All Entries Tagged With: "Naomi Bush"
Volleyball Downs Hartford 3-1 in Conference Opener
After falling to the Hawks in the first set in extra play (27-25) UMBC bounced back to take three straight sets in convincing fashion (25-19, 25-19, 25-15) to kick off the opening weekend of America East play with a win. With Ashley Oscars playing in her first full game back from injury it did not [...]
Volleyball Downs Towson in Four Set Match
In the volleyball team’s final non-conference game before America East play the team hit a few milestones. Alyssa Lang had a UMBC season high 22 Kills and Kira Giles’ 42 assists put her over 3,000 for her career, making her just the fourth Retriever to do so. Also on the offensive end Naomi Bush was [...]
Volleyball Beats James Madison 3-1
The volleyball team is hitting on all cylinders right now. Alyssa Lang and Naomi Bush are playing very well and even though Ashley Oscars was out of the game they found two players to step up and take over her offensive role. In four sets, which UMBC won 3-1 (25-16, 25-23, 16-15, 25-21) Alyssa Lang [...]
Giles Setter of the Week; Bush Rookie of the Week
For the third straight week a UMBC freshman has walked away from the week with the Rookie of the Week award. Naomi Bush earned her second Rookie of the Week award with 35 kills and a .261 hitting percentage. Against Howard she hit .500 with 15 kills and then has 10 kills, seven digs, and [...]
Volleyball Splits on Second Day of Maryland Invitational
Game One: UMBC 3, VCU 1 Alyssa Lang has been on fire since be inserted back into her starting role. She led all players with 17 kills and recorded a double-double with 13 digs. Her teammate Ashley Oscars and Naomi Bush also had fine games in UMBC’s victory over VCU. Oscars recorded 14 kills with [...]
Naomi Bush Records 15 Kills in Sweep of Howard
After dropping four straight matches UMBC has recorded three straight sweeps to improve their record to 4-6. Freshman Naomi Bush led all players with 15 kills. She also had five digs and hit .500. Alyssa Lang has had her best game of the season with 12 kills and seven digs while hitting .346. Iman Kennedy [...]
Volleyball Drops Three Set Match To George Mason
Starters: OH: Ashley Oscars MB: Iman Kennedy MB: Naomi Bush RH: Ali Loynachan S: Kira Giles L: Pam Jarrett Only one word can truly define the play of the Retrievers in this game: sloppy. Hitting just .129 and recording 17 errors, the volleyball team really just dug the whole deeper and made it hard to [...]
Volleyball vs. George Mason Preview
Projected Starters: UMBC (2-3): OH: Ashley Oscars (52 Kills, 4 Service Aces, 35 Digs) MB: Iman Kennedy (42 Kills, 2 Solo Blocks, 16 Assisted Blocks) MB: Naomi Bush (30 Kills, 3 Service Aces, 19 Digs) RH: Ali Loynachan (38 Kills, 11 Service Aces, 25 Digs, 14 Assisted Blocks) S: Kira Giles (122 Assists, 1 Service [...]
Naomi Bush Named Volleyball's Freshman of the Week
In her first weekend of action Naomi Bush really made a name for herself. In three matches at the Long Beach State/ UC-Irvine invitational she recorded 30 kills and 19 digs in just nine sets. In her first match as a Retriever she led the team with 10 kills against Long Beach State. She also [...]
Volleyball Gets Swept by UC Irvine
The long road trip coupled with the fact that UC Irvine is one of the top teams in the nation did not fair well for the Retrievers. While they kept the match close in the first two sets they were blown out in the final set 25-8. Even though the team did not have a [...]