University of Maryland, Baltimore County

BALTIMORE -- Grace Larrivee career-best tenth block of the match sealed the victory for the UMBC Volleyball team in a five set thriller over Bryant (17-25, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23, 15-13) on Saturday at The Peake.

Larrivee also added four kills with no errors on .444 hitting as UMBC (11-5, 6-0 AE) rallied from a set down on two occasions. 

Bryant (10-14, 4-2 AE) hit an astounding .406 in the first set, but would only hit over .100 in one of the final four sets, hitting .125 in a third set victory.

UMBC was led on offense by 18 kills a piece from Hannah Dobbs and Claudia Llamas, while Isabel Ostvig had 42 assists, a career-best 18 digs, six blocks and four kills. 

Natalie Harris was again sensational, tallying 11 kills, a career-high 17 digs and two blocks, including teaming up with Larrivee on the match-winning block. 

Hannah Howard tallied a double-double with 26 digs and 12 assists, while Ella McAllister added seven digs.

The Retrievers step out of America East play for the final time this season as they host MEAC leader Coppin State (17-7, 8-1 MEAC) on Wednesday at 5 p.m. The match is a Faculty & Staff Appreciation Match as all UMBC Faculty and Staff can recieve two free tickets to the game.