UMBC

The UMBC Volleyball team (4-6) fell to Fairfield (6-5), 3-2 (30-19, 22-30, 33-31, 27-30, 15-9) on Friday night to open the Embassy Suites Classic at Rutgers University.  UMBC and Fairfield were the first match of the tournament as the Retrievers will play Rutgers at 12:30 p.m. and Temple at 3 p.m. on Saturday. 

The Retrievers were led by Angela Anderson with 28 kills and a .352 hitting percentage while Christine Skala had 26 digs and Stacey Carroll recorded a double-double with 55 assists and 12 digs. 

UMBC his .208 in the match compated to .227 by Fairfield as UMBC out-aced Fairfield, 9-4.