UMBC

Junior Angela Anderson scored the match-winning service ace in the win over Georgetown.

BALTIMORE—The UMBC volleyball team extended their winning streak to four matches and their home win streak to eight matches as they defeated Georgetown, 3-0 (30-21, 30-15, 30-20) on Tuesday night at the RAC Arena.

The Retrievers (16-4) posted a hitting percentage of .330 for the match, with a single game percentage of .484 in game two, while the Hoyas (4-14) hit just .054 from the floor and have lost their last five-straight matches.

Sophomore Kira Giles (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada/Glenlawn) recorded her eighth double-double of the season with 32 assists and 11 digs.  She also added two kills on seven attempts with no errors for a .571 hitting percentage and added two block assists.

Freshman Bridget Scheetz (St. Louis, Mo./Ursuline Academy), who ranked ninth on the all-time top ten for assisted blocks in a single-season, added five assisted blocks to move to 72 on the year, good for eighth on the chart.  Scheetz also added 11 kills for a .375 hitting percentage.

Dana Dumas led the Hoyas, tallying eight kills and 10 digs in the loss.

The Retrievers shut down the Hoyas quickly in game one, recording serving rallies of three points or more behind sophomore Ashley Oscars (Bakersfield, Calif./Liberty), freshman redshirt Helen Smith (Gaithersburg, Md./Watkins Mill), and sophomore Sarah Fillmore (Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg) to take the 30-21 set win.

Game two was even more one-sided as the Retrievers hit an incredible .484 from the floor, while the Hoyas posted just a .094 hitting percentage.  Multi-point serving runs behind Oscars, Giles, and freshman Sabrina Hoeks (Olympia, Wash./AG West Black Hill) gave the Retrievers an 18-8 lead and Scheetz contributed seven kills on seven total attacks for the 30-15 win.

The Retrievers took an early, 5-0, lead in the third and final set behind Smith’s serve and traded points until a Giles’ serving run gave the Retrievers a 24-13 advantage.  The Hoyas threatened with a 4-0 run to cut the deficit to eight points, but a kill by junior Angela Anderson (Hermosa Beach, Calif./Bishop Montgomery) followed by a service ace gave the Retrievers the 30-20 match win.

The Retrievers take to the road for their first conference road matches this weekend as they face Stony Brook and Hartford, before returning home for a non-conference match versus NJIT on Oct. 10.