UMBC

Baltimore, MD - - -The visiting Robert Morris Colonials took control of the Northeast Conference regular-season race with a 30-32, 30-23, 30-26, 31-29, victory over UMBC, Saturday afternoon at the UMBC RAC Arena.  The Colonials are now 19-11 and a perfect 6-0 in the conference while the Retrievers dropped to 14-9, 5-2 in the league.

UMBC took the opening game as the Retrievers hit .275 from the floor.  Sophomore middle hitter Jocelyn Teoh recorded 6 kills and classmate Julia Waclawiak and junior Jennifer Davis each added 5 put-aways.  However, Robert Morris evened the match in game two by hitting .378.   Junior middle blocker Karla Barhorst recorded 7 kills.

Robert Morris went ahead for good by taking game three.  Senior middle blocker Katie Noble recorded 6 kills and the Colonial held the Retrievers to a .149 hitting mark.  Robert Morris closed out the match in game four as sophomore middle block Kallie Wasserman came up with 7 kills.

Noble recorded a match-high 20 kills and hit .375 from the floor and Barhorst added 14 kills and 19 digs.  Wasserman (16 kills) and freshman Cyndi Dunslow (11 kills) were also in double-figures.  Setter Darcy Miller just missed a triple-double with 9 kills, 53 assists, and 12 digs.

Davis hit .500 en-route to a team-high 16 kills for UMBC, who hit .242 for the match.  Sophomore libero Jackie Carbo recorded a match-high 27 digs and freshman setter Megan Gross added 57 assists and 14 digs.