Illinois volleyball outlasts Maryland in five sets
Paityn Chapman had 21 kills as the Illini won the fifth set 15-8; Illinois plays at Rutgers on Saturday.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Illinois beat Maryland 3-2 in Big Ten volleyball Friday night at the Stephen M. Schanwald Pavilion, according to the official box score and an Illinois Athletics release. The set scores were 22-25, 25-21, 24-26, 25-18 and 15-8.
The win moves Illinois to 13-7 overall and 5-4 in the Big Ten. Maryland fell to 12-8 and 2-7, the box score shows.
Paityn Chapman led Illinois with 21 kills, and Taylor de Boer and Ashlyn Philpot added 10 each. Kenna Phelan had 52 assists, Talita Goncalves led the team in digs and Maya Harris served five aces, a career high according to an Illinois Athletics release. Illinois hit.297 as a team to Maryland's.244 and had nine aces to Maryland's seven.
Sydney Bryant led Maryland with 17 kills.
Illinois finishes its road swing at Rutgers on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m., then hosts Northwestern at Huff Hall on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m., according to the team's schedule.
Source: Illinois Athletics official box score, Illinois at Maryland, Oct. 23, 2026; release, "Illinois Volleyball Grinds Out Five-Set Road Win at Maryland," Oct. 23, 2026; and the Illinois volleyball schedule.