SCORE: UMBC 3, UAlbany 1 (25-19, 25-17, 23-25, 25-22)
 
LOCATION: Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena - Baltimore, Md.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 11-14, 7-4 America East | UMBC 16-11, 11-0 America East 
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes fought hard, winning one set, but it was the host, UMBC, who took the 3-1 win, Sunday afternoon.
 
COACH JOSH PICKARD: "It was a tough match today. We started out flat and gave a good team too much of a lead. I'm happy with how the team responded after making some switches for the third set. It was a tough road weekend and we came out 1-1 and clinched the postseason. That is not bad but there are still things to work on."
 
KEY STATS

• Graduate student Danielle Tedesco and senior Grace Cozad led with 12 kills each.
• Freshman Anissia Wong held a team-high six blocks.
• Senior libero Charlotte Macken led the defense with 13 digs and 34 receptions.
• Junior Malea Stanton played as the team's main setter, tallying 35 assists.
• Overall, the Great Danes totaled three service aces, senior Regan Wright, freshman Lilou Stegeman, and Stanton each tallied one.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Great Danes tallied the first point with a block from Oren Abutbul and Lilou Stegeman before earning a 4-2 lead.
• The Retrievers came back to tie it at six, taking a slight lead. Play continued back-and-forth until UMBC earned a four-point scoring run for a 17-11 advantage. 
• UAlbany was unable to overcome the Retrievers lead and fell, 25-19, in the first set.
• Once again, the Great Danes tallied the first point in the second set but UMBC earned the first two-point lead, 4-2. 
• The Retrievers continued to advance their lead, quickly gaining a larger point differential, before taking the second set, 25-17.
• Once more, the Great Danes earned the first point and the first two-point lead at 4-2.
• UAlbany continued their two-point advantage before extending to a four-point lead at 11-7. 
• UMBC went on a 9-1 scoring run to take the lead for the first time in the third set, but a couple of points from the Great Danes, ending with a block from Danielle Tedesco and Abutbul, brought it back within one point.
• A service ace from Regan Wright gave UAlbany a 19-18 lead. Play continued back-and-forth before the Great Danes took the set, 25-22.
• UAlbany tallied the first point of the set, but UMBC quickly took the lead. 
• Down for much of the early set, the Great Danes tied the score at 12 before taking the lead. 
• UMBC gained back the lead to take the set, 25-22, and the match, 3-1.

 
NEXT: The Great Danes will return home for their final game of the regular season, and senior night, against Binghamton on Friday, November 12.

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