NJIT vs UMBC Volleyball: UMBC Wins 3-0 (Oct 4, 2026)

FinalSun, Oct 4, 2026

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: UMBC 99.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 4, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UMBC beat visiting NJIT 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-10) on Sun, Oct 4, 2026. UMBC's Claudia Llamas led with 14 kills, and Hannah Howard added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Oct 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NJIT	22	20	10	0
UMBC	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.462 and 14 kills for Claudia Llamas as UMBC rolled past NJIT.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.4 points. NJIT peaked at 2% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. UMBC went in as RallyIQ's >99% pick.

NJITUMBC

Break %+19.2 pts
37.056.2
On serve: 41/73 against 20/54 (NJIT sideout 43.8%).
Hitting+.227
.081.308
46 kills, 13 errors vs 27 kills, 19 errors.
Longest run+-2
75
UMBC scored 5 straight in the second set to go from 16–16 to a 21–16 lead. The set finished 25–20.

UMBC above 50NJIT belowMax swing 0.4%

NJITUMBC

Aces: NJIT 4·UMBC 6
Serve err: NJIT 4·UMBC 6
Blocks: NJIT 6·UMBC 111 BS · 10 BA vs 0 BS · 22 BA
Digs: NJIT 38·UMBC 48

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UMBC above 50 · NJIT below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: UMBC stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NJIT 0.3%99.7% UMBC

NJIT wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.2%

UMBC wins

3-0

82.3%

3-1

15.6%

3-2

1.9%

NJIT break %: 34.3% vs this opp
UMBC break %: 55.1% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Box score

Official NCAA box

NJITaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Joaneliz MaisonetOH	3	7	6	26	.038	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
2Aries FontaineOH	3	6	3	26	.115	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
10Tereza MotalovaMB	3	3	3	9	.000	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	6
4Maria KurnatowskaMB	3	2	0	7	.286	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	2.5	4.5
17Kayden CampbellOH	3	2	4	12	-.167	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	3
18Finley McAndrewS	3	0	0	0	–	10	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
7Martina Gonzalo CortesOH	3	7	3	17	.235	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	7
6Sara SiefertOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	1
11Cece MarinoS	3	0	0	1	.000	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
3Ela AkayL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0
Team totals		27	19	99	.081	26	4	4	38	6	1	10	6	52

UMBChome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
14Claudia LlamasOH	3	14	2	26	.462	0	0	0	2	0	5	2.5	16.5
6Hannah DobbsOH	3	11	3	24	.333	1	3	0	4	1	2	1	15
7Natalie HarrisOH	3	10	3	30	.233	0	0	0	12	0	1	0.5	10.5
17Grace LarriveeMB	3	6	2	9	.444	0	0	0	1	0	5	2.5	8.5
13Jalynn BrownOH	3	4	1	6	.500	0	0	1	1	0	5	2.5	6.5
12Isabel OstvigS	3	0	2	4	-.500	38	0	2	3	0	3	1.5	1.5
16Hannah HowardL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	2	18	0	0	0	2
4Ema DjordjevicOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
23Ella McAllisterL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
2Dasia JohnsonOH	1	1	0	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
9Elyse VanLandinghamL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
11Megan HunterS	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
3Molly PennDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	13	107	.308	43	6	6	48	4	22	11	75

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

NJIT vs UMBC

Season series · UMBC leads 1-0

Sun, Oct 4, 2026NJIT at UMBC · UMBC won 3-0This match
Fri, Nov 13, 2026UMBC at NJITPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 NJIT · UMBC 5

Set 1

22-25

Longest run 6 NJITUMBC 3

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 7 NJITUMBC 5

Set 3

10-25

Longest run 3 NJITUMBC 5

Bars above the line = UMBC leads, below = NJIT leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

NJIT

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	33%7/21	33%3/9
2	50%6/12	13%1/8
3	45%5/11	33%3/9
4	63%5/8	17%1/6
5	50%5/10	58%7/12
6	36%4/11	50%5/10
All	44%32/73	37%20/54

UMBC

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	88%7/8	58%7/12
2	88%7/8	65%13/20
3	60%6/10	63%10/16
4	45%5/11	29%2/7
5	83%5/6	50%5/10
6	36%4/11	50%4/8
All	63%34/54	56%41/73

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (3 of 3 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

127 rallies

#	NJIT-UMBC	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Grace Larrivee	set Isabel Ostvig
2	0-2	UMBC	UMBC	Kill	Natalie Harris	set Isabel Ostvig
3	1-2	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Joaneliz Maisonet	set Finley McAndrew
4	1-3	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Natalie Harris	set Isabel Ostvig
5	1-4	UMBC	UMBC	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
6	2-4	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Aries Fontaine	set Finley McAndrew
7	3-4	NJIT	NJIT	Kill	Aries Fontaine	set Ela Akay
8	3-5	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
9	4-5	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Aries Fontaine	set Finley McAndrew
10	4-6	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Jalynn Brown	set Isabel Ostvig
11	5-6	UMBC	NJIT	Blocked	Hannah Dobbs	blk Tereza Motalova, Kayden Campbell
12	6-6	NJIT	NJIT	Kill	Joaneliz Maisonet	set Tereza Motalova
13	6-7	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
14	7-7	UMBC	NJIT×6	Bad set	Isabel Ostvig
15	8-7	NJIT	NJIT×6	Ace	NJIT
16	9-7	NJIT	NJIT×6	Kill	Martina Gonzalo Cortes	set Cece Marino
17	10-7	NJIT	NJIT×6	Blocked	Grace Larrivee	blk Joaneliz Maisonet, Maria Kurnatowska
18	11-7	NJIT	NJIT×6	Blocked	Isabel Ostvig	blk Maria Kurnatowska
19	12-7	NJIT	NJIT×6	Attack err	Hannah Dobbs
20	12-8	NJIT	UMBC×3	Attack err	Martina Gonzalo Cortes
21	12-9	UMBC	UMBC×3	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
22	12-10	UMBC	UMBC×3	Attack err	Martina Gonzalo Cortes
23	13-10	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Martina Gonzalo Cortes	set Cece Marino
24	14-10	NJIT	NJIT	Ace	NJIT	aced Hannah Dobbs
25	14-11	NJIT	UMBC×3	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
26	14-12	UMBC	UMBC×3	Kill	Natalie Harris	set Isabel Ostvig
27	14-13	UMBC	UMBC×3	Ace	UMBC
28	15-13	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Maria Kurnatowska	set Finley McAndrew
29	16-13	NJIT	NJIT	Blocked	Natalie Harris	blk Maria Kurnatowska, Aries Fontaine
30	16-14	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Natalie Harris	set Isabel Ostvig
31	17-14	UMBC	NJIT	Serve err	UMBC
32	17-15	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
33	18-15	UMBC	NJIT	Attack err	Jalynn Brown
34	18-16	NJIT	UMBC	Serve err	NJIT
35	19-16	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Martina Gonzalo Cortes	set Cece Marino
36	19-17	NJIT	UMBC×3	Kill	Jalynn Brown	set Isabel Ostvig
37	19-18	UMBC	UMBC×3	Blocked	Martina Gonzalo Cortes	blk Grace Larrivee, Isabel Ostvig
38	19-19	UMBC	UMBC×3	Blocked	Joaneliz Maisonet	blk Grace Larrivee, Isabel Ostvig
39	20-19	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Martina Gonzalo Cortes	set Cece Marino
40	20-20	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
41	20-21	UMBC	UMBC	Blocked	Joaneliz Maisonet	blk Grace Larrivee, Claudia Llamas
42	21-21	UMBC	NJIT	Serve err	UMBC
43	21-22	NJIT	UMBC×3	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
44	21-23	UMBC	UMBC×3	Ace	UMBC	aced Ela Akay
45	21-24	UMBC	UMBC×3	Kill	Natalie Harris	set Finley McAndrew
46	22-24	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Joaneliz Maisonet	set Finley McAndrew
47	22-25	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Natalie Harris	set Isabel Ostvig
Set 2
1	0-1	UMBC	UMBC	Attack err	Joaneliz Maisonet
2	1-1	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Maria Kurnatowska	set Ela Akay
3	1-2	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Grace Larrivee	set Isabel Ostvig
4	1-3	UMBC	UMBC	Attack err	Aries Fontaine
5	2-3	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Aries Fontaine	set Ela Akay
6	2-4	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
7	2-5	UMBC	UMBC	Attack err	Aries Fontaine
8	3-5	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Aries Fontaine	set Finley McAndrew
9	3-6	NJIT	UMBC	Blocked	Kayden Campbell	blk Jalynn Brown, Claudia Llamas
10	3-7	UMBC	UMBC	Ace	UMBC
11	4-7	UMBC	NJIT×7	Kill	Tereza Motalova	set Cece Marino
12	5-7	NJIT	NJIT×7	Kill	Martina Gonzalo Cortes	set Cece Marino
13	6-7	NJIT	NJIT×7	Bad set	Hannah Howard
14	7-7	NJIT	NJIT×7	Attack err	Natalie Harris
15	8-7	NJIT	NJIT×7	Ace	NJIT	aced Ella McAllister
16	9-7	NJIT	NJIT×7	Kill	Martina Gonzalo Cortes	set Cece Marino
17	10-7	NJIT	NJIT×7	Attack err	Natalie Harris
18	10-8	NJIT	UMBC×4	Kill	Jalynn Brown	set Isabel Ostvig
19	10-9	UMBC	UMBC×4	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
20	10-10	UMBC	UMBC×4	Blocked	Tereza Motalova	blk Isabel Ostvig, Hannah Dobbs
21	10-11	UMBC	UMBC×4	Kill	Jalynn Brown	set Hannah Dobbs
22	11-11	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Martina Gonzalo Cortes	set Ela Akay
23	11-12	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
24	11-13	UMBC	UMBC	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
25	12-13	UMBC	NJIT×3	Serve err	UMBC
26	13-13	NJIT	NJIT×3	Attack err	Grace Larrivee
27	14-13	NJIT	NJIT×3	Blocked	Hannah Dobbs	blk Aries Fontaine, Maria Kurnatowska
28	14-14	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
29	14-15	UMBC	UMBC	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
30	15-15	UMBC	NJIT	Serve err	UMBC
31	15-16	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
32	16-16	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Joaneliz Maisonet	set Finley McAndrew
33	16-17	NJIT	UMBC×5	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
34	16-18	UMBC	UMBC×5	Attack err	Kayden Campbell
35	16-19	UMBC	UMBC×5	Blocked	Kayden Campbell	blk Claudia Llamas, Jalynn Brown
36	16-20	UMBC	UMBC×5	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
37	16-21	UMBC	UMBC×5	Blocked	Tereza Motalova	blk Claudia Llamas, Jalynn Brown
38	17-21	UMBC	NJIT	Serve err	UMBC
39	18-21	NJIT	NJIT	Blocked	Claudia Llamas	blk Tereza Motalova, Kayden Campbell
40	18-22	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Natalie Harris	set Isabel Ostvig
41	19-22	UMBC	NJIT	Attack err	Isabel Ostvig
42	19-23	NJIT	UMBC	Serve err	NJIT
43	20-23	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Joaneliz Maisonet	set Cece Marino
44	20-24	NJIT	UMBC	Serve err	NJIT
45	20-25	UMBC	UMBC	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
Set 3
1	0-1	NJIT	UMBC×5	Kill	Grace Larrivee	set Isabel Ostvig
2	0-2	UMBC	UMBC×5	Blocked	Aries Fontaine	blk Claudia Llamas, Grace Larrivee
3	0-3	UMBC	UMBC×5	Kill	Grace Larrivee	set Isabel Ostvig
4	0-4	UMBC	UMBC×5	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Isabel Ostvig
5	0-5	UMBC	UMBC×5	Attack err	Joaneliz Maisonet
6	1-5	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Tereza Motalova	set Finley McAndrew
7	1-6	NJIT	UMBC×5	Kill	Natalie Harris	set Isabel Ostvig
8	1-7	UMBC	UMBC×5	Ace	UMBC	aced Ela Akay
9	1-8	UMBC	UMBC×5	Attack err	Kayden Campbell
10	1-9	UMBC	UMBC×5	Blocked	Tereza Motalova	blk Natalie Harris, Jalynn Brown
11	1-10	UMBC	UMBC×5	Ace	UMBC	aced Ela Akay
12	2-10	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Kayden Campbell	set Finley McAndrew
13	2-11	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Natalie Harris	set Isabel Ostvig
14	3-11	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Aries Fontaine	set Maria Kurnatowska
15	3-12	NJIT	UMBC×3	Kill	Natalie Harris	set Isabel Ostvig
16	3-13	UMBC	UMBC×3	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
17	3-14	UMBC	UMBC×3	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
18	4-14	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Kayden Campbell	set Maria Kurnatowska
19	4-15	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
20	5-15	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Joaneliz Maisonet	set Cece Marino
21	5-16	NJIT	UMBC×3	Kill	Hannah Dobbs	set Isabel Ostvig
22	5-17	UMBC	UMBC×3	Kill	Grace Larrivee
23	5-18	UMBC	UMBC×3	Blocked	Joaneliz Maisonet	blk Grace Larrivee, Hannah Dobbs
24	6-18	UMBC	NJIT	Serve err	UMBC
25	6-19	NJIT	UMBC×4	Kill	Grace Larrivee	set Megan Hunter
26	6-20	UMBC	UMBC×4	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Hannah Howard
27	6-21	UMBC	UMBC×4	Ace	UMBC
28	6-22	UMBC	UMBC×4	Kill	Claudia Llamas	set Megan Hunter
29	7-22	UMBC	NJIT	Kill	Joaneliz Maisonet	set Ela Akay
30	7-23	NJIT	UMBC	Kill	Dasia Johnson	set Megan Hunter
31	8-23	UMBC	NJIT×3	Kill	Tereza Motalova	set Finley McAndrew
32	9-23	NJIT	NJIT×3	Ace	NJIT	aced Elyse VanLandingham
33	10-23	NJIT	NJIT×3	Attack err	Claudia Llamas
34	10-24	NJIT	UMBC	Serve err	NJIT
35	10-25	UMBC	UMBC	Blocked	Joaneliz Maisonet	blk Jalynn Brown

Score shown after each rally, NJIT first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

UMBC def. NJIT 3–0

.462 and 14 kills for Claudia Llamas as UMBC rolled past NJIT.