Michigan Volleyball Sweeps Rutgers 3-0

Michigan Volleyball Sweeps Rutgers 3-0

 

On Sunday, Michigan faced a tough opponent in Nebraska and never really got an edge they wanted as they were swept 3-0. That was not the case tonight as the Wolverines swept Rutgers in 3 sets. The final scores for the sets were 25-15, 25-19, and 25-14.

 

It was a tough night for Rutgers, despite leading for a while in the second set. They never really could get anything going against Michigan. Jasmine Stackhouse led the way in kills for Rutgers with 7 on the night with 3 errors and 15 total attempts for the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers had a total of 32 kills for a total of 105 attempts as well as ending the night with a total of 36 digs. With the loss, Rutgers is winless in conference play which brings their record to 0-13. It is the eleventh time this season that they have been swept in conference play.

 

Michigan got a huge conference win against Rutgers after a big loss against Nebraska on Sunday.  Carly Skjodt led the way for the Wolverines with 8 Kills on the night and also had 7 digs. Katherine Mahlke had 8 kills for Michigan and had a hit percentage of .353%. Overall for the Wolverines, they had a total of 39 kills and only 2 errors on the night and a total of 43 digs. Michigan’s record improves to 16-9 overall and has a 6-7 record in a very impressive Big Ten Conference.

 

Overall, Head Coach Mark Rosen was pleased with his team’s effort despite playing against a different style of team than they are used to in the Big Ten. “We definitely had to adjust to that different type of play,” said Rosen. “That is not what we usually see in the Big Ten so it’s not going to be perfect, but we played well tonight. I thought we were very balanced tonight and when we are balanced we play well,” Rosen continued.  Mark Rosen was also impressed with how Michigan responded being down to Rutgers in the second set and besides that, took control of the set and the rest of the game.

 

Michigan’s next opponent is on the road at Illinois on Saturday at 7:30

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