Oct. 18, 2007
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Maryland travels to Georgia Tech for a Friday night matchup with Georgia Tech, to be shown on tape delay on Fox Sports South. Match time is 7 p.m. from O'Keefe Gymnasium in Atlanta.
The Terrapins enter the match having won three straight matches to improve their record to 13-6 overall and 5-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Maryland has won three straight matches, including a 3-1 victory over Boston College on Tuesday night in College Park. The victory pulled Maryland into a fifth-place tie in the league standings at 5-5.
Maryland started the year by going 8-1 in non-league matchups, winning the VCU Invitational Tournament in early September. The Terrapins enter the match with the Yellow Jackets with a 1-6 road record. The Terps will be trying to win their first ACC road match this season.
Georgia Tech is 11-8 overall after Tuesday's 3-0 loss at home to league-leading Clemson. The Yellow Jackets are just ahead of Maryland in the ACC standings, standing in fourth place at 5-4.
Maryland follows the Georgia Tech match with a trip to Clemson on Saturday night. The Tigers are 16-2 and 9-0 in the ACC, and will host Boston College (10-10, 4-6) on Friday.
MARYLAND TEAM NOTES
The Terrapins have won three straight and five of their last seven after suffering a three-match losing streak in mid-September... Each of Maryland's last five wins and six of its last seven matches have gone four games.
Tonight marks the first of two volleyball meetings between Maryland and Georgia Tech this season. The two teams end the regular season in College Park on Nov. 23.
The two teams split five-game matches last year, with Georgia Tech winning 30-21, 26-30, 30-15, 26-30, 15-8 in Atlanta (11/18/06) and Maryland winning in College Park 16-30, 30-23, 22-30, 30-26, 15-13 (10/6/06).
TERPS IN NCAA RANKINGS (As of Oct. 14)
Terps are 4th in the nation in team blocks per game with 3.54... Louisville leads the nation with 4.17 blocks per game.
Jade Brown is 29th in the NCAA with a 1.46 blocks-per-game average, while Mary Beth Brown is 49th at 1.37.
TERPS IN ACC RANKINGS (As of Oct. 14)
Katie Usher (Soph.) - 4th in hitting pct. (.353).
Jade Brown (Sr.) - 3rd in blocks per game (1.46).
Mary Beth Brown (Jr.) - 6th in blocks per game (1.37).
Terps - 1st in blocks per game (3.54), 1st in opponent hitting pct. (.149).
