9/19 - RIT Volleyball Invitational

The RIT Volleyball team hosted a tournament over the past weekend in Clark Gym in Rochester, New York. The Tigers ended up in third place, going 2-1 in the first round robin. They then defeated the University of Rochester (UR) for the third place game.

RIT won the first set versus UR, 25-18, before the Yellowjackets rallied to win the second set. Then RIT pulled away by winning their next two sets, 25-13 and 25-17, respectively.

In the match-up between RIT and UR, Senior Jessica Schaeffer carried the Tigers with 16 kills and 11 digs and was named to the All-Tournament team as the lone Tiger representative. Sophomore Christina Worth tallied 36 assists and six kills. Sophomore Rebecca Moore added 10 kills, while Sophomore Katie Cooper helped the Tigers with nine more kills.


Sophomores Christina Worth and Katie Cooper does their pre-game handshake before their game versus NYU on Friday.

The players lines up for the National Anthem before their matchup versus Geneseo on Friday.

Freshman Kyra Wilson-Houck led RIT with 15 kills in the win over Geneseo on Friday.

The RIT Tigers celebrates their win over their first opponent, Geneseo, on Friday.

Senior Jessica Scaheffer was named to the RIT Invitational All-Tournament team on Saturday.