Down 7-1 to begin its match at No. 4 Wisconsin, Maryland volleyball head coach Adam Hughes called a timeout, hoping to stop the Badgers’ momentum in its tracks and regroup his team.
It didn’t work as a kill from Badger outside hitter Grace Loberg put the Terps down 8-1. The lead quickly extended to 9-1, which Maryland couldn’t ever overcome in an eventual straight set loss.
When Maryland took the Nittany Lions to five sets in a loss in State College, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 11, it looked like the program might finally have the chops to compete against the top talent in the conference.