The UMBC Volleyball team wraps-up its non-conference schedule by traveling to Washington D.C. to face MEAC power Howard on Wednesday night at 6 p.m.

On Sunday afternoon, the Retrievers outhit host New Hampshire over the course of the match, but attack errors doomed them en route to a 3-1 loss (15-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-20) at New Hampshire.

The Retrievers had 49 kills to the Wildcats 42, but 29 attack errors were ten more than the host and were the difference.

UMBC drops to 11-7 and 5-2 in the America East, while UNH improves to 13-8 and 3-3 in AE play.

Kamani Conteh led all players with 12 kills, and Aysia Miller picked up a double-double with 19 assists and 13 digs.

Julija Grubisic Cabo paced the defense with 14 digs, while classmate Hannah Howard had 10 digs in three sets of work.

Michela De Marzi had nine kills on .500 hitting to go with two blocks. Fellow middle blocker Mila Ilieva had seven kills and a team-best six blocks.

Serin Maden added 18 assists and seven digs in the contest.

Scouting Howard:

• The Bison currently have a 12-12 overall record and are 8-3 in conference.
• The last time the Retrievers faced the Bison was earlier this season in Baltimore on September 9, where the Retrievers won 3-1.
• Rya McKinnon led the offense with 14 kills against the Retrievers while Cimone Woodard had 8 kills, 2 aces, and 5 blocks.
• McKinnon leads the team with 328 kills and Kayla Diaz leads in assists with 784.
• Claire Simpson has 346 digs thus far this season.