Volleyball Earns Gutsy Five Set Win Over Maryland – Michigan State University Athletics

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Michigan State volleyball program earned its fourth five-set victory on Friday, defeating Maryland, 3-2 (25-18, 15-25, 25-19, 16-25, 15-8) in alternating units. The Spartans went on a 10-0 run to shut out set 5 and earn the workforce’s first Large Ten win of the season.
 
Michigan State (10-4, 1-2 B1G) out-hit the Terrapins .234 to .225 utilizing a 60 to 50 kill benefit to its favor. The Spartans hit a whopping .632 in set 5 to spark the match-winning run. MSU hit .310 in transition and .333 on its first transition assault in comparison with hitting .157 on first ball attacking.
 
Three Spartans completed with double-digit kills, led by sophomore Aliyah Moore who posted a career-high 19 kills. Freshman Maradith O’Gorman had 13 kills for MSU, together with six huge ones within the fifth set to propel Michigan State to victory. Ending together with her first profession double-double was freshman Evie Doezema who had 12 kills and 11 digs enjoying as a six-rotation. Sophomore Julia Bishop posted a season-high 44 assists whereas junior Nalani Iosia had a match-high 18 digs.
 
Set one was carefully contested within the early levels, with Michigan State holding only a one-point benefit (16-15) simply previous the mid-way level. The Spartans ended the set on a 9-3 run that noticed them win the set by seven factors, 25-18. Doezema and Moore had kills down the stretch for the Spartans, but it surely was expensive errors that finally doomed Maryland in set one. Michigan State held the Terrapins to -.095 hitting within the body. Three of Michigan State’s six blocks on Friday night time got here in set one.
 
Set two was all Maryland because the Terps hit .400 and cruised to a 25-15 victory over the Spartans.
 
The perimeters continued to commerce units as Michigan State got here again from an early 7-3 deficit to take set three. MSU used a 7-1 run to take a 10-8 lead over Maryland because of kills from Doezema, Moore and Iosia. Set three was essentially the most back-and-forth set of the night time as groups exchanged six lead modifications and 7 tie scores. The set was tied as late as 18-18 which compelled an MSU timeout. Michigan State as soon as once more went on a 7-1 run to shut out the set utilizing kills from Bishop and Moore, in addition to a slew of Terrapin errors.
 
Maryland led by as many as 10 factors in set 4 earlier than the Spartans began to chip away on the lead. Trailing 14-4, Michigan State introduced the match again inside 4 factors, 18-14, after robust service runs by Doezema, Iosia and Bishop. Maryland did not break nevertheless, forcing a decisive fifth set to settle issues.
 
Michigan State trailed 8-5 because the groups switched sides in set 5, however fast kills from Doezema and Moore compelled a Terrapin timeout as Maryland instantly discovered themselves trailing by one. One other kill from Doezema and a Bishop ace put the Spartans up three earlier than Maradith O’Gorman completed them off with three kills within the last 4 factors of the match.
 
Notable:
 

• Aubrey and Maradith O’Gorman turned the primary pair of sisters to start out alongside aspect each other for Michigan State since Tracy and Marley Bellwood did so in 2005. Aubrey O’Gorman completed the match with a career-best six kills because the sisters mixed for 19 of Michigan State’s 60 kills.

 
Up Subsequent: The Spartans stay on the street, heading to College Park, Pa. for a match at No. 12-ranked Penn State (12-2, 1-2 B1G) at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2.