Box Score Harrisonburg, Va. -- The UMBC Volleyball team gave Big South favorite and 2022 No.52 RPI High Point all it could handle before falling in four sets (14-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-21).

Kamani Conteh (New Castle, Del.) had a match-high 23 kills on .302 hitting, while Julija Grubisic Cabo (Maribor, Slovenia) had her first career double-double finishing with 11 kills and 11 digs, and Mia Bilusic (Zagreb, Croatia) had 12 kills.

Aysia Miller (Mililani, Hawaii) had another stellar all-around match finishing with 30 assists, 15 digs and eight kills (.368 hitting).

Freshman libero Hannah Howard (Inwood, W.Va.) continued to shine, collecting 20 digs and five assists

How it happened:

• After High Point (1-1) went up 7-2 early, UMBC responded with a 23-7 run, capped by a 14-1 outburst, to take the first set.
• UMBC (1-1) held a 19-15 lead in the second set, but HPU went on a 6-0 run and eventually took the set, 25-23
• The third set was back-and-forth until a panthers run midway through gave them a seven point lead that they would not relinquish
• The fourth set was another tight one, as the team alternated points for most of the sets, before HPU used a 5-1 run late to go up 22-20 and take the match

The Retrievers face another strong opponent when they close the weekend against host James Madison on Sunday at 2 p.m.