Weekly Women's Volleyball Release
6/21/1999 8:00:00 AM | Volleyball
October 13, 1998
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland (8-8, 2-4) continues its ACC road tour this week, traveling to Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday for a matchup with Virginia (15-3, 4-2), and then meets Florida State (12-7, 3-3) on Sunday, Oct. 18, in Tallahassee. Virginia is currently in third place in the ACC standings while preseason favorite Florida State is tied for fifth with Wake Forest. The Cavaliers have not defeated the Terps in ACC regular-season play since a 3-1 win on Oct. 3, 1989. The Cavaliers also handed the Terps a 3-1 defeat at the James Madison Invitational that same year. Florida State last defeated Maryland on Nov. 18, 1994, in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament. The last regular-season loss the Terps suffered to the Seminoles was a 3-1 defeat on Nov. 4, 1994.
MATCH FACTS AND COVERAGE
Maryland at Virginia
Tuesday, October 13, 1998
7:00 p.m.
Maryland at Florida State
Sunday, October 18, 1998
1:00 p.m.
Team Records: Virginia, 15-3, 4-2; Florida State, 12-7, 3-3.
Series Records: Maryland and Virginia meet for the 29th time, with the Terps leading the series, 24-4. Maryland and Florida State meet for the 17th time with the Terps also leading the series, 10-6.
TERPS SPLIT ON TOBACCO ROAD
Maryland traveled to Tobacco Road last weekend for matchups with NC State and North Carolina, and returned to College Park with a split. The Terps handed NC State a 3-2 defeat and fell to league-leading North Carolina in three games.
N.C. STATE REWIND
Senior middle hitter Jaime Summers (Conneaut Lake, Pa.) hit a team-high .386 and totaled a team-high 23 kills to lead the Terps past NC State in five games, 15-10, 12-15, 13-15, 15-10, 15-10. Defensively for the Terps, junior outside hitter Beth Murphy (Golden, Colo.) recorded a team-high 20 digs. Murphy also posted 19 kills and hit .267. Maryland hit .237 as a team, the first time it has hit above .200 since its win against American.
NORTH CAROLINA REWIND
Summers posted a team-high 10 kills and hit .421 in the Terps three-game loss (11-15, 9-15, 11-15) at North Carolina. The Tar Heels held the Terps to a .097 hitting percentage and had three player total double-figure kills and digs. Sophomore middle hitter Maren Stuart (Tampa, Fla.) led Maryland on defense with 14 digs, and Summers had five blocks.
SUMMERS BACK ON TRACK
Summers returned to seasons past this past weekend, 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 .259 and is averaging 2.37 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 this past Saturday. Stuart led all Terps on defense, totaling 14 digs. She also had three blocks. In Wednesday's match against NC State, Stuart came off the bench and totaled four digs and two blocks.
NET NOTES
Maryland is hitting .184 as a team, and .168 in Atlantic Coast Conference play ... freshman Katie Cramer (Loveland, Colo.) leads all hitters with a .313 hitting percentage and has a team-high 73 blocks ... senior middle hitter Jaime Summers (Conneaut Lake, Pa.) is hitting .259 ... junior outside hitter Beth Murphy (Golden, Colo.) is averaging a team-high 3.03 kills per game ... freshman setter Libby Alberts (Eden Prairie, Minn.) is averaging 9.63 assists per game ... senior outside hitter Kim Adolphs (Runcorn, Australia) leads all Terps on defense with a 3.39 digs per game average.
RECEIVING WILSON
Maryland freshman defensive specialist Autumn Wilson (Rising Sun, Md.) is seeing significant playing time in the back row. She has appeared in 43 of the Terps' 65 games and has seen action in all 16 matches. She has totaled 52 digs and is one of the Terps' best serve receivers.
BLOCKIN' TERPS
Maryland is third in the ACC in blocks per game with a 2.77 average (as of Oct. 6). Freshman Katie Cramer (Loveland, Colo.) and junior Kate Hannas (Ellicott City, Md.) rank fourth and eighth, respectively, in blocks per game with 1.29 and 1.17 respectively (as of Oct. 6).
MICHIGAN ENDS TERP STREAK Maryland's 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 (Eden Prairie, Minn.) has earned the starting nod for the Terps at the setter position. In her first year in a Maryland uniform, Alberts has totaled 616 assists in 64 games for a 9.63 per game average.
ACC STANDINGS
(as of Oct. 5)
ACC Overall
Teams W L W L
North Carolina 6 0 17 3
Georgia Tech 5 2 15 7
Virginia 4 2 15 3
Clemson 4 3 11 6
Wake Forest 3 3 14 5
Florida St. 3 3 12 7
Maryland 2 4 8 8
Duke 1 5 6 10
North Carolina St. 0 6 10 8
CRAMER AND HANNAS TOUGH UP FRONT Summers, Hannas and Cramer are part of Maryland's tall front line which is averaging 2.67 blocks per game. Cramer leads all Terps with 73 total blocks, including 20 block solos. Summers and Hannas have each totaled 65 blocks with Summers totaling 15 block solos and 50 block assists. Hannas had totaled 14 block solos and 51 block assists.
KRUGER'S COURT
Terrapin head coach Janice Kruger (Nebraska 77) begins her 11th season at Maryland after being named ACC Coach of the Year last season, her third such honor. Kruger has guided the Terps to back-to-back undefeated regular-season ACC records, and to a perfect 25-0 regular-season record last year. She owns a 215-120 record at Maryland, and has a 587-222-6 career record in her 20 years.
KRUGER NEARING 600 WIN PLATAEU
Kruger is 13 wins shy of career-win No. 600. Kruger owns a 587-222-6 career record in 20 years of coaching.
BRIDOVA OUT WITH ANKLE INJURY
Maryland sophomore setter Katarina Bridova (Bratislava, Slovakia) is out indefinitely after spraining her ankle in practice last week. Bridova has appeared in 11 matches, playing in 23 games. She is averaging 2.52 assists per game.
TERPS' STREAK SNAPPED
Maryland's 34-match ACC regular-season winning streak came to a halt on Sept. 25, after the Terps dropped a 3-0 decision to the Duke Blue Devils. The streak dated back to Oct. 21, 1995, when the Terps suffered a 3-1 loss to Clemson. The last time a Maryland team had been swept in the ACC regular season was Oct. 20, 1995, when Georgia Tech defeated the Terps, 3-0. Maryland ran through the ACC standings in 1996 and 1997, posting an undefeated mark of 16-0 in both seasons. No other team in ACC history has recorded a 16-0 ACC regular-season record.
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.
2.67
Maryland is averaging 2.67 blocks per game.
1.17
Freshman Katie Cramer is averaging a team-high 1.17 blocks.
15.87
Maryland is averaging 15.87 digs per game.
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Maryland freshman middle hitter Katie Cramer is fourth in the ACC in hitting with a .311 percentage (as of Oct. 6).
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Maryland senior outside hitter Kim Adolphs ranks third in the ACC in digs per game with a 3.50 per game average (as of Oct. 6).
AVCA/USA Today Poll
(as of Oct. 5, 1998)
RK. SCHOOL RECORD 1. Long Beach State 14-0 2. Penn State 14-0 3. Nebraska 13-0 4. UC Santa Barbara 14-1 5. BYU 11-1 6. Wisconsin 14-1 7. Stanford 10-2 8. USC 9-3 9. Florida 13-2 10. Hawai'i 10-1 11. Pacific 10-3 12. Colorado 10-1 13. Texas 10-2 14. Loyola Marymount 11-3 15. Arkansas 11-2 16. Texas A&M 10-2 17. San Diego 12-2 18. Arizona 13-1 19. Illinois 10-4 20. Ohio State 8-5 21. Louisville 12-2 22. Minnesota 12-3 23. Michigan State 9-3 24. Indiana 10-3 25. Kansas State 8-5
