After dropping the first two games of the invitational, the Pirate rallied Saturday morning to beat Rutgers in five sets. Senior Danielle Schroeder’s season-high 17 kills ignited the Pirates to rally from down two sets to win the game.
The first two sets were very tight, with the teams separated by four points total, Rutgers leading 53-49. Rutgers started the first set on a 5-0 run and forced the Pirates to try to claw their way back, only to lose by two. There was a bit of a role reversal in the second set, as the Pirates gave the Scarlet Knights a taste of their own medicine, opening up a 5-2 run; only this time, the Scarlet Knights completed the comeback in a hard fought 2-point win once again.