Volleyball Back on The Road To Take On #11 Purdue & Northwestern

Rutgers survived three match points in the 4th set and then went on to defeat Northwestern in a 5-set thriller, 3-2.

Rutgers won the 1st set 25-23 and lost the next two sets 22-25 and 23-25, so NW was up 2-1 heading to the pivotal fourth set.

NW, which was 7-14 and 0-11 in the Big Ten before tonight, took a commanding 24-21 lead and thus had three match points. But Rutgers went on a 5-point run to survive and win the set 26-24. The Scarlet Knights continued to play well in the fifth set and won 15-12, securing the win.

With the win, Rutgers moves to 11-13, 2-10.

Five straight points (including three match points avoided) to avoid the loss in the fourth set.