The UMBC Volleyball team will play its final non-conference home match of the year when it hosts defending MEAC champion Coppin State on Wednesday night at The Peake. 

Last time out, UMBC fought back from a 2-0 deficit to force a fifth set, but ultimately dropped a heartbreaker to host Bryant (27-25, 25-23, 14-25, 19-25, 15-13) on Sunday afternoon.

Hannah Dobbs led all players with 19 kills and added four blocks, while Mia Bilusic had a 16 kill, 10 dig double-double. Bilusic also tallied three assists and three blocks.

The middles were dominant, as both Abby Erickson and Mila Ilieva had seven blocks. Ilieva had six kills and no errors (.545 hitting), while Erickson had eight kills on .429 hitting.

Aysia Miller had a match-best 20 digs, and Molly Penn had eight digs and a kill in her collegiate debut.

Serin Maden had 24 assists, six digs and four aces, while Izzy Ostvig had 22 assists, five kills, three digs and two blocks.

Helen Frankovich tallied eight kills and five blocks, while Jada James had eight digs and two assists.

Scouting Coppin State:

Coppin State's volleyball team fell to Howard, 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-12) in a battle of undefeated teams within the MEAC on Sunday afternoon at Burr Gymnasium.  The Eagles fell to 9-12 overall and 5-1 in the MEAC while the Bison improved to 12-5 on the year and 6-0 in league play.
 
TaKenya Stafford led Coppin with nine kills while Gabriela Zuquelo and Sophia Bertotti Metoyer had four apiece.  Ezgi Kucuk and Deviana Walker had three kills each.
 
McKenzie Parks led all players with four blocks, as did Coco Figueroa with 17 digs.  Kahea Carvalho had 17 assists to Azul Pilahg's seven, and the duo combined for 13 digs.
 
Howard outhit Coppin, .304 to .070 and had three players with at least ten kills.
 
Coppin trailed early in the first but used a 6-0 run to turn a 9-5 deficit into a 11-9 advantage. Walker came up big during the stretch with three kills and a block.  Howard regained the lead at 15-14 and extended it to 20-16 with a 4-1 spurt.  Once again, the Eagles did not go away, scoring five-straight with points from Zuquelo at both ends to go back on top, 21-20. After Howard scored consecutive points, Parks tied it up with a kill before the Bison closed it out with three-straight points.
 
Zuquelo got a kill to start the second set, but it was the only lead for Coppin in the frame. Howard scored the next seven points and never looked back.  The Eagles were able to pull to within 11-9 on a 5-0 run, but the Bison answered with eight-straight points to pull away.
 
The Bison used a couple of long runs to take control of the third and complete the sweep.