Virginia Volleyball Tournament
September 16-17, 2022
Memorial Gym
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The University of Maryland volleyball closes out the non-conference portion of its schedule this weekend as it travels to Charlottesville, Virginia, for a trio of matches against Mercer, East Carolina, and Virginia.
The matches will be streamed on ACC Network with live stats on StatBroadcast courtesy of Virginia.
| DATE | TIME (ET) | MATCHUP |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 16 | 10 AM | Mercer vs Maryland |
| Sept. 16 | 12:30 PM | East Carolina at Virginia |
| Sept. 16 | 5 PM | Maryland vs East Carolina |
| Sept. 16 | 7:30 PM | Mercer at Virginia |
| Sept. 17 | 12 PM | East Carolina vs Mercer |
| Sept. 17 | 3 PM | Maryland at Virginia |
THIS WEEK’S STORYLINES
First time foes and familiar foes
- Coach Adam Hughes will be facing Mercer and East Carolina for the first time in his career while this is the first meeting with Mercer in program history.
- Meanwhile, the Terps will also face Virginia, who they have faced 60 times in program history. That’s the four-most meetings with an opponent for Maryland (Duke – 69, North Carolina – 65, NC State – 65). Maryland swept the Cavs last year.
Road Trippin’
- This marks the third consecutive weekend on the road for Maryland with recent trips to Long Island and San Diego.
- Maryland will have a 29-day break between its last game at home (August 27) and next game at home (September 25)
Notable numbers
- Rainelle Jones is three blocks away from sole possession of second place on the Terps’ all-time list. She already sits second in terms of block assists with 531. She’s 22 away from first place on that list. Jones is currently the active career leader in total blocks across the NCAA and sits fourth in blocks per set.
- Sydney Dowler is now at ninth all-time in program history with 1,610 assists. She’s 57 assists away from passing Tedi Doucet for eighth all-time while Eden Kroeger hols the top spot with 5,259 in her career.
- Sam Csire enters the weekend with exactly 600 kills in her career. Laila Ricks is only three away from notching her 300th career kill while Laila Ivey is nine away from her 100th career kill.
- Anastasia Russ is 26 kills away from her 100th…
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