Volleyball Meets Maryland in Home Finale

Saturday, March 27

New Brunswick, N.J.

4:00 PM (ET)

Rutgers University

Maryland

Mar 26 | Women's Volleyball

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The Rutgers-Maryland series moves to the College Ave Gym on Saturday where the Scarlet Knights close out their home schedule against the Terps at 4 p.m.

Seniors Yana Kamshilina and Mary Kate Painter will be honor prior to the start of the match.

GAME DAY INFO

Venue:	College Ave Gym \| New Brunswick, N.J.
Game Notes:	Rutgers \| Maryland
Statistics:	Rutgers \| Maryland \| Big Ten
Video:	Big Ten Network Plus
Live Stats:	Live Stats
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FAN INFORMATION

Due to COVID-19 safety protocols, fan attendance at the College Ave Gym is limited to four tickets allotted to each coach and student-athlete for family members only.
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ABOUT THE SCARLET KNIGHTS

Senior Beka Kojadinovic continues to lead the Scarlet Knights attack at 2.72 k/s and swung for a career-high tying 18 kills in last Friday's four-set setback to No. 10 Purdue as well as a team-leading 13 in Wednesday's victory over Maryland. She leads RU with four double-doubles.
Following on the stat sheet on the attack is junior Anastasiia Maksimova is at 2.46 k/s and collected her second double-double of the season with 11 kills and 14 digs along with a career-high four aces in the first meeting with the Terps.
Junior Inna Balyko ranks seventh in the Big Ten in assists with 8.52 a/s and moved up to fifth all-time at Rutgers in the category against then-No. 19 Ohio State. She is second all-time in assists in the rally scoring era with 2,456 helpers.
Redshirt junior Shealyn McNamara continues to lead the defense at the net with 54 total and 0.89 b/s. She is coming off a six-block effort against Maryland on Wednesday night.
Also on the defense, freshman libero Madyson Chitty is collecting 2.87 d/s and has posted double-digit digs in six of the last ten matches. The rookie Scarlet Knight contributed 17 digs in Wednesday's night victory and also had a notable performance last time at the College Ave Gym having with a career-high 19 against No. 10 Purdue.

SCOUTING MARYLAND

The Terps come to the College Ave Gym at 4-13 having dropped a pair of matches at Illinois last weekend and a four-set setback to Rutgers on Wednesday. The losses snapped a three-game win streak, Maryland's longest since joining the Big Ten in 2014.
Senior Erika Pritchard leads the Terps at 3.53 k/s and is currently second all-time at Maryland in kills and points. She is 10^th in the league kills and sixth in service aces with 26. She had her sixth double-double of the year 17 kills and 10 digs on Wednesday night.
Aiding on the attack is senior Nicole Alford at 6.15 a/s.
On defense, senior Sam Burgio is the conference's leader in digs at 4.49 d/s while junior Rainelle Jones is third in blocking with 1.41 b/s with 96 total stops on the season.

NOTES FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S WIN

Rutgers took a 3-1 victory over Maryland in game one of the series giving the Scarlet Knights their most Big Ten wins in a season since joining the league in 2014.
The 25-16, 16-25, 25-17, 25-22 win was the first for the Scarlet Knights over the Terrapins since 2015 and the first victory by RU in College Park since 1980.
Three Scarlet Knights finished with double-doubles. Senior Beka Kojadinovic had a team-leading 13 kills to go along with 13 digs. Junior Anastasiia Maksimova swung for 11 points and collected a career-high 14 digs. Junior Inna Balyko registered 40 assists and 13 digs.
Maksimova also served up a career-high four aces.
Defensively, freshman Madyson Chitty led with 17 digs, while redshirt junior Shealyn McNamara posted six blocks along with five from the hands of freshman Tina Grkovic.
The victory marked the third win in Big Ten play in the 2021 spring season, the most by the Scarlet Knights since joining the league in 2014.
The win was also the first over Maryland since 2015 and first in College Park since 1980.
It was the second time this season three Scarlet Knights collected a double-double in a contest. Kojadinovic, Maksimova and Balyko also had double-doubles in the five-set setback against current No. 9 Ohio State. Balyko and Kojadinovic each had their fourth double-double of the 2021 campaign while Maskimova posted her second. Balyko leads all current Scarlet Knights with 23 career double-doubles, while Kojadinovic has 10 and Maksimova has seven.
Maksimova served up a career-high four aces surpassing her previous best of three against Michigan State last season. She has at least one service ace in the last three contests.
Maksimova also collected a career-high 14 digs usurping her previous best of 13, which she had done on five prior occasions, the most recent against then No. 19 Ohio State this season.