UMass Boston

BOSTON, Mass. (Oct. 28, 2026) – The UMass Boston Beacons volleyball team (17-7) notched their 10^th consecutive win with a 3-1 victory over the Simmons Sharks (12-10) in a non-conference match on Wednesday evening at the Holmes Sports Center.

Set One (25-21, Simmons)
The two teams traded runs for much of the first set and things were deadlocked at 20 apiece before Simmons captured five of the final six points en route to the 25-21 win.

Set Two (25-20, UMB)
Throughout the second set, both teams exchanged points once again and the set was tied at 20 before a late Beacons run sealed the victory. Addie Blomgren (Riverside, Ill.) gave the visitors the lead for good at 22-20 with consecutive kills in the 25-20 win.

Set Three (25-20, UMB)
UMass Boston held a 16-12 edge in the third set, but Simmons was able to fight back and used a four-point run to even the match at 20 apiece. From there, a Sharks' attack error gave the Beacons the lead for good and kills from Blomgren, Mya Perron (Beverly, Mass.) and Ashlee Wudi (Brookfield, Ill.) clinched the 25-20 victory.

Set Four (25-16, UMB)
Head coach Stacy Cheney's team won nine of the first 11 points including four kills from Perron to make it a 9-2 lead. Simmons later trimmed the deficit to two on a couple of occasions at 12-10 and 13-11 before the Beacons won the match with five consecutive points capped off by a Paige Coulson (Marriottsville, Md.) service ace.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
Perron headlined the attack as she matched her career-high with 19 kills and also added 10 digs for her sixth double-double of the season. The Beverly, Mass., native had previously recorded 19 kills in a win over Southern Maine on Oct. 7.

Blomgren registered 15 kills of her own and a .385 hitting percentage to go along with five digs and four total blocks.

Audrey Cofield (Ypsilanti, Mich.) tallied a season-high 41 assists and added 12 digs en route to her 12^th double-double of the year.

The Beacons recorded 11 service aces as a team led by three apiece from Blomgren and Lily Russell (Bourne, Mass.).

Defensively, Coulson had 18 digs and Wudi added 17.

UMass Boston has won 10 straight matches for the first time since also winning 10 in a row from Oct. 4-25, 2016.

UP NEXT:
The Beacons return home to host Eastern Connecticut State in a Little East Conference match on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 12 p.m.

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