Up 23-17 in the second set, Maryland volley looked to close out an utterly dominant performance. An Iowa serve was dug, set and delivered in a matter of seconds by a feisty Maryland offense.
Middle blocker Rainelle Jones was the trigger woman. On her 21st birthday in front of not just her family donning cutouts, but a flurry of Maryland faithfuls, the junior swatted Maryland’s 15th kill of the set into dead space on Iowa’s side.
That kill emphatically buried the Hawkeyes, as an attacking error from Amiya Jones officially sealed the tremendous offensive output by the Terps in the second set.