Lily Bolen & Aspen Maxwell To Represent Rutgers At B1G Volleyball Media Day
Jul 13 | Women's Volleyball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Junior setter Lily Bolen and junior outside hitter Aspen Maxwell will represent Rutgers at the 2026 Big Ten Volleyball Media Day set for Monday, August 3, in Chicago.
The two Scarlet Knights will be among the 36 student-athletes at the fifth annual media day to preview the upcoming 2026 season.
As the Rutgers starting setter last year, Bolen led RU with 1,068 assists and 9.54 assists per set, the most by a Scarlet Knight since 2012. She also averaged 9.00 assists per set, marking the most by a Scarlet Knight in a Big Ten season. During the 2025 season, Bolen performed 11 double-doubles, the fourth most in a season in the rally era. She secured a career-high 55 assists, also the most in a five-set match in 2025, versus Ohio State (Nov. 9), captured 20 assists and 10 digs at No. 17 USC and posted a career-best three blocks against Maryland (Oct. 3) and UCLA (Nov. 15), a team receiving votes. Bolen is expected to continue moving up the career record at Rutgers entering the 2026 season third in rally-era career assists per set (6.66), fourth in rally-era career assists (1,351) and ninth in rally-era career aces (69).
In her first season "On The Banks" after transferring from Missouri, Maxwell led Rutgers with 378 kills, 3.38 kills per set, 83 blocks and 450.0 total points. Maxwell's 3.38 kills per set were the most by a Scarlet Knight since 2009, her 378 kills were the most by a Scarlet Knight since 2013 and her 450.0 points, thanks to 378 kills, 83 blocks and 28 aces, were the second most in a season by a Scarlet Knight in the rally era and three points shy of breaking the record. During the 2025 campaign, Maxwell led RU in 20 matches with double-figure digs in 20 contests, including a career-high 21 kills at Buffalo for the most in a five-set contest last season and 16 kills in a sweep of Dartmouth for the most kills in a three-set match last year. She was named the Sacred Heart Invite MVP after averaging 4.20 kills per set with a .363 hitting percentage, along with seven aces, 1.60 digs per set and eight blocks in wins over Dartmouth, Sacred Heart and LIU and was named to the Buffalo Invite All-Tournament Team after averaging 3.93 kills and adding nine blocks across 14 sets in matches with Marist, Liberty and Buffalo.
Rutgers volleyball continues to grow in the nation's top volleyball conference as the Scarlet Knights achieved several notable milestones last season. RU surpassed its win total from the previous season nine games into the year, fueled by a seven-match win streak, the longest for the squad since 2012. The Scarlet Knights collected sweeps in six of the seven games. Against Saint Francis (PA), RU swung .456, marking the best hitting percentage by the Scarlet Knights in a rally-era match. In nonconference action, RU played to a 9-3 mark with seven sweeps and a 4-0 home mark. In Big Ten action, the Scarlet Knights set not only a school record for attendance, but the 8,000 to witness the Scarlet Knights take on No. 1 Nebraska at Jersey Mike's Arena marked the largest crowd to watch a volleyball match in the state of New Jersey. RU also picked up its first-ever Big Ten win over Ohio State, as the sweep marked the program's most since 2000 and the first time in either Big East or Big Ten play that the Scarlet Knights have held an opponent to under 20 in a match.
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The two Scarlet Knights will be among the 36 student-athletes at the fifth annual media day to preview the upcoming 2026 season.
As the Rutgers starting setter last year, Bolen led RU with 1,068 assists and 9.54 assists per set, the most by a Scarlet Knight since 2012. She also averaged 9.00 assists per set, marking the most by a Scarlet Knight in a Big Ten season. During the 2025 season, Bolen performed 11 double-doubles, the fourth most in a season in the rally era. She secured a career-high 55 assists, also the most in a five-set match in 2025, versus Ohio State (Nov. 9), captured 20 assists and 10 digs at No. 17 USC and posted a career-best three blocks against Maryland (Oct. 3) and UCLA (Nov. 15), a team receiving votes. Bolen is expected to continue moving up the career record at Rutgers entering the 2026 season third in rally-era career assists per set (6.66), fourth in rally-era career assists (1,351) and ninth in rally-era career aces (69).
In her first season "On The Banks" after transferring from Missouri, Maxwell led Rutgers with 378 kills, 3.38 kills per set, 83 blocks and 450.0 total points. Maxwell's 3.38 kills per set were the most by a Scarlet Knight since 2009, her 378 kills were the most by a Scarlet Knight since 2013 and her 450.0 points, thanks to 378 kills, 83 blocks and 28 aces, were the second most in a season by a Scarlet Knight in the rally era and three points shy of breaking the record. During the 2025 campaign, Maxwell led RU in 20 matches with double-figure digs in 20 contests, including a career-high 21 kills at Buffalo for the most in a five-set contest last season and 16 kills in a sweep of Dartmouth for the most kills in a three-set match last year. She was named the Sacred Heart Invite MVP after averaging 4.20 kills per set with a .363 hitting percentage, along with seven aces, 1.60 digs per set and eight blocks in wins over Dartmouth, Sacred Heart and LIU and was named to the Buffalo Invite All-Tournament Team after averaging 3.93 kills and adding nine blocks across 14 sets in matches with Marist, Liberty and Buffalo.
Rutgers volleyball continues to grow in the nation's top volleyball conference as the Scarlet Knights achieved several notable milestones last season. RU surpassed its win total from the previous season nine games into the year, fueled by a seven-match win streak, the longest for the squad since 2012. The Scarlet Knights collected sweeps in six of the seven games. Against Saint Francis (PA), RU swung .456, marking the best hitting percentage by the Scarlet Knights in a rally-era match. In nonconference action, RU played to a 9-3 mark with seven sweeps and a 4-0 home mark. In Big Ten action, the Scarlet Knights set not only a school record for attendance, but the 8,000 to witness the Scarlet Knights take on No. 1 Nebraska at Jersey Mike's Arena marked the largest crowd to watch a volleyball match in the state of New Jersey. RU also picked up its first-ever Big Ten win over Ohio State, as the sweep marked the program's most since 2000 and the first time in either Big East or Big Ten play that the Scarlet Knights have held an opponent to under 20 in a match.
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