THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 15 Rutgers-Newark - 3, MIT - 0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-17)
 
- Records: MIT (6-4), Rutgers-Newark (5-3)
 
- Location: Springfield, Mass. (Blake Arena)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's volleyball team suffered a 3-0 defeat to No. 15 Rutgers-Newark in the consolation match of the International Volleyball Hall of Fame Morgan Classic on Saturday night on the campus of Springfield College.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Set 1: The two teams were locked in tightly in the opening set with the Raiders holding the lead throughout. Down 17-13, MIT used a 6-3 run to get to within one, and back-to-back Rutgers-Newark errors brought the match even at 21. Tied at 22, the Raiders went on a 3-0 run to close the opening set.
 
- Set 2: After a service error from Rutgers-Newark tied the match at five, the Raiders used a 6-1 run to pull ahead 11-6. Senior Troy Oliveira (San Diego, Calif.) got MIT to within three with an ace to make it a 13-10 set. The Raiders continued to hold off the Engineers, eventually building a 21-16 lead to force an MIT timeout. Kills from sophomore Grant Oh (Irvine, Calif.) and senior Nick Gustafson (San Diego, Calif.) made it a 22-18 set, but Rutgers-Newark held on for the 25-19 win.
 
- Set 3: After a Gustafson kill gave MIT a 4-1 lead, the Raiders rattled off five-straight points before another kill from Gustafson stopped the run. Rutgers-Newark built an 18-12 lead on a 7-3 run and went on to win the set 25-17.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
 
- Gustafson led MIT with 11 kills followed by Oliveira and Oh with eight.
 
- Junior Max Turner (Chandler, Ariz.) put up a team-high 21 assists while first-year Kevin Windisch (Placentia, Calif.) led MIT with four digs.
 
- For Rutgers-Newark, Andrew Zaleck led the squad in kills (11), blocks (5) and aces (2).
 
- Windisch was named to the All-Tournament Team.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- The Engineers will remain on the road for a 6:00 p.m. contest against Elms on Friday, February 17th.
 
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