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UMBC VOLLEYBALL DROPS 3-1 MATCH TO NORTHEASTERN

11/12/2004


Christine Skala became the seventh member of the UMBC 1,000 dig club on Friday night.

Baltimore, Md. -  The UMBC Volleyball team (12-18, 3-10 America East) fell 3-1 (37-39, 24-30, 30-27, 23-30) to Northeastern (19-10, 10-3 AE) on Friday night at UMBC RAC Arena.  The match allowed for two milestones to be broken for the Retrievers as Megan Gross (Montclair, Va./Forest Park) moved into second place on the Retrievers all-time career assists chart with a match-high 53 assists and now has 3,069 for her career and Christine Skala (Hinsdale, Ill./South Hinsdale) cleared 1,000 career digs with 21 on the night. 

UMBC trailed 29-26 in the first set before Julia Waclawiak (San Antonio, Texas/Ronald Reagan) rallied UMBC as she served the Retrievers to three-straight points and a 29-29 tie.  The set would see-saw back and forth until an attacking error by UMBC’s Jocelyn Teoh (Puchong, Malaysia/Bukit Jalil Sports Academy) broke a 37-37 tie, allowing the Huskies Kira Batura to hit the game-winning kill on the next point and give NU the 1-0 advantage. 

The Huskies used 18 kills and a .389 hitting percentage in the second set to take advantage of UMBC’s .128 hitting percentage (13 kills on 47 attacks) and take a 2-0 set advantage.

The Retrievers retaliated by taking the third set as Teoh dropped seven kills and Berman five for the Retrievers.  The Huskies, however, forced 11 attacking errors by UMBC in the fourth set and hit .300 with 17 kills to end the match with a 3-1 victory.

Teoh recorded a match-high 26 kills with a .206 hitting percentage.  She also extended her double-double streak to seven straight with 14 digs.  Berman finished with 17 kills and Jessie Folk added 11.  Gross recorded a double-double with 14 digs to go with her 53 assists. 

The Huskies were led by 21 kills from Batura and 20 from Whitney Turner.  Ashley Adamczyk had a big night with 32 digs while Batura’s double-double came with 20 digs.  Bree Peterson recorded a team-high 30 assists.

The 39-37 set in game one of the match is the most points in a single-set in UMBC history. The 30-point rally scoring format went into effect in 2001. Sets were to 15 points in previous years.

UMBC returns to action for their season finale with Senior Night on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. in UMBC RAC Arena.