BALTIMORE - Despite falling behind 1-0, UMBC volleyball knocked off New Hampshire 3-1 on Sunday afternoon inside Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena. Thanks to the victory and an NJIT win over Albany, the Retrievers clinched at least a share of an America East Regular Season Championship and will host the America East playoffs two weekends from now. 

Three Retrievers reached double-digit kills, led by 19 from Jalynn Brown. Hannah Dobbs (13 kills, 17 digs) and Claudia Llamas (12 kills, 11 digs) added double-doubles for UMBC. 

UMBC hit .250 for the match with four players hitting at least .235 with six or more kills. Izzy Ostvig hit .429, chipping in six kills and seven digs to go with 18 assists. Serin Maden just missed out on a double-double with 20 assists and nine digs. 

Defensively, UMBC racked up 11 blocks, led by seven from Laura Fuehrer and six from Llamas. Already with six America East Defensive Specialist of the Week nods this season, Hannah Howard led the match with 19 more digs, leaving her just 27 shy of reaching 400 digs for the second time in her career. 

With her seven blocks today, Fuehrer moves into ninth on the UMBC single-season blocks list with 107. Her 94 assisted blocks are tied for the sixth-most in a single season. 

Thanks to five straight wins and eight victories in their last nine contests, the Retrievers sit at 11-10, putting them above .500 for the first time this season.

UMBC will finish out the regular season at UAlbany on Friday before preparing to host the America East playoffs the following weekend.