Maryland volleyball announces plans to build a team suite and sweet new locker room

It looks like Terps football isn’t the only team getting a facilities upgrade.

Maryland volleyball announced plans for a new locker room and team suite, with construction on the locker room to start this fall.

The suite will be adjacent to the Xfinity Center and the team is expected to be able to move in before the 2018 season.

In the meantime, the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) preseason top 25 was released, and though the Terps didn’t make the cut, a large portion of their schedule did.

Their most notable out-of-conference opponent on the list is No. 3 Washington, who will face Maryland on Sept. 15 as part of the Maryland Challenge at the Xfinity Center.

Nine of the Terps' Big Ten foes also made the cut for the top 25, including four teams in the top 10.

In other news

Here’s video of Terps football coach DJ Durkin’s interview with reporters at yesterday’s open practice. Camp is just opening up, and so is competition on the depth chart.

Keep voting for the best kicker in Terps history. After the first day, Nick Novak leads with 67 percent of the vote.

Sophomore kicker Mike Shinsky is still looking for a defined role with the Terps this year.

Durkin went on 247Sports’ Notorious B1G podcast, at around 29:10, to talk about getting recruits to “Trust the Process” and building the program.

Junior forward and soccer’s reigning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Gordon Wild was named to the MAC Hermann Award watch list, given to the most outstanding male and female players in college soccer. He was a finalist last year.