & Convocation Center in a three-set victory.

The Scarlet Knights swept the Big Green 25-10, 25-12, 25-15.

RU evened its season document to 2-2 on the yr whereas Dartmouth performed in its season opener.

• The Scarlet Knights made two document guide entries as RU’s .348 assault share was the ninth-best of the rally-era, whereas sophomore Aspen Maxwell’s team-leading 16 kills tied for the fifth greatest amongst Scarlet Knights in a three-set match.
• RU stored Dartmouth within the adverse on the assault because the Big Green hit -.034. The Scarlet Knights final held an opponent to a adverse hitting share again on Sept. 13, 2019, in a straight-set win over New Hampshire. The Wildcats swung -.036.
• Maxwell hit .500 for the competition and added a pair of aces, seven digs and two blocks to her stat line.
• Junior Zora Hardison made just one error on 12 swings so as to add 9 kills to associate with her trio of blocks.
• Sophomore Lily Bolen was simply shy of a double-double, placing up 29 helpers and 9 digs.
• Graduate pupil Lauren Wilcock put away three aces late within the second set to steer RU on the service line.
• Sophomore Alleigh Dutton got here up with a game-high 12 digs.

• SET 1 (25-10) | The afternoon opened with the Scarlet Knights hitting .433 with Aspen Maxwell main the way in which with six kills and Zora Hardison profitable on all 5 assaults. Rutgers took management as Maxwell swung away for 4 kills on a 7-0 run to place the Scarlet Knights up 8-2. Later, an 8-1 burst prolonged RU’s benefit to 19-5, together with aces from Maxwell and Lexi Visintine. Dartmouth was restricted to solely 4 kills and hit  -.103.

• SET 2 (25-12) | RU held a four-point 15-11 edge after which rolled with 10 unanswered factors. Included within the run was a trio of aces from Lauren Wilcock. It was the one body during which the Big Green was not hitting within the adverse, ending with a .062 clip. The Scarlet Knights, in the meantime, had Maxwell add one other 4 kills to her line. Lily Bolen was the helper on 12 of RU’s 15 kills.

• SET 3 (25-15) | A Lexi Visintine ace put the Scarlet Knights up 12-6 and from there RU led by a minimum of 5 factors the remainder of the way in which. Maxwell put away six extra kills, another than Dartmouth had within the body, and hit .714 with just one error on seven swings. The Big Green, conversely, hit -.077.

• Rutgers volleyball is again in motion on Saturday, Sept. 6, in opposition to host Sacred Heart at 6 p.m.

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