Volleyball Equals Last Year's Win Total Behind Best Hitting Percentage Of Rally Era

Thursday, September 11

Piscataway, N.J.

6:00 PM

Rutgers University

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Saint Francis (PA)

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Saint Francis

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Photo by: Lovens Lormilus

Volleyball Equals Last Year's Win Total Behind Best Hitting Percentage Of Rally Era

Sep 11 | Women's Volleyball

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers volleyball equaled last year's win total and produced the highest hitting percentage in a match of the rally era in its sweep of Saint Francis (PA) on Thursday evening at Jersey Mike's Arena. The Scarlet Knights made it five straight wins, 25-15, 25-21, 25-18.

RU upped its mark to 6-2 overall with the Red Flash dropping to 3-4 on the year.

Volleyball Saint Francis victory graphic featuring Tara Garvey and Aspen Maxwell

STANDOUT STATS

The Scarlet Knights hit .456, besting the previous rally era record of .450 against UConn back on Sept. 4, 2021. Sophomore Aspen Maxwell and senior Tara Garvey once again led the attack with double figures. Maxwell collected a match-high 13 kills while Garvey notched 11 kills on 17 swings with only one error to hit .588 for the match.
Senior Lexi Visintine served up a trio of aces and moved into a tie for seventh on RU's career leaders list with 72 over her four seasons.
Aiding the offense was sophomore Lily Bolen with 31 assists.
Junior Zora Hardison once again topped the stat sheet in blocks with five total, including a pair of solo stops.
Sophomore libero Alleigh Dutton logged a game-high eight digs.

KEY MOMENTS

SET 1 (25-15) | Saint Francis took the opening frame's first two points, but from there it was all RU. The Scarlet Knights rattled off five unanswered and quickly grew an 11-5 advantage, leading to a Red Flash timeout capped by a pair of aces from Lexi Visinine. Visintine's third ace of the set gave RU its largest lead at 24-13 and one of Tara Garvey's five kills finished off the frame. The Red Flash were limited to only four kills and hit -.050.

S1 | RU Serious @aspenmaxwellvb? 👀#GoRU ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/XzFZATQNp0
— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) September 11, 2025

SET 2 (25-21) | While the score was closer in the second set, Rutgers hit a blistering .600, getting 13 kills on 20 attempts while making only one error. Tied at 7-7, the Scarlet Knights took the lead behind a 6-1 run. The Red Flash pulled within a point at 16-15, but this time RU responded with five of the next six to go ahead 21-16 and not allow SFU closer than three in the final moments of the set. Aspen Maxwell popped off for six kills and hit .625 while Garvey added another five kills on seven swings to connect for a .714 clip.

S2 | Nice run here for the Knights 🏃‍♀️ - RU outscoring SFU 7-2 #GoRU ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/i0o62yYFCe
— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) September 11, 2025

SET 3 (25-18) | The final set saw seven ties as a service error for the Scarlet Knights knotted the score at 15-15. RU rolled to its second-straight sweep at home, outscoring SFU 10-3 to follow. During the burst, Visintine added a pair of her match-high five kills and a solo stop.