Volleyball Opens Weekend With Sweep Of Stony Brook

Thursday, September 10

6:00 PM

Rutgers

5-2,0-0Big Ten

Stony Brook

4-4,0-0CAA

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Stony Brook	18	21	15	0
Rutgers	25	25	25	3

Rutgers volleyball celebrates a point during its Stony Brook match at Jersey Mike's Arena

Photo by: Bianca Borja

Volleyball Opens Weekend With Sweep Of Stony Brook

Sep 10 | Women's Volleyball

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers volleyball's weekend got off to a good start in sweeping fashion.

The Scarlet Knights downed Stony Brook 25-18, 25-21, 25-15 to improve to 5-2 overall and collect its second straight-set victory of the year.

Rutgers volleyball vs. Stony Brook victory graphic

STANDOUT STATS

Six Scarlet Knights recorded five kills or more, led by Imani Howell with nine, Skylar George with nine, and Aspen Maxwell and Karis Willow with eight apiece.
Natalie Robinson added five kills on nine attacks to hit .556 on the night.
The two-setter system continued with Brooke Baldwin collecting 21 assists and Lily Bolden adding 18 helpers.
RU held a slight 5-3 edge in aces, all coming from five different Knights.
On defense, Howell and Maxwell led the way with three blocks each and Kenize Dyrstad posted 14 digs.

KEY MOMENTS

SET 1 (25-18) | Rutgers opened on a 10-4 tear to open the match. Stony Brook took the first point but from there it was all RU. Stony Brook managed to pull within two twice, once after a 5-1 run saw Rutgers lead 12-10 and again with the Scarlet Knights up 18-16. From there, however, RU closed out the frame outscoring the Seawolves 7-2 for the win. It was a team effort on the attack with seven different Knights with a kill, including Aspen Maxwell, Karis Willow, Imani Howell and Malia Romes with a trio. With three kills on four swings, Romes ended the set hitting .750.

S1 | The sneak attack from Imani 🫣 and the finish from Aspen 💥

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— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) September 10, 2026

SET 2 (25-21) | After an early three ties and two lead changes, the Scarlet Knights took control of the set behind an 8-1 run going into the midway break up 16-9. The Seawolves were hampered by nine errors and finished the frame hitting .086 while Howell, Willow, Skylar George and Natalie Robinson swung for three kills apiece.

S2 | Heading into the break on an 8-1 🏃‍♀️

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— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) September 10, 2026

SET 3 (25-15) | The Scarlet Knights wrapped up the night going out to a 12-5 lead, capped by an ace from Brooke Baldwin on a 6-0 RU run. RU also pounded out six unanswered on five straight kills and a solo block from Robinson for a 20-9 advantage. Rutgers hit a match-best .351 in the frame with George and Romes adding four kills each.

S3 | Where there's Karis Willow there's a way

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— Rutgers Volleyball (@RUvball) September 10, 2026

UP NEXT

The weekend continues with Stony Brook vs. Rider at 3 p.m. and Rutgers vs. Delaware on Friday, Sept. 11 and Delaware vs. Stony Brook at 3 p.m. and Rutgers vs. Rider on Saturday, Sept. 12. One ticket grants fans admission for both matches on the day. Click here for tickets.

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