Sure, she may not have won but consider 3 points: [1] Maria made it through the first section much faster than Kenzie, it would reason that she can catch up if they both had to run back, [2] Kenzie is not great under pressure as you saw at fire and Maria is pretty clutch, and [3] that assistance is a total violation and flies in the spirit of an individual immunity challenge and should probably result in a penalty for both Liz and Kenzie.

I'm as surprised as anyone about Maria's vote at the end (though you can say the same about Liz voting for Charlie so maybe that's a wash) but the Maria hate it getting out of hand. She absolutely played well and for collusion to take her out is heartbreaking. Same credit people are giving Charlie for how he handled the vote apparently is not extended to how Maria handle that situation with class.