GORHAM, Maine – A pair of 26-24 wins lifted the University of Southern Maine to a 3-0 Little East Conference win over volleyball Wednesday evening at Hill Gymnasium.
 
THE BASICS
 
UMass Boston 0, Southern Maine 3
 
UMass Boston (2-12, 0-3 Little East Conference)
Southern Maine (3-10, 2-1 Little East Conference)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The host Huskies would hand the Beacons one of their toughest losses of the season, as they edged the Beacons by a combined nine points. USM took the opening set 25-20, before slipping past UMB with the two point victories.
 
McKayla Geraghty led the Beacons with a combined seven kills, and hit .217 on the night. Amelia Devlin put-up 13 assists, and had one of the Beacons seven aces. Toni Guerra led UMB with four aces.
 
Defensively Geraghty put-up 12 digs to register her first double-double of the season. Ruby Ackerman was also solid in the back row totaling 11 digs.
 
Katie Rennie posted a pair of solo blocks, to lead UMB at the net.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
 

• On the night the Beacons finished hitting .034, while USM finished with a .107 hitting percentage
• All-time the Beacons are now 19-12 against USM

 
WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will travel to Wheaton College on Friday for a 6 pm non-conference match.