VB, Team, Huddle, Siena, 2025
Bruce Dudek/UAlbany Athletics
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Winner UAlbany ALB 10-9,3-2 America East
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UMBC UMBC 6-10,3-2 America East
Winner
UAlbany ALB
10-9,3-2 America East
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Final
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UMBC UMBC
6-10,3-2 America East
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UAlbany ALB 25 14 25 25 (3)
UMBC UMBC 14 25 20 15 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Balanced Attack Leads Volleyball Past UMBC on the Road

LOCATION: Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena – Baltimore, Md.

SCORE: UAlbany 3, UMBC 1 (25-14, 14-25, 25-20, 25-15)

RECORD: UAlbany 10-9, 3-2 America East | UMBC 6-10, 3-2 America East

SHORT STORY: The UAlbany volleyball team continued its strong stretch of America East play with a four-set win over UMBC on Saturday afternoon.

COACH JOSH PICKARD: "Fantastic showing for the Great Danes on the road. We served the ball well, and that turned into a great blocking and defensive afternoon. We blocked 3.5 a set and were able to hit over .300, which those numbers in a match, any team is hard to beat."

KEY STATS

  • Graduate opposite Kendall Harris led UAlbany with 11 kills on .458 hitting, adding 7 digs and 3 blocks.

  • Graduate outside hitter Shynelle Woroniuk tallied 15 kills, 15 digs, and 1 ace.

  • Redshirt-junior middle blocker Gabriella Karman hit .308 with 6 kills and 10 blocks.

  • Sophomore setter Maria Olga Siapani posted 36 assists, 13 digs, and 5 blocks.

  • Sophomore defensive specialist Kasia Barletta anchored the back row with 6 digs and added an ace.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • UAlbany came out strong in the opening set, hitting .600 with 15 kills on 25 swings.

  • Maria Olga Siapani spread the ball around efficiently as Kendall Harris and Shynelle Woroniuk each posted multiple early kills. 

  • The Great Danes led wire-to-wire to take the frame 25-14.

  • UMBC answered in the second, capitalizing on UAlbany errors to even the match 25-14.

  • The Great Danes regained control in the third behind a dominant blocking performance.

  • Gabriella Karman and Harris combined for three rejections in the set, while Anna Myhal and Woroniuk delivered key kills down the stretch for a 25-20 win.

  • UAlbany carried that momentum into the fourth, racing out to a 10-5 lead with kills from Tori Wilson and Harris. 

  • Kasia Barletta's serving and Siapani's front-row presence helped close out the 25-15 victory to seal the match.
     

NEXT: The Great Danes return home next week to take on New Hampshire in their Black Out game on Friday, October 24 at 6:00 PM and Bryant for Spooky Sunday on October 26 at 3:00 PM.

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