After going up 24-21 late in the opening set against Washington, Maryland volleyball looked poised to get its first set victory since Oct. 5. But the Huskies responded with two straight points of their own, putting the Terps at risk of blowing a lead eerily similar to Friday’s match.
Instead, pin hitter Samantha Schnitta clobbered a kill down the line — her fifth of the opening set — to give Maryland the set win. Schnitta, the team’s leader with 238 kills, entered the match in the midst of her worst three-game stretch of the season, recording just 20 kills.