The UMBC Volleyball team steps back into America East play when it travels to defending champion New Hampshire on Sunday for a 1 p.m. matchup.

Last time out,  Hannah Howard had a career-best six aces to lead the Dawgs to a four set win over host Howard (25-18, 25-17, 19-25, 25-18) on Wednesday night. 

Howard's six aces were the most in a single match by a Retriever since Mia Bilusic tallied six against Binghamton on 10/9/23. She also added five assists and nine digs in the victory.

UMBC was led by 14 kill and five block outings from both Claudia Llamas and Jalynn Brown, with Brown hitting .371 on only one error. Hannah Dobbs recorded a double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs, while both Izzy Ostvig and Serin Maden recorded 21 assists. 

Laura Fuehrer continued to dominate the middle on defense, picking up a match-high seven blocks and adding six kills and four digs.

Helen Frankovich tallied five blocks and three kills, while Ostvig added four kills, six digs and three blocks.

Scouting New Hampshire:

• UNH had five-set win over visiting UAlbany last Friday (22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 15-11)
• The 'Cats were sound offensively, with four players earning double digit kills in the win over the Great Danes.
• Freshman Lucy Chertock paced the production for UNH with 17 kills
• Seniors Millie Grove and Meredith Hohnbaum finished with 15 and 14 kills, respectively.