George & Bolen Collect Double-Doubles In Volleyball's Four Set Loss To RV Michigan State

Friday, October 23

Piscataway, N.J.

7:00 PM

Rutgers

10-11,1-8Big Ten

Michigan State

16-3,6-3Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Michigan St.	25	26	25	25	3
Rutgers	12	28	22	20	1

Skylar George on the court at Jersey Mike's Arena against RV Michigan State

Photo by: Bianca Borja

Oct 23 | Women's Volleyball

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers volleyball returned home to Jersey Mike's Arena to face its sixth straight opponent either ranked or receiving votes on Friday night, dropping a 3-1 contest to RV Michigan State.

The Spartans took the first set, 25-12, while the Scarlet Knights powered back for a 28-26 win in set two, a frame that featured 12 ties and seven lead changes. Michigan State, however, took set three 25-22, despite RU pulling within a point late, and finished out the match with a 25-20 fourth-set victory.

STANDOUT STATS

Skylar George collected her fifth double-double of the year and 15^th of her career with a team-leading 14 kills and 10 digs. Lily Bolen posted her seventh double-double of the season and 20^th of her career with 19 assists and a team-leading 11 digs. It marked the third time this season both Scarlet Knights had a double-double in the same match, also occurring against Vanderbilt and Bryant. Bolen is now two double-doubles away from joining the rally-era top five career double-doubles list.
Brooke Baldwin added 21 helpers and Alleigh Dutton served up a pair of aces.
At the net, Zharia Harris-Waddy and Malia Romes recorded four blocks each.

KEY MOMENTS

SET 1 (12-25) | The Spartans opened with an 11-4 lead. From there, the two teams traded points as the visitors held a 15-8 edge at the midway break and went on to close out the set on a 10-4 run. Michigan State hit a match-best .438 while RU was limited to six kills and hit .062.

SET 2 (28-26) | RU came out of the gate with a 6-3 edge. After the frame was knotted up at 13-13, the Scarlet Knight outscored the Spartans 9-5 to hold a 22-18 advantage. MSU, however, countered with a 6-1 run to go ahead 24-23. A block from Malia Romes and Zharia Harris Waddy stopped the Spartans from taking the frame, but a swing from Alanna Bankston gave MSU another opportunity. A Michigan State serve into the net knotted the score at 25-25 and Kaila Kalama-Bajet served up an ace for RU's first chance at taking the win. A Carmen Waye kill for the Spartans tied the set up for an 12^th and final time, but RU would close it out on a kill from Skylar George and a Spartan attack going out of bounds. Skylar George, Harris-Waddy and Malia Romes combined to hit .550 with 12 kills for the attack while Harris-Waddy and Romes combined for seven stops on defense.

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SET 3 (22-25) | The Scarlet Knights pulled within a point, down 23-22, after trailing by as many as four late. It was a set of runs as the frame opened with MSU taking five unanswered points and RU countering with six straight. Brooke Baldwin and Natalie Robinson teamed up at the right pin for a block, giving RU a 14-11 lead, but MSU came back with a 6-0 run, which would give the Spartans the lead for good. Michigan State held a 23-19 advantage when George had a hand in RU's next three points to close the gap to within one. George collected back-to-back kills and joined Robinson on the block for the Spartans to cling to a 23-19 edge. MSU, however, earned the next two points for the frame.

SET 4 (20-25) | Michigan State never trailed in the final frame. After the Spartans started off with a 10-3 lead, Rutgers outscored Michigan State, 13-6, to even the set. A swing from George knotted the match at 16-16 and a kill from Karis Willow tied the frame up at 17-17, before a 7-1 Spartan burst put the visitors ahead for good. An Alleigh Dutton ace saw RU trail 24-20 before MSU finished the match.

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