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RETRIEVER VOLLEYBALL RETURNS TO WINNING TRACK WITH 3-0 VICTORY OVER COPPIN STATE

9/21/2004

Megan Gross' 28 assists led UMBC to 3-0 win over Coppin State.

Baltimore, Md. -  The UMBC Women’s Volleyball team (6-7) stopped a three-match losing streak with a 3-0 (30-20, 30-17, 30-15) win over Coppin State (0-7) on Tuesday night at UMBC’s RAC Arena.  The Retrievers, who are 2-0 at home this season, followed the lead of Jocelyn Teoh (Punchong, Maylasia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) with a match-high 11 kills and Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) with 28 assists.

Sophomore Jessie Folk (S. Ellgin, Ill./St. Charles North) got the Retrievers off to an opening set victory as the middle blocker dropped five kills in seven total attacks with no errors for a .714 hitting percentage.  Folk, who recorded her first career double-double in her last match against Yale, also recorded four digs in the opening set against the Eagles.

Julia Hood (Charlotte, N.C./West Charlotte) had a similar showing to Folk in game two as the sophomore outside hitter scored five kills in eight attacks with no errors for a .625 hitting percentage in game two.  The Retrievers recorded 17 kills as a team in the second game with a .250 hitting percentage. 

It was Teoh, however, who finished off the night strong for UMBC as she recorded five kills to put her at 11 on the game, the 10^th time this year and fourth in a row she has hit double-digit kills.

Coppin State was unable to get any offense going in the match, hitting -0.061 as a team with 18 kills on 82 attacks and 23 errors.  A bright spot for the Eagles was their 14 assisted blocks and seven total blocks in the match. 

Shauniece Steward and Trevon Dyson each recorded five kills to pace the Eagles.

UMBC returns to action on Thursday night at RAC Arena when they host Loyola (Md.) at 7 p.m.

 UMBC def. Coppin State 30-20,30-17,30-15

Coppin State (0-7) (Kills-aces-blocks) - DYSON,Trevon 5-0-3;

STEWARD,Shauniece 5-0-0; BOWEN,Renee 4-0-4; MUHAMMAD,Alex 2-2-1;

DAVIS,Danyel 1-0-3; McGANT,Andrea 1-0-1; WILLIAMS,Krystal 0-0-2;

Totals 18-2-7.0. (Assists) - WILLIAMS,Krystal 15. (Dig leaders) -

STEWARD,Shauniece 7; DYSON,Trevon 6

UMBC (6-7) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Teoh, Jocelyn 11-3-0; Folk, Jessie

9-0-0; Berman, Emily 7-3-1; Hodson, Britney 5-1-2; Hood, Julia 5-0-0;

Gross, Megan 5-2-1; Carrick, Katrina 3-0-0; Skala, Christine 1-0-0;

 Waclawiak, Julia 1-0-0; Carroll, Stacey 0-1-0; Totals 47-10-2.0.

 (Assists) - Gross, Megan 28. (Dig leaders) - Skala, Christine 8;

Gross, Megan 8