Volleyball Defeated At No. 18 Penn State

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Rutgers volleyball almost pulled off the primary body upset at No. 18 Penn State at Rec Hall on Friday night time, however the defending nationwide champions had been in a position to come again and hand the Scarlet Knights a 25-23, 25-19, 25-13 loss.

 

• Sophomore Aspen Maxwell led RU with eight kills and a pair of aces and added a trio of blocks.
• Classmate Lily Bolen collected her seventh profession double-double and fifth of the season behind 22 helpers and 10 digs on the night.
• Sophomore Alleigh Dutton additionally joined Bolen with a match-high 10 digs.
• Fellow sophomore Natalie Robinson led the block with 4 whole stops.

• SET 1 (23-25) | Rutgers was trying to make the defending nationwide champions sad in Happy Valley within the opening body as they held 21-18 lead. After an Aspen Maxwell kill, the Nittany Lions clawed again with 4 straight for his or her first lead since a 7-6 edge. Zora Hardison punched again to knot the rating at 22-22 and Lexi Visintine saved RU alive with a swing that noticed her squad path 24-23. Kennedy Martin, who would go on to gather a match-high 16 kills, completed out the set.

• SET 2 (19-25) | Penn State surged out to a 12-4 benefit, however Rutgers narrowed the hole behind a 5-1 burst to shut the hole to 13-9. The Nittany Lions, nevertheless, had been in a position to lengthen their result in 24-15. The Scarlet Knights pushed again with 4 unanswered, together with kills from Maxwell and Natalie Robinson and the 2 teaming up for a cease, however in the end it was Martin placing away the stanza for PSU.

• SET 3 (13-25) | The Nittany Lions by no means trailed and hit a match-best .444 to shut out the night time. Avery Jesewitz got here off the bench for a swing as RU trailed 11-8, however the Scarlet Knights had been restricted to 5 factors the remainder of the best way.

• Rutgers volleyball travels to Iowa on Sunday, Oct. 26 for a 1 p.m. (ET) match on BTN with Chris Vosters and Anna Connelly on the decision.
• The Scarlet Knights’ subsequent dwelling video games might be on Friday, Nov. 7, at Jersey Mike’s Arena towards Michigan and Sunday, Nov. 9, towards Ohio State on the College Ave Gym. Admission is free to the College Ave Gym. Click here to buy tickets for matches at Jersey Mike’s Arena.

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