The Binghamton volleyball team heads to Albany to take on the Great Danes Friday before heading south to Baltimore for a Sunday matchup with UMBC. The Bearcats are in the middle of a five-game stretch away from the West Gym.

The team enters the weekend with an 0-3 record in America East play, and will look to get in the win column and return to playoff contention.

In their most recent matchup, the Bearcats dropped two close sets to New Hampshire before falling 25-11 in the final frame. Audrey Haworth and Francela Ulate each had 10 kills on the night, while Haworth and Kim Lavender had nine digs each.

Albany comes in undefeated in America East play
The Great Danes had a strong non-conference slate, which has prepared them well for the rigors of America East action.

Albany sits at 4-0 in the conference, and are coming off a 3-0 sweep of a resurgent Hartford team. They have also earned two five-set wins at Stony Brook and UMBC this month.

Akuabata Okenwa leads the Great Danes with 210 kills on the season, followed by Chloe Evering (130) and Danielle Tedesco (120). Malea Stanton has 404 assists. Defensively, Tedesco and Noa Brach have been a force, with 66 and 64 blocks respectively.

UMBC looking for first America East win
The Retrievers sit at 0-4 in the conference, but have put together several tough matches. Those tough matches include five-set losses against Albany and New Hampshire, and a 3-0 loss to Stony Brook in which they scored over 20 points in every set.

Carmen Freeman leads the balanced UMBC attack with 190 kills, and is one of four players with over 100 on the year. Brooke Hayden also has 260 digs for a team who sits at 3-14, but has more digs than its opponents thus far this season.

Match Information
Both matches will have live stream footage as well as live stats. Sunday's contest at UMBC will be on ESPN +.

Friday at Albany
Video: here
Live Stats: here

Sunday at UMBC
Video: here
Live Stats: here