COLLEGE PARK, MD – In Maryland’s volleyball’s 2024 home season opener, it swept Alabama A&M (25-12, 25-12, 25-9) at the Xfinity Center Pavilion on Sept. 6. The Terps (2-2) picked up their second sweep of the season. The Terps also set a school record for single-game attack percentage (.500). They broke their record of .484 against Lafayette on Sept. 9, 2000.
Maryland dominated each set. The Terps excelled in the first set in particular, posting a .600 hitting percentage while holding the Bulldogs in the negative. They also forced seven attack errors and recorded 14 kills to the Bulldogs’ four in the set.
All the best moments from the Terps’ set 1 win over Alabama A&M 🔥#B1GVolleyball x @TerpsVolleyball pic.twitter.com/ljGV18nYYy
— Big Ten Volleyball (@B1GVolleyball) September 6, 2024
Graduate pin hitter Samantha Schnitta led Maryland with 11 kills and four blocks, and Fifth-year libero Lilly Gunter led with nine digs.
Senior setter Zoe Huang led the Terps with 18 assists. It was her fourth career game with double-digit assists, following a career-high 29 assists against New Hampshire.
Eva Rohrbach and Sydney Bryant also performed well, totaling seven kills, two digs and two blocks apiece.
The match was part of the Maryland Tournament. The Bulldogs are now 2-4 on the season.
Terps win set one after a hot serve from Ally Williams 🔥#B1GVolleyball on @BigTenPlus 💻 pic.twitter.com/VQWTNy5u0y
— Big Ten Volleyball (@B1GVolleyball) September 6, 2024
Breaking Down The Action
Set 1: Maryland 25 – Alabama A&M 12
- Maryland began the set on a 4-2 run with kills by Anastasia Russ, Sydney Bryant and Samantha Schnitta.
- Sam Csire stuffed Alabama A&M to maintain Maryland’s lead, 10-7.
- Russ recorded a kill at 15-8, causing the Bulldogs to call a timeout.
- A huge single block at the net by Bryant forced the Bulldogs to call their final timeout of the set at 20-9.
- Maryland closes out the first set with an ace by Ally Williams, 25-12.
Set 2: Maryland 25 – Alabama A&M 12
- After an opening kill by Ellie Watson, the Terps opened set two, 3-3.
- On a run by Williams and after a single block shutout by Csire, the Bulldogs called their first timeout, trailing 11-8.
- Two lefty kills down the line by Schnitta, causing Maryland to lead 16-11.
- After an eight-point run by…
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