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Men's Lacrosse: UMBC takes out Vermont 8-6

Men's Lacrosse: UMBC takes out Vermont 8-6

April 26, 2008
from press releases

Burlington, Vt.—The fifth-ranked UMBC men’s lacrosse team won its school record ninth straight game and completed a sweep in America East Conference play with a hard-earned 8-6 victory at Vermont.

UMBC improves to 10-3 overall and 5-0 in the America East Conference, while Vermont’s playoff hopes ended and the Catamounts fell to 5-11, 1-4. The Retrievers posted their third consecutive 10-plus win season, also a new school record.

Senior midfielder Terry Kimener and junior attackman Ryan Smith led the Retrievers with two goals and an assist each. Freshman attackman Dom Scalzo added a pair of goals for UMBC.

The Retrievers led, 6-5 at intermission, but Vermont’s Ryan Gillette scored an extra-man goal 15 seconds in the third quarter. But UMBC would shut the door on the Catamounts the final 29:45. Smith would get the game winning goal on an unassisted score with 4:45 to play in the third stanza and sophomore attackman Matt Latham added an insurance marker with 1:10 remaining. UMBC outshot Vermont, 31-20 as Retriever netminder Jeremy Blevins recorded seven saves.

The Catamounts jumped out to a 3-1advantage in the first quarter before Kimener scored with 1:21 to play in the stanza to bring the visitors to within a goal. After Vermont’s Kyle Hahn scored 37 seconds into the second quarter, UMBC outscored UVM, 4-1 and secured a 6-5 halftime advantage. Scalzo scored both of his goals in this run and freshman Bobby Stockton scored the go-ahead goal with 4:05 to play in the half.

The top-seeded Retrievers will face fourth-seeded Binghamton in Thursday’s second America East semifinal match-up at 7:30 p.m.. Albany will face Stony Brook in the opener at 4:00 p.m.

Notes: UMBC was also a perfect 5-0 in America East play in 2006 and would go on to win their lone tournament title at UMBC Stadium… Kimener has a 22-game scoring streak and has multiple points in 11 consecutive games… UMBC is 23-4 all-time in America East Conference play, including 9-3 on the road.

Box Score

1 2 3 4 F

UMBC - Retrievers [M] 2 4 1 1 8

Vermont - Catamounts [M] 3 2 1 0 6

Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
2008 Vermont Men's Lacrosse Statistics
#5 UMBC vs Vermont (Apr 26, 2008 at Burlington, Vt.)

UMBC (10-3, 5-0) vs. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot
Vermont (5-11, 1-4) -------------------------------------
Date: Apr 26, 2008 Attendance: 680 UMBC................ 2 4 1 1 - 8
Weather: 62 degrees, cloudy, 12mph winds Vermont............. 3 2 1 0 - 6

UMBC SCORING: GOALS: Smith, Ryan 2; Kimener, Terry 2; Scalzo, Dom 2; Latham,
Matt 1; Stockton, Bobby 1.
ASSISTS: Davis, Maxx 1; Kimener, Terry 1; Smith, Ryan 1.

Vermont SCORING: GOALS: Lichtfuss, Derek 2; Hann, Kyle 2; Wagar, Trevor 1;
Gillette, Ryan 1.
ASSISTS: Kelleher, Andrew 1; Lichtfuss, Derek 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 Tot
-------------------------------------
UMBC................ 7 14 3 7 - 31
Vermont............. 5 5 4 6 - 20

Ground balls by prd 1 2 3 4 Tot
-------------------------------------
UMBC................ 4 3 2 9 - 18
Vermont............. 4 6 4 5 - 19

Face-offs by prd 1 2 3 4 Total
----------------------------------------------------
UMBC................ 2-6 2-7 0-2 1-2 - 5-17
Vermont............. 4-6 5-7 2-2 1-2 - 12-17

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 Total
----------------------------------------------------
UMBC................ 5-5 4-6 5-5 7-7 - 21-23
Vermont............. 4-5 2-2 4-6 5-5 - 15-18

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 Total
----------------------------------------------------
UMBC................ 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 - 1-3
Vermont............. 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 - 2-4

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 Tot
-------------------------------------
UMBC................ 2 2 2 1 - 7
Vermont............. 2 2 1 1 - 6

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 Tot
-------------------------------------
UMBC................ 0 0 0 0 - 0
Vermont............. 0 0 0 0 - 0

PENALTIES - UMBC 4/2:30; VERMONT 3/1:30.
Officials: John Bellows; David Pinciaro; Matthew Croteau. Scorer: Chris Wojcik.

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UMBC - Retrievers [M]

Vermont - Catamounts [M]

Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
2008 Vermont Men's Lacrosse Statistics
#5 UMBC vs Vermont (Apr 26, 2008 at Burlington, Vt.)

UMBC (10-3, 5-0) vs. Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot
Vermont (5-11, 1-4) -------------------------------------
Date: Apr 26, 2008 Attendance: 680 UMBC................ 2 4 1 1 - 8
Weather: 62 degrees, cloudy, 12mph winds Vermont............. 3 2 1 0 - 6

UMBC SCORING: GOALS: Smith, Ryan 2; Kimener, Terry 2; Scalzo, Dom 2; Latham,
Matt 1; Stockton, Bobby 1.
ASSISTS: Davis, Maxx 1; Kimener, Terry 1; Smith, Ryan 1.

Vermont SCORING: GOALS: Lichtfuss, Derek 2; Hann, Kyle 2; Wagar, Trevor 1;
Gillette, Ryan 1.
ASSISTS: Kelleher, Andrew 1; Lichtfuss, Derek 1.

Shots by period 1 2 3 4 Tot
-------------------------------------
UMBC................ 7 14 3 7 - 31
Vermont............. 5 5 4 6 - 20

Ground balls by prd 1 2 3 4 Tot
-------------------------------------
UMBC................ 4 3 2 9 - 18
Vermont............. 4 6 4 5 - 19

Face-offs by prd 1 2 3 4 Total
----------------------------------------------------
UMBC................ 2-6 2-7 0-2 1-2 - 5-17
Vermont............. 4-6 5-7 2-2 1-2 - 12-17

Clears by period 1 2 3 4 Total
----------------------------------------------------
UMBC................ 5-5 4-6 5-5 7-7 - 21-23
Vermont............. 4-5 2-2 4-6 5-5 - 15-18

Extra-man opps 1 2 3 4 Total
----------------------------------------------------
UMBC................ 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 - 1-3
Vermont............. 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 - 2-4

Saves by period 1 2 3 4 Tot
-------------------------------------
UMBC................ 2 2 2 1 - 7
Vermont............. 2 2 1 1 - 6

Turnovers by prd 1 2 3 4 Tot
-------------------------------------
UMBC................ 0 0 0 0 - 0
Vermont............. 0 0 0 0 - 0

PENALTIES - UMBC 4/2:30; VERMONT 3/1:30.
Officials: John Bellows; David Pinciaro; Matthew Croteau. Scorer: Chris Wojcik.