Montclair, NJ – The Montclair State volleyball team visits Rutgers-Newark for a New Jersey Athletic Conference matchup on Tuesday evening.
GAME INFO
The first serve is scheduled for 7 pm inside the Golden Dome in Newark, NJ. Live stats and video are available on montclairathletics.com courtesy of Rutgers-Newark.
LAST TIME OUT
The Red Hawks swept a tri-match against John Jay and Wilkes on Saturday. In the 3-0 win over John Jay,
CARLY WATERMAN led the way with 10 kills while rookie
LEAH CHIPMAN handed out 29 assists. Sophomore
SKYLAR KOWALSKI chipped in four blocks in the victory. Montclair faced off against host Wilkes in the nightcap, taking down the Colonels in three frames behind 17 kills and 14 digs from Waterman.
TEAM LEADERS
Montclair State
Kills:
CARLY WATERMAN, 159
Assists:
DELANEY ST. PIERRE, 371
Digs:
KATELYN MONAGHAN, 255
Aces:
CARLY WATERMAN, 26
Blocks:
GIANNA ARIAS, 40
Rutgers-Newark
Kills: Tracey Ilderis, 74
Assists: Jaclyn Shrubsall, 168
Digs: Saniyiah Richardson, 115
Aces: Jaclyn Shrubsall, 12
Blocks: Meredith Moore, 20
RUTGERS-NEWARK REPORT
The Scarlet Raiders are 2-7 on the season but are coming off a win over NJCU last week. The four-set win snapped the Gothic Knights six-match winning streak and held NJCU to a .147 hitting percentage. Sharon Sterling paced RU-N with 11 kills.
LAST MEETING
The Red Hawks downed Rutgers-Newark 3-0 on October 22, 2019, in their last meeting. They held their opponents to just 38 points over the three frames and a -.097 hitting percentage.
GIANNA ARIAS led the team with 11 kills, while
SIYARA HERBERT contributed four aces.
SERIES HISTORY
Montclair trails the all-time series 24-20 but has won nine of the last 10 games in the rivalry. The lone win for Rutgers-Newark during the stretch came in 2017 when they won in four.
UP NEXT
The Red Hawks host a tri-match on Saturday, facing St. Joseph's-Long Island at 11 am and Neumann at 3 pm. The two other sides will meet at 1 pm in the neutral site match.