Maryland Sweeps Old Dominion for Season's First Win

Friday, September 5

Baltimore, MD

3:30 p.m.

Maryland

1-2,0-0Big Ten

Old Dominion

0-5,0-0Sun Belt

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Old Dominion	23	16	23	0
Maryland	25	25	25	3

9/5/2025 3:30:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

The Terps dominated the Monarchs in Baltimore on Friday.

BALTIMORE, MD - Maryland (1-2) earned its first win of the season in sweeping fashion (25-23, 25-16, 25-23) over Old Dominion (0-5) on Friday. Ajack Malual led the way as she was responsible for a team-high 12.5 points.

Maryland found its footing in a competitive first set before storming ahead to take the second set with commanding force. The Terps held on in Set 3 to seal their first win of the weekend. Haley Melby had nine kills, Malual recorded a trio of aces and Eva Rohrbach hit .364 across all three sets as the Terps downed the Monarchs.

How it Happened:
Set 1:

Old Dominion jumped out to a 5-1 lead.
Maryland rallied back to tie the set a 7-7.
Back-and-forth action with a steady flow of kills and errors led to a 17-14 Maryland lead.
A service ace from ODU capped off a run that brought the set to 18-18.
A 3-0 run from Maryland gave the Terps a 21-18 lead and forced an ODU timeout.
The Monarchs used a run of their own to tie the set at 22 as Maryland took a timeout.
An attack error from ODU sealed a 25-23 set win for the Terps.
Lilly Wagner had eight of UMD's 10 assists in the first set.

Set 2

The Monarchs opened a 2-0 lead, but the Terps rallied to tie the set at four.
Maryland forced back-to-back ODU attack errors to spark a 3-0 run and force an ODU timeout with the Terps up 12-9.
Maryland used its momentum to build an 18-12 advantage as ODU continued to make attack errors.
The Terps ran away with the second set for a 25-16 win in the second set.

Set 3:

ODU opened up another 2-0 lead.
The two squads battled to reach a 10-10 tie.
Maryland jumped ahead as back-to-back service aces from Malual put the Terps up 15-11.
ODU fought back to tie the set at 20.
Maryland pulled ahead in the final moments to earn a 25-23 Set 3 win.

Numbers to Know:

2: Maryland picked up its second all-time win over the Monarchs and now leads the series 2-0 with two sweeps.
3: Malual had a team-high three service aces in the win.
5: Duru Gokcen led the Terps with five block assists.
9: Melby recorded a team-high nine kills in the win.

Hughes on the Win:

"Happy to get our first win of the season with a young group that is still trying to find ways to compete together. I thought we did a nice job closing out Set 3 after being down late. Those situations are important for us to learn and grow. I still feel like this group has a ton of potential and we know we have some work to do to clean some things up but we're excited for another opportunity to compete tomorrow"

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