After trading scores late in the second set, Maryland volleyball found itself in striking distance with the score at 24-22 in favor of the Cornhuskers. But like Superman emerging from his phone booth, Erika Pritchard emerged from a Maryland timeout with a fierce kill down the line into the pocket of freshman Keonilei Akana, followed by a service ace to tie the set.
Rebekah Rath then got into the action with a kill that grazed off the fingertips of Nebraska’s wall to tie the match. The Terps benefitted off late mistakes from their opponent as two attacking errors sailed out of play to give Maryland the hard fought set victory, their first first set off of Nebraska since 2015.