SCORE: UMBC 3, UAlbany 0
LOCATION: Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena - Baltimore, Md.
RECORDS: UAlbany 7-18, 2-8 AE | UMBC 15-7, 8-2 AE
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes put up a strong battle, including a neck-and-neck second set, but the Retrievers pulled out three straight sets for the win, Sunday afternoon.
COACH JOSH PICKARD: "Two close sets but we weren't able to generate enough offense to have a different outcome. I'm proud of this team with so many new faces to get to know each other and work as hard as they did all season. This is a long process that we've only begun to move through and I'm very proud of everyone in this program."
KEY STATS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UMBC opened the match with four unanswered points.
- Going back and forth, the Great Danes gradually worked to tie the score at 16.
- Trading points throughout the late-set action, the Retrievers closed the first set, 25-20, after a 5-1 scoring run.
- UAlbany tallied the first point of the second set before UMBC gained a 4-2 lead.
- The Great Danes reversed the score and earned a 6-5 lead with a short 3-0 scoring run.
- After four straight points from the Retrievers, UAlbany answered with a second 3-0 scoring run to retake a one-point lead, 12-11.
- The second set continued with neck-and-neck action but UMBC closed it out, 25-23.
- The Retrievers built an early five-point advantage, 8-3, in the third set.
- Advancing its lead with two scoring runs - a four-point and a five-point - UMBC gained a double-digit point lead, 21-11.
- Although action returned to its back-and-forth nature, the Great Danes were unable to overcome the deficit and fell, 25-14, to lose the match, 3-0.
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