ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany volleyball team continues America East play at home against an undefeated, in conference play, UMBC.
 
The Great Danes are looking to paint the gym purple against the Retrievers. Come out and wear all the purple you have to Paint it Purple.
 
Masks will be required inside all buildings on campus.
 
MATCH INFORMATION
 
UMBC at UAlbany
DATE: Friday, October 22
TIME: 7:00 PM ET
SITE: University Gym - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 8-12, 4-2 America East | UMBC 12-10, 7-0 America East
SERIES RECORD: 34-9, UAlbany leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: AE.TV
 
*records as of 10/19
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• UAlbany opened their home slate with the Crowne Plaza Albany - The Desmond Hotel Volleyball Classic on September 3. The Great Danes closed the tournament defeating Cornell, 3-1 on Sept. 4. 
• UAlbany opened their season with a 1-2 record at the Syracuse Tournament (Aug. 27-28), defeating UB (Aug. 28), 3-0, for their first win of the season, before beating Marist, 3-1, on Tuesday (Aug. 31). The Great Danes traveled to Texas for the Texas A&M Invitational (Sept. 10-11) and competed in the Jayhawk Classic hosted by the University of Kansas (Sept. 17-18).
• Closing out their non-conference season, UAlbany hosted Siena for a 3-0 match in the first-ever School Supplies Night (Sept. 22). 
• The Great Danes began America East play with a 3-2 loss at Binghamton (Sept. 26).
• UAlbany won their next three conference games, defeating Hartford for a 3-0 victory on October 8 and taking a 3-1 win at NJIT on October 10 after beating Stony Brook (10/3). 
• Before defeating Hartford for a second time on October 17, the Great Danes fell at New Hampshire in five sets (Oct. 15).
• Freshman Oren Abutbul leads the Great Danes offense with 203 kills and 2.71 kills per set.
• Junior Malea Stanton and freshman Elaina Wamhoff serve as the team's main setters. Stanton leads with 398 assists and 5.31 assists/set. Wamhoff follows with 326 assists and 4.29 assists/set.
• Senior Charlotte Macken owns a team-high on both offense and defense. She leads with 25 service aces, 306 digs, and 4.03 digs/set. 
• Freshman Anissia Wong leads the blockers with 74.0 total blocks, including seven solo blocks, and 1.00 blocks/set.
• Other Great Dane standouts include graduate student Danielle Tedesco (first on the team with a .293 hitting percentage and second on the team with 60.0 total blocks, 166 kills, and 2.31 kills per set) and Regan Wright (second on the team with 153 digs, and 2.28 digs/set).

 
ABOUT UMBC

• The Retrievers opened their season with an exhibition match against Navy on August 21.
• UMBC traveled to Florida to play in the FGCU Tournament, finishing with an 0-4 record against FGCU (8/27), South Florida (8/28), Rutgers (8/28), and Miami (8/29).
• The Retrievers played at the Cowtown Classic (Sept. 2-3), capturing a win against UT Rio Grande Valley and two losses, Nicholls St and TCU, to round out their trip to Texas.
• UMBC was bested in four sets in a Sept. 7 match against American University.
• The Retrievers played at the Charm City Challenge Presented by Sir Speedy, Sept. 10-11, and the Mountaineer Invitational, Sept. 16-17, winning 2 of 3 matches at both tournaments. 
• UMBC opened America East conference play against Stony Brook on Sept. 25, winning 3-1.
• The Retrievers are undefeated in America East play after seven consecutive in-conference games. UMBC has played New Hampshire (10/1, 10/10), Hartford (10/3), NJIT (10/8, 10/17), and Binghamton (10/15) for its conference victories.
• Mia Bilusic leads the team with 257 kills, for a 3.47 kills per set average.
• Andjelija Draskovic is the team's main setter with 477 assists and an 8.83 assist per set average.
• On defense, Loren Teter leads the team with 348 digs, for a 4.46 digs per set average, while Beste Ayhan leads with 103 blocks, including a team-high 13 solo blocks.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE RETRIEVERS

• The Great Danes lead the all-time series, 34-9, winning their first matchup in 2002.
• UAlbany's longest win streak against the Retrievers totals 13 games. It began with a five-set win on November 4, 2007, and finished after a four-set loss on November 2, 2012.
• Their last matchup, the 2020-21 America East Championship game resulted in a loss for UAlbany after five sets.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• UMBC remains as the sole undefeated team in the America East with a 7-0 record.
• Stony Brook and UAlbany are tied for second with a 4-2 record.
• New Hampshire currently ranks fourth with a .500 win percentage (3-3).
• Binghamton (2-4), Hartford (1-4), and NJIT (0-6) round out the conference with their respective records.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Friday
  • New Hampshire at NJIT, 6 pm
  • UMBC at UAlbany, 7 pm
  • Stony Brook at Hartford, 7 pm
• Sunday
  • Stony Brook at New Hampshire, 1 pm
  • UMBC at Binghamton, 1 pm
  • NJIT at Hartford, 3 pm

 
WHAT'S UP, PRESEASON

• The Great Dane volleyball team was picked to finish first in the conference in the preseason coaches' poll. UMBC and New Hampshire were voted into a tie for second place.
• UAlbany added seven new players to the roster for the 2021 season.

 
UP NEXT

• The Great Danes will head back on the road for their final non-conference game at Sacred Heart, Tuesday (Oct. 26).

For more information on the University at Albany volleyball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanyvb
Instagram - @ualbanyvb
Facebook – facebook.com/UAlbanyVB