Terps Host Purdue, Indiana in Final Week
11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
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Maryland (11-19, 3-15 B1G)
at Maryland (11-19, 3-15 B1G)| opponent capsules | ||
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| PURDUE Series vs. Maryland: Purdue leads, 5-0 Last Time Out: Nov. 2, 2016 (Purdue, 3-1) |
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| INDIANA Series vs. Maryland: Indiana leads, 3-2 Last Time Out: Oct. 2, 2015 (Indiana, 3-1) |
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| Stat Comparison | |||
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| Category | MD | PUR | IND |
| Kills/Set | 12.0 | 13.2 | 13.0 |
| Hitting Pct. | .178 | .248 | .242 |
| Blocks/Set | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Digs/Set | 12.8 | 13.0 | 10.2 |
| Assists/Set | 11.2 | 12.3 | 11.9 |
| Aces/Set | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland volleyball team (11-17, 3-13 Big Ten) hosts its final two matches of the season this week as Purdue (17-12, 7-11) and Indiana (17-14, 6-12) travel to the XFINITY Center Pavilion.
• The Terps take on the Boilermakers on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The match will be live streamed on BTN Plus.
• Maryland hosts Indiana on Friday at 7 p.m. for Senior Day. The match will be live streamed on BTN Plus.
Wednesday promos
• The first 50 fans in attendance at Wednesday's match will receive a Maryland-branded potholder.
• Wednesday is Dollar Dog Night, and fans can purchase $1 hot dogs at concessions.
friday promos
• Friday is Senior Night. Fans are encouraged to arrive early as the Terps recognize seniors Ashlyn MacGregor, Carlotta Oggioni and Whitney Craigo.
• Friday is also Fan Appreciation Night. Fans will have the opportunity to win prizes throughout the match.
last time out
• The Terps fell to Northwestern in three sets in their final road match of the season last Saturday.
• Sophomore outside hitter Liz Twilley led the Terps with 11 kills while hitting at a .364 clip. Senior middle blocker Ashlyn MacGregor posted six blocks while sophomore libero Kelsey Wicinski made 14 digs.
Scouting the purdue boilermakers
• The Boilermakers defeated Indiana in five sets before falling to No. 15 Penn State in four last week.
• Danielle Cuttino leads Purdue and ranks third in the Big Ten with 4.07 kills per set. Four Boilermakers are averaging at least 2.04 kills per set.
• Ashley Evans leads the team with 10.77 assists per set and 0.25 aces per set. Natalie Haban leads Purdue with 3.10 digs per set.
• This is the second meeting between the Terps and Boilermakers this season. Purdue defeated Maryland in four sets on Nov. 2.
Scouting the indiana hoosiers
• Indiana fell to Purdue in five sets before sweeping Rutgers last week.
• Allison Hammond leads the Hoosiers with 3.30 kills per set. Taylor Lebo has the team with lead with 3.63 digs per set.
• Megan Tallman and Victoria Brisack have split time at setter. Tallman is averaging 8.71 assists per set while Brisack is averaging 6.49 assists per set.
• The Hoosiers rank second in the Big Ten with 1.55 service aces per set. Lebo is serving 0.33 aces per set while Hammond is averaging 0.30 aces per set.
Milana mania
• Freshman outside hitter Gia Milana, the No. 16 recruit in her class, has made an immediate impact for the Terps.
• A six-rotation player, Milana currently leads the Terps and ranks fifth in the Big Ten with 4.00 kills per set. Milana is also second on the team with 2.34 digs per set.
• Milana was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Nov. 14. She has hit double-digit kills in 24 matches this season.
• In conference games, the Romeo, Mich., native ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 4.03 kills per set.
• Milana leads the Big Ten freshmen in kills per set and ranks sixth amongst conference newcomers in digs per set.
Macgregor impresses in the middle
• Senior middle blocker Ashlyn MacGregor has stepped up in her final season as a Terp. She currently ranks 17th in the nation with 1.42 blocks per set and is 15th nationally with 151 total blocks. MacGregor is third in the Big Ten in blocks per set and second in total blocks.
• MacGregor made a career-high 14 blocks in the team's win over Sacred Heart (8/27). The Tarpon Springs, Fla., native was named to three all-tournament teams in nonconference play, and was named Maryland's first-ever Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on August 29.
• To read more about MacGregor's rise this season, click here.
wicinski steps up as back-row leader
• Sophomore Kelsey Wicinski, who earned the libero jersey halfway through her freshman season, has stepped up as one of Maryland's defensive leaders.
• The Geneva, Ill., native leads the team and is second in the Big Ten with 4.23 digs per set. She set a new career high with 28 digs vs. Oklahoma (9/16).
• Wicinski was named to all four nonconference all-tournament teams, and was selected as the Maryland Invite MVP.
Terps announce 2017 signing class
• Head coach Steve Aird announced the signing of five stellar athletes to the freshman class of 2017 last week as the Terps welcome their strongest recruiting class in program history.
• Next year's freshmen feature outside hitter Lexi Alden, defensive specialist/libero Sam Burgio, outside/opposite hitter Samantha Drechsel, outside hitter/middle blocker Jada Gardner and outside hitter Erika Pritchard.
• Drechsel, Pritchard and Gardner are the PrepVolleyball's No. 23, No. 29 and No. 68 players in their class, while Alden and Burgio were selected to PrepVolleyball's 'The 150' as some of the nation's top players.
• Burgio is the 2015 New York Gatorade Player of the Year, and Burgio, Drechsel and Pritchard were all named Under Armour All-Americans.
dmv to umd
• The Terps have five players on the roster from the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia): junior middle blocker Hailey Murray (Washington, D.C.), junior defensive specialist Samantha Higginbothem (Middletown, Md.), sophomore outside hitter Liz Twilley (Ijamsville, Md.), freshman defensive specialist Nell Drummey (Silver Spring, Md.) and freshman outside hitter Megan McTigue (Darnestown, Md.).
• The Terrapins feature the last two Maryland Gatorade Players of the Year in Twilley and McTigue.
• Murray, Higginbothem, Drummey and McTigue all played club for Metro American Volleyball Club. McTigue and Drummey were high school teammates at Academy of Holy Cross.
terps face tough road
• Maryland competes in 17 matches against 12 teams ranked in the latest AVCA Coaches Poll this season. All but four of Maryland's conference matches have been played against teams ranked or receiving votes in the AVCA Coaches Poll.
• The Terps take on three of the top-five teams and six of the top-10.
• Six of Maryland's conference opponents are currently ranked, including No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Minnesota, No. 3 Wisconsin, No. 14 Michigan State, No. 15 Penn State and No. 18 Michigan while Ohio State, Illinois and Purdue are receiving votes.
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