After 6-foot-5 middle blocker Anastasia Russ decided to transfer to Maryland from the University of Pittsburgh earlier this season, the Terps were greeted with even more good news today.
Graduate students Rainelle Jones and Maddie Naumann announced their plans to return to College Park for a fifth season.
At middle blocker, Jones proved to be one of the nation’s best, averaging 1.94 kills per set, a .266 hitting percentage, and 1.73 blocks per set, by far the most in the country. With the addition of Russ and foreseeable improvement of junior middle blocker Laila Ricks, the Terps frontline will be a tough one to score on.