Montclair, NJ- Montclair State University's volleyball team continues its homestand Tuesday, hosting Rutgers-Camden in another New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) matchup.
 
GAME INFO
The match is scheduled for 7:00 pm at Panzer Athletic Center. Live coverage of the match can be found at montclairathletics.com.
 
LAST TIME OUT 
Montclair extended its win streak to six in a row after it out-battled Hunter, 3-0, and Stevens, 3-2, on Saturday. The Red Hawks battled the Hawks early, mounting a 6-1 run with the score level at four to go up five. After Hunter cut the deficit to three, SOFIA DIPROFIO notched a kill and LUCY CORNELIUS tallied a pair as part of a 7-1 stretch to push the home side out 19-10. Following a Hunter point, Montclair closed the opening stanza with six of the final seven points, highlighted by a trio of kills from LILY THOMAS.
Level at three in the second set, the Red Hawks rattled off eight of the next nine points, three of which coming on kills from CAMRYN MUUSS. Hunter bounced back with a 6-3 run to cut the score to 15-10, but KASEY TRZASKA notched a kill followed by a service ace from Cornelius. Hunter trimmed the margin to one at 17-16, but five-straight points vaulted Montclair in front by six, a margin they would relinquish the rest of the set.
Hunter surged out to a 6-2 lead in the third frame and held a 13-11 advantage as the set approached the halfway point. The Red Hawks countered with seven consecutive points, with Muuss notching a pair of kills. The Hawks hung around and battled back to within five at 23-18, but an attack error and kill from Cornelius sealed the straight-set victory for the home side.

Montclair recorded seven of the first nine points to open up their match against Stevens, as Muuss led the way with two kills. Following a point from the Ducks, the Red Hawks amassed seven of the next eight, led by another kill from DiProfio and a kill and ace from Muuss. Stevens trimmed the match to 17-11, but Montclair rattled off five in a row on a pair of kills from Thomas. The Ducks got within nine late, but DiProfio sealed the set with the final point.
The two sides were even at six early in the second before Stevens embarked on an 8-1 run to surge out 14-7. BRYN BAUTISTA ended the run with a kill as Montclair slowly climbed back to within three. The Ducks rebuilt their advantage with seven of the next 11 points and would later close out the stanza after Montclair cut the game to 24-20.
Down 9-8 in the third, Cornelius leveled the game before Bautista tallied a pair of kills. Holding a 15-13 advantage, Montclair rattled off the next five points highlighted by two kills from BREANNA CRAIG. The Ducks closed the gap with a 7-1 run to make it a one-point contest, but a pair of points for Montclair pushed the game to 23-20. Stevens once again closed the gap to one at 24-23, but Bautista vaulted the Red Hawks back in front with the final kill of the stanza.
With Montclair up 5-4 early in the fourth set, Stevens notched the next six points as part of a 11-2 run to surge ahead 15-7. A pair of points helped Montclair creep back into the stanza, but the Ducks notched six of the next eight points to build a double-digit lead. The Red Hawks recorded a 7-3 run before Stevens closed out the frame to force a decisive fifth set.
DiProfio led the way early in the final stanza with a pair of kills as Montclair notched a 6-3 lead. The Ducks accumulated eight of the next 10 points to go up 11-8 before the Red Hawks came within one on an attack error and kill from DiProfio. Montclair notched a 4-2 run to take a slim one-point edge before the Ducks leveled at 14 on a service error. Back-to-back attack errors from Stevens sealed the victory for Montclair.
 
TEAM LEADERS
MONTCLAIR STATE (14-3, 2-1 NJAC)
Kills: CAMRYN MUUSS, 192
Assists: LUCY CORNELIUS, 501
Digs: EMMA HATCHER, 213
Aces: EMMA HATCHER, 44
Blocks: LILY THOMAS, 57
 
TEAM LEADERS
RUTGERS-CAMDEN (6-9, 0-3 NJAC) 
Kills: Asha Pensa Johnson, 140
Assists: JoAnna Andrews, 244
Digs: Mia Owens, 279
Aces: Avery Ang, 26
Blocks: Jana Jovanovic, 32
 
SCOUTING RUTGERS-CAMDEN
The Scarlet Raptors enter Tuesday's matchup with a 6-9 overall record and a 0-3 mark in NJAC play. Rutgers-Camden is coming off back-to-back non-conference victories on Saturday, defeating Alvernia University and Immaculata University by identical 3-2 scores. Last season, the Scarlet Raptors finished 6-20 overall and 2-6 in conference action, missing the NJAC Playoffs. In the 2025 NJAC Preseason Poll, Rutgers-Camden was projected to finish sixth.
 
SERIES HISTORIES
The NJAC rivalry renews Tuesday as Montclair State and Rutgers-Camden meet for the 27th time in program history. The Red Hawks hold a commanding 20-6 advantage in the all-time series against the Scarlet Raptors and have won nine of the last 10 matches.
 
LAST MEETING
Montclair State claimed a 3-1 road win over Rutgers-Camden in their previous matchup on October 8, 2024.
 
UP NEXT 
Montclair State University will travel to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Saturday, October 11, for a tri-match hosted by Wilkes University. The Red Hawks are scheduled to face Elizabethtown College at 2:00 p.m., followed by a matchup with the host Wilkes University at 4:00 p.m.