Boston, MA (Oct. 9, 2024) --- UMass Boston volleyball fell to UMass Dartmouth 3-1 Wednesday night in an LEC match. 

The Basics 

• Beacons: 9-7 Overall, 0-2 Little East 

• Corsairs: 14-5 Overall, 2-0 Little East 

How it Happened 

The Beacons had a slow start to the night dropping the first set 25-17 and the second set 25-10. In both sets the Beacons had a combined 15 errors. The third set started with the Corsairs collecting the first 5 points, but the Beacons rallied to score the next 4 straight to pull them right back in it. The set went back and forth until the Beacons took momentum after a kill by Jade Hernandez to make it 10-8 Corsairs and start an 8-point run. The Beacons took the third set 25-19 and competed until the end in the fourth and last set before falling to UMass Dartmouth 3 sets to 1.

Inside the Box Score 

• Ruby Ackerman led the Beacons in assists with 17. Audrey Cofield was close behind collecting 14 assists. 

• Lauren Westlund was the leading scorer for the Beacons with 12 points and was the leader in blocks with 3 solo blocks on the night. 

Up Next 

The Beacons host Rhode Island College for their 3rd LEC match on Saturday, October 12th at 12pm in the Clark Athletics Center. Admission is free and an autograph session with the team will take place following the match.