First Road Trip Awaits Maryland Volleyball

Friday, September 2

Stony Brook, NY

12 PM

Maryland

Georgetown

8/31/2022 1:53:00 PM | Volleyball

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Stony Brook Invitational

September 2-3, 2022
Pritchard Gymnasium

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland volleyball team heads North for its first road trip of the season at the Stony Brook Invitational. The Terps will face Georgetown, South Florida, and Stony Brook over the course of the weekend.

All matches will be streamed live on FloVolleyball.

UPDATE: The Terps will now face Georgetown at Noon ET on Friday September 2. The meeting was initially slated for 12:30 PM on Friday. The Terps will also face South Florida at 10 AM ET on Saturday September 3. That meeting was initially scheduled for 10:30 AM on Saturday.

DATE	TIME (ET)	MATCHUP
Sept. 2	12 PM	Georgetown vs Maryland
Sept. 2	4 PM	South Florida vs Georgetown
Sept. 2	6:30 PM	Maryland at Stony Brook
Sept. 3	10 AM	South Florida vs Maryland
Sept. 3	1 PM	Georgetown at Stony Brook
Sept. 3	5 PM	South Florida at Stony Brook

THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES

First Serve

Maryland hits the road for its first away swing of the season as it heads to Long Island for meetings with Georgetown, Stony Brook, and South Florida.
Last season the Terps went 4-0 in neutral nonconference games and 5-7 in true road matches.

B1G Time

Rainelle Jones was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on August 29 after an opening weekend with 23 blocks and 15 kills.
This is the third career Big Ten weekly honor for Jones after earning two last season.

Fresh Faces

The 2022 Terps feature a quartet of fresh faces between freshmen and transfers. With four newcomers on a team of fifteen, over a quarter percent of the roster is new. On the opening weekend, 38.8 percent of kills came from newcomers.
A 2021 AVCA High School All-American, Laila Ivey is a premier outside hitter and was one of the top recruits in her class. A three-time team captain and two-time All-Conference in high school, Ivey recorded 28 kills over the opening weekend with 12 in her official debut.
First-team All-District and Second-team All-Conference, Ally Williams is a defensive wizard from St. Louis, MO. After finishing with over 1,000 digs in high school she's ready to make her mark in College Park.
Incoming from her hometown of Pittsburgh, Anastasia Russ immediately became the tallest Terp when she joined the quad. Part of Pitt's Final Four run last season, Russ is an imposing presence at the net. Over the opening weekend, she recorded 19 kills and 11 blocks with an impressive .543 hitting percentage.
A grad transfer from Temple, Gem Grimshaw has been one of the AAC's top attackers over the past four seasons. Last year, she tallied three blocks, 14 kills, and 14 digs in a five-set thriller against Maryland.

Blocking bonanza

Maryland has cemented itself as one of the premier blocking teams across the NCAA and are currently sixth in the nation with 3.5 blocks per set.
Rainelle Jones is currently second in the nation with 2.56 blocks per set.
As a team, the Terps tallied 3.11 blocks per set to lead the country in 2021. The next closest team, Tennessee, had 3.01 awhile no other team had more than three per set.
Individually, Rainelle Jones ranked atop the country among individuals with 1.73 blocks per set. No other student-athlete had more than 1.51 per set. No one else had more than 1.45 over the season.

Connections

Both South Florida and Georgetown feature players from DC, Maryland, or Virginia. South Florida boasts Tatiana Johnson, a Frederick, Maryland native.
Unsurprisingly, Georgetown features three student-athletes from the area: Chanelle Smith, Mary Grace Goyena, and Karis Park.