UMass Boston

GORHAM, Maine (Oct. 7, 2026) – Senior Mya Perron (Beverly, Mass.) delivered a career-high 19 kills and the UMass Boston Beacons volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 victory over the University of Southern Maine Huskies on Wednesday at Hill Gym.

The Beacons are now 10-7 (2-0 LEC) on the year, while Southern Maine drops to 4-12 (0-2 LEC).

Set One (25-15, UMB)
UMass Boston took the first seven points of the set including two service aces and a kill from Paige Coulson (Marriottsville, Md.). The Huskies were then unable to get any closer than five the rest of the way and the Beacons won six of the final seven points in the 25-15 victory.

Set Two (25-18, UMB)
Southern Maine held a 14-10 lead before Perron tallied three kills as part of a six-point run that gave the visitors a 16-14 edge. From there, the Huskies took the next two points to even things at 16, but UMass Boston took advantage of a service error to reclaim the lead for good en route to the 25-18 win. Addie Blomgren (Riverside, Ill.) slammed home a kill and registered consecutive service aces on the final three points to give the Beacons the two-set lead.

Set Three (25-20, UMB)
In the third set, head coach Stacy Cheney's team held a 12-7 advantage and maintained the lead despite a Southern Maine rally that trimmed it to two at 20-18. A Perron kill ignited four straight points for the Beacons and Kaitlyn Leberstien (Wilmington, Del.) then added a kill of her own to secure the sweep.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
Perron recorded her career-high 19 kills on the strength of an impressive .567 hitting percentage. The Beverly, Mass., native surpassed her previous career-best of 18 that had been set on Nov. 1, 2025 at Eastern Connecticut State.

Blomgren recorded eight kills of her own to go along with four service aces and two solo blocks, while Audrey Cofield (Ypsilanti, Mich.) set up the attack throughout the match with 36 assists.

Ashlee Wudi (Brookfield, Ill.) paced UMass Boston with 15 digs and has now tallied double-digit digs in four straight matches.

UP NEXT:
The Beacons will travel to Keene State on Saturday, Oct. 10 with action slated to get underway at 1 p.m.

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