Women's Volleyball Weekly Release
6/21/1999 8:00:00 AM | Volleyball
October 20, 1998
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland (8-10, 2-6) continues its ACC schedule, hosting North Carolina (19-4, 7-1) on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m., and returning on Saturday to host NC State (10-10, 0-8) at 5 p.m. North Carolina and Maryland meet for the 31st time on Friday with the Tar Heels holding a 17-13 series lead. The last time Maryland lost to North Carolina was on Oct. 6, 1995, when the Tar Heels handed the Terps a 3-2 loss in Chapel Hill. NC State and Maryland meet for the 36th time with the Terps holding a 20-15 series lead. The last time the Wolfpack defeated the Terps was Oct. 14, 1988, when the Terps dropped a 3-0 decision.
FLORIDA STATE REWIND
Maryland suffered its third consecutive ACC loss on Sunday, falling in three games to Florida State, 12-15, 2-15, 10-15. Florida State hit .405 as a team and had four players tally double-figure kills. Maryland was led by the 14 kills of junior outside hitter Beth Murphy (Golden, Colo.). Murphy also led all Terps on defense with 11 digs. The Seminoles limited the Terp attack to a .163 hitting percentage.
VIRGINIA RECAP
Virginias three-game win against Maryland on Tuesday marked the first time the Cavaliers had defeated the Terrapins since Nov. 22, 1991, ending what was nearly a seven-year losing streak. The Cavaliers used a balanced attack to hand the Terps a 15-6, 15-12, 15-12 defeat. Senior middle hitter Jaime Summers (Conneaut Lake, Pa.) led the Terps on offense and on defense with 19 kills and 17 digs.
SUMMERS BACK ON TRACK
Maryland senior middle hitter Jaime Summers (Conneaut Lake, Pa.) returned to seasons past two weeks ago, totaling a season-high 23 kills against NC State, and hitting a season-high .421 against North Carolina. She recorded double-figure kills and digs against NC State for only the sixth time this season. She also totaled nine blocks this past weekend, including five blocks against North Carolina. Summers previously hit. 400 against Temple on Sept. 5, after totaling 14 kills on 25 swings with four errors. She is hitting .268 and is averaging 2.52 kills per game.
STUART EARNS FIRST START
Maryland sophomore middle hitter Maren Stuart (Tampa, Fla.) saw her first start of her young Terrapin career in the Terps three-game loss at North Carolina on Oct. 10. Stuart led all Terps on defense, totaling 14 digs. She also had three blocks. Stuart is hitting .170 and has totaled 15 blocks.
NET NOTES
Maryland is hitting .185 as a team, and .175 in Atlantic Coast Conference play ... freshman Katie Cramer (Loveland, Colo.) leads all hitters with a .313 hitting percentage and has a team-high 74 blocks ... senior middle hitter Jaime Summers is hitting .268 ... junior outside hitter Beth Murphy is averaging a team-high 3.05 kills per game ... freshman setter Libby Alberts (Eden Prairie, Minn.) is averaging 9.81 assists per game ... senior outside hitter Kim Adolphs (Runcorn, Australia) leads all Terps on defense with a 3.47 digs per game average.
BLOCKIN TERPS
Maryland is fifth in the ACC in blocks per game with a 2.67 per game average (as of Oct. 13). Freshman Katie Cramer ranks seventh in blocks per game with a 1.18 per game average.
MICHIGAN ENDS TERP STREAK
Marylands 33-match regular-season winning streak was snapped after Michigan defeated the Terps, 3-1, at the Georgetown Invitational on Sept. 4. It was the Terps first regular-season loss since their loss to Florida on Oct. 18, 1996. The Wolverines won game one, 15-8, but the Terps came back in game two, grabbing a 15-13 win. The experienced Wolverine attack proved to be too much, however, for the young Terp squad, as they took the final two games, 15-8, 15-5, respectively.
QUICK SET
Freshman Libby Alberts has earned the starting nod for the Terps at the setter position. In her first year in a Maryland uniform, Alberts has totaled 687 assists in 70 games for a 9.81 per game average.
BRIDOVA OUT MAKING HER WAY BACK
Maryland sophomore setter Katarina Bridova (Bratislava, Slovakia) made her way back into the Maryland lineup against Florida State after spraining her ankle in practice two weeks ago. Bridova has appeared in 12 matches, playing in 24 games. She is averaging 2.46 assists per game.
KRUGER STILL LEADS ACC ACTIVE COACHES
Maryland head coach Janice Kruger (Nebraska, 77) leads all ACC active coaches in career victories. Kruger has totaled 77 career ACC wins and 37 career losses in her 10 years in the league, and has a .675 winning percentage.
KRUGER NEARING 600 WIN PLATAEU
Maryland head coach Janice Kruger is 13 wins shy of career-win No. 600. Kruger owns a 587-224-6 career record in 20 years of coaching. Kruger would become the 14th coach all-time to record 600 wins. Cal State Sacramento head coach Debbie Colberg is presently three wins shy of win No. 600, and she is the 13th all-time winningest coach. Kruger follows her as the nations 14th all-time winningest coach.
MARYLAND SCHEDULE & RESULTS
(8-10 Overall, 2-6 ACC)
S1 VILLANOVA W, 3-1 S4 vs. Michigan+ L, 1-3 S5 vs. Temple+ L, 2-3 S5 at Georgetown+ W, 3-2 S8 UMBC W, 3-1 S11 vs. San Diego State W, 3-2 S12 at Temple W, 3-2 S18 at Colorado State L, 1-3 S19 at Colorado L, 0-3 S25 *at Duke L, 0-3 S26 *at Wake Forest W, 3-1 S28 AMERICAN W, 3-0 O2 *GEORGIA TECH L, 2-3 O3 *CLEMSON L, 0-3 O7 *at NC State W, 3-2 O10 *at North Carolina L, 0-3 O13 *at Virginia L, 0-3 O18 *at Florida State L, 0-3 O23 *NORTH CAROLINA 7:00 p.m. O24 *NC STATE 5:00 p.m. O27 at George Mason 7:30 p.m. O30 *VIRGINIA 7:00 p.m. N6 *at Clemson 7:00 p.m. N7 *at Georgia Tech 7:30 p.m. N10 *WAKE FOREST 5:00 p.m. N13 *FLORIDA STATE 7:00 p.m. N14 *DUKE 5:00 p.m. N19-22 ACC TOURNAMENT TBA (at College Park, Md.) D3-6 NCAA 1st and 2nd Round TBA D10-13 NCAA Regionals TBA D17-19 NCAA Final Four TBA (at Madison, Wis.) +Georgetown Invitational Temple Owls Apollo Classic *ACC MatchACC STANDINGS
(as of Oct. 19)
ACC Overall
Teams W L W L
North Carolina 7 1 19 4
Virginia 5 3 16 4
Wake Forest 5 3 16 5
Florida St. 5 3 15 7
Georgia Tech 5 3 15 8
Clemson 5 3 13 6
Maryland 2 6 8 10
Duke 2 6 7 12
North Carolina St. 0 8 10 10
TERPS BY THE NUMBERS
8
Maryland became only the eighth team in NCAA Division I history to record an undefeated regular-season record. The Terps finished the regular-season with a 25-0 record.
.313
Terp freshman Katie Cramer is hitting a team-high .313.
2.61
Maryland is averaging 2.61 blocks per game.
1.12
Freshman Katie Cramer is averaging a team-high 1.12 blocks.
16.06
Maryland is averaging 16.06 digs per game.
5
Maryland freshman middle hitter Katie Cramer is fifth in the ACC in hitting with a .313 percentage (as of Oct. 13).
4
Maryland senior outside hitter Kim Adolphs ranks fourth in the ACC in digs per game with a 3.39 per game average (as of Oct. 13).
AVCA/USA Today Poll
(as of Oct. 12, 1998)
1. Long Beach State 16-0 2. Penn State 16-0 3. Nebraska 15-0 4. UC Santa Barbara 16-1 5. BYU 14-1 6. Wisconsin 15-2 7. Stanford 12-2 8. USC 11-3 9. Florida 15-2 10. Hawaii 12-2 11. Pacific 13-3 12. Colorado 12-1 13. Texas 12-2 14. Arkansas 14-2 15. Texas A&M 12-2 16. San Diego 14-2 17. Loyola Marymount 12-2 18. Illinois 12-4 19. Arizona 14-2 20. Louisville 14-2 21. Ohio State 9-6 22. Michigan State 11-3 23. Kansas State 10-5 24. North Carolina 17-3 25. Minnesota 12-5
