The world of sports is never short of miracles. The women’s volleyball team of Rutgers Scarlet Knights recently witnessed one of the biggest miracles in over two decades. The Scarlet Knights haven’t had one of the best campaigns this season. However, the Rutgers volleyball team emerged out of adversity after a hard-fought battle.

The Sun Knights entered their match against the Iowa Hawkeyes on the road with a four-match losing streak. Rutgers was desperately in need of some magic, and its players finally delivered one of their best performances. In fact, Rutgers closed the final set with an unreceivable service ace to seal the win.

Rutgers Sun Knights fight against time to clinch epic win

The Rutgers Sun Knights women’s volleyball team is currently facing a huge number of losses in their season run. While they entered their match against Iowa with a four-match losing streak, they also entered with only one win in their last ten matches. However, the tides changed for Rutgers as they outplayed Iowa, as well as every other Rutgers team in history. B1G TEN Volleyball tweeted a video of the winning shot that made Rutgers breathe normally again.

The tweet carried the caption, “ROAD WIN!! @RUvball picks up the W in Iowa City with this Ace from Kenzie Dyrstad in the 5th.” The match-winning ace came after a lot of hard work. While the Sun Knights won the first set against Iowa, the host team returned the favor and ended up winning two consecutive sets. This put Rutgers women’s volleyball in a tight spot, forcing them to win three back-to-back sets to claim a victory. However, the women’s volleyball team of Rutgers pulled off the necessary to force a five-set game. 

To achieve this, the Sun Knights unleashed their offensive output to a great extent. In fact, they broke their 22-year-long ceiling in terms of kills since March 2001 to win the match. Rutgers women scored 72 kills in the match, which is the highest for any previous team of the Rutgers State University of New Jersey. The previous high rested at 64 kills. While the Sun Knights broke past their barriers to claim a win against Iowa, their upcoming match will demand them to be on their toes.

Rutgers to face NCAA’s number one women’s volleyball team

The epic showdown of the Rutgers women against the Iowa Hawkeyes was truly remarkable. Their next match, however, is against the league’s most dominant team. the Nebraska Huskers. Nebraska recently clinched the number one spot from former numero uno team, Wisconsin Badgers, to establish its supremacy. Just like the Sun Knights, even the Huskers volleyball team registered a fifth-set victory to claim the match.

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But, that is where the similarities end, as Nebraska is on an unbeaten campaign right now. Moreover, they are an offensive powerhouse with a balanced defense, which helped them beat the mighty Wisconsin. Do the women of Rutgers have what it takes to beat Nebraska? Will the Rutgers Sun Knights be able to perform another limit-breaking miracle on 28 October 2023?

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