Women's Volleyball Weekly Release
6/21/1999 8:00:00 AM | Volleyball
October 2, 1998
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland junior outside hitter Kate Hannas hit a career-high .727 to lead the Terrapins to a 3-0 sweep against American on Monday night. Four Terps hit over .400, including .615 by freshman middle hitter Katie Cramer. On defense, Maryland was led by seven digs of Kate Hannas. Maryland resumes ACC action this weekend, hosting Georgia Tech on Friday and Clemson on Saturday. Clemson snapped the Terp's 25-match undefeated streak in last year's semifinals of the ACC Tournament. Maryland posted regular-season victories against both Georgia Tech and Clemson last season, with each match going five games.
THE STREAK CONTINUES After its 3-0 win against American at Ritchie Coliseum on Monday, Maryland extended its home win streak to 20 matches. The streak includes games played at both Cole Field House and Ritchie Coliseum. Maryland has not lost a home match since Oct. 9, 1996, against George Mason.
TERPS ENTER YEAR TWO IN RITCHIE Maryland extended its win streak at Ritchie Coliseum to 12 matches following its win against American on Monday. The streak dates back to the Terps opening win against James Madison on Sept. 30, 1997. The Terps are only home three times in the month of September, and are on the road for nine matches, including the opening of their 1998 ACC schedule at Duke. Ritchie Coliseum serves as the host of this years ACC Championship Tournament, Nov. 20-22.
DUKE ENDS TERPS 34-MATCH ACC REGULAR-SEASON WIN STREAK Marylands 34-match ACC regular-season winning streak came to a halt last Friday night 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 REBOUND AGAINST WAKE FOREST Maryland rebounded from its loss at Duke last Friday night, defeating Wake Forest, 3-1, on Saturday. Four Terps recorded double-figure kills and digs, including a team-high 20 kills by junior outside hitter Beth Murphy (17 digs). Freshman middle hitter Katie Cramer hit a team-high .304 while Katie Jentes had a team-high 18 digs.
NET NOTES Maryland is hitting .197 as a team, and .219 in Atlantic Coast Conference play ... freshman Katie Cramer leads all hitters with a .340 hitting percentage ... senior middle hitter Jaime Summers is hitting .250 ... junior outside hitter Beth Murphy is averaging a team-high 3.08 kills per game ... Cramer leads the Terps at the net with 67 total blocks ... freshman setter Libby Alberts is averaging 9.25 assists per game ... senior outside hitter Kim Adolphs leads all Terps on defense with a 3.78 digs 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.
FIRST TIMERS Freshman setter Libby Alberts, freshman middle blocker Katie Cramer, freshman defensive specialist Autumn Wilson and junior outside hitter Beth Murphy all made their ACC debut this weekend. Alberts, Cramer and Murphy are all starters on Marylands 6-5 squad, while Wilson comes in off the bench to play in the back row. Murphy and Cramer both played well against Wake Forest, as Murphy led the team in kills with 20 and Cramer hit a team-high .304.
CRAMER AND HANNAS TOUGH UP FRONT Maryland junior outside hitter Kate Hannas and freshman Katie Cramer are part of Marylands tall front line which is averaging 2.95 blocks per game. Cramer leads all Terps with 67 total blocks, including 18 block solos. Hannas has recorded 11 blocks solos and 45 block assists. The Terps are holding their opponents to a 1.87 blocks per game average.
THE SCOOP ON SUMMERS Undoubtedly the focal point of the 1998 Maryland offense is senior middle hitter Jaime Summers (Lake Conneaut, Pa.). A first team All-ACC selection a year ago, Summers returns as the Terps top offensive threat, as she posted a .331 hitting percentage as a junior. The Pennsylvania native recorded career-bests in every category last year, including 21 kills and 18 digs against Clemson. She averaged 3.25 kills per game and 2.02 digs per game. Summers is hitting .250, which is second-best on the Terp squad, this season and is third on the team in blocks with 47.
BLOCKIN TERPS Maryland is third in the ACC in blocks per game with a 2.82 average. Freshman Katie Cramer and junior Kate Hannas rank third and seventh, respectively, in blocks per game with 1.33 and 1.24, respectively.
Game Facts and Coverage
Georgia Tech at Maryland
Friday, October 2, 1998
7:00 p.m.
Clemson at Maryland
Saturday, October 3, 1998
5:00 p.m.
Team Records: Georgia Tech, 13-6, 2-1; Clemson, 8-4, 2-1.
Series Records: Maryland and Georgia Tech meet for the 25th time with the Terps leading the series, 18-6. Maryland and Clemson meet for the 33rd time with the Terps leading 17-15.
THE LAST TIME... The last time Maryland recorded five losses this early in the season was in 1995. The Terps opened the season with three straight losses (Akron, George Washington and Pittsburgh, respectively) and suffered their fourth loss on Sept. 15 at Michigan State, and their fifth loss at Duke on Sept. 22. The Terps would, however, go on to post a 22-10 overall record, 10-4 in the ACC, and earn their first NCAA bid since 1990.
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 444 assists in 48 games for a 9.25 per game average.
BRIDOVA SEEING PLAYING TIME Maryland sophomore setter Katarina Bridova saw her first real action of her young career, playing in all three games at Colorado. It marked the first time in her career that she has played an entire match. She totaled 15 assists in the Terps three-game loss.
KRUGERS 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 214-117 record at Maryland, and has a 586-219-6 career record in her 20 years.
TERPS BY THE NUMBERS
20
The Terps own a 20-match overall home win streak after their win over American on Monday (including matches at Cole Field House and Ritchie Coliseum). Their last loss was on Oct. 9, 1996 against George Mason in Cole Field House.
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.
.340
Terp freshman Katie Cramer is hitting a team-high .340.
2.95
Maryland is averaging 2.95 blocks per game with freshman Katie Cramer posting a team-high 1.37 blocks.
15.85
Maryland is averaging 15.85 digs per game.
AVCA/USA Today Poll
(as of Sept. 29, 1998)
1. Penn State 12-0 2. Long Beach State 12-0 3. Nebraska 11-0 4. UC Santa Barbara 12-0 5. BYU 10-1 6. Wisconsin 12-1 7. Stanford 8-2 8. USC 7-3 9. Florida 11-2 10. Hawaii 9-1 11. Pacific 9-2 12. Colorado 9-2 13. Texas 8-2 14. Loyola Marymount 9-2 15. Arkansas 10-2 16. Texas A&M 9-1 17. San Diego 9-2 18. Ohio State 7-4 19. Arizona 11-1 20. Illinois 9-3 21. Michigan State 8-2 22. Minnesota 11-2 23. Louisville 9-2 24. Fresno State 12-0 25. Kansas State 8-3
