BOSTON, Mass. – A total team effort earned volleyball a crucial Little East Conference win as they blanked UMass Dartmouth by the final of 3-0 Tuesday evening in the Clark Athletic Center Gymnasium on senior day.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 3, UMass Dartmouth 0

UMass Boston (9-15, 5-1 Little East Conference)
UMass Dartmouth (9-20, 1-5 Little East Conference)

HOW IT HAPPENED

In their final regular season home match of 2015, the Beacons honored their lone senior in Bri Sousa (Swansea, Mass.) a dominating performance from start to finish.  The Beacons pounded out a .347 hitting percentage as they cruised to a 25-15 win in the first, a 25-12 win in the second, and a 25-10 win in the third.

Sousa played a major part in the Beacons one-sided victory as she was nearly perfect finishing the match with seven kills on nine attempts for a .778 hitting percentage.  Julia Murphy (Canton, Mass.) was just as red-hot as she finished with 10 kills and hit .500 in the win.   Setter Pepper Baker (Tallahassee, Fla.) tallied 18 assists, and finished with a pair of aces.  Elizabeth Glavan (Edina, Minn.) led the Beacons defensive effort with her 11 kills, while at the net Murphy squashed the Corsairs offense with a combined four solo blocks and two block assists.

For the Corsairs, Eliza Bowes led the team with four kills, while setter Christina Spinazola finished with nine assists.  Briana Perry put-up 12 digs, while Bowes also finished with three aces.

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Beacons .347 hitting percentage was the second best showing of the year by UMass Boston's offense 
• Sousa's .778 hitting percentage marked a season and career-best for the Swansea native
• Tuesday's win marked the 9th straight for UMass Boston over the Corsairs
• All-time the Corsairs lead the series 21-13

WHO'S NEXT

The Beacons will travel to Western Connecticut State University on Saturday for a 1 p.m. conference match in the regular season finale for both squads.