BALTIMORE - The UMBC women's lacrosse team (5-6, 1-1 AEC) looks to get back on track Wednesday afternoon when it hosts America East rival Binghamton (2-6, 0-1 AEC) at 4 p.m. in the first of back-to-back conference games at UMBC Stadium this week.
Last Time Out: The Retrievers fell to America East rival Vermont, 11-6, Saturday in Burlington, Vt. Six different players got on the board for the Retrievers, including senior midfielder Kara Dorr (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) and sophomore midfielder Amanda Pappas (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake), who each posted two points on a goal and an assist apiece. Junior goalie Kate Quick (Phoenix, Md./Maryvale Prep) made nine saves.
Who's Up Next: The Retrievers host 19th-ranked New Hampshire on Saturday, April 4, at 12 p.m. UMBC will then play three of its final games on the road.
On the Bearcats: Binghamton is 2-6 on the season and 0-1 in America East play. The Bearcats have dropped five in a row after Saturday's 22-7 loss at 11th-ranked Vanderbilt. Midfielder Beth Moore leads Binghamton with 18 goals and is tied with attack Ali Castiglie for the team lead in points with 19 apiece. Midfielder Siobhan Menz is tops on the team with 17 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers, while attack Kate Tesi has won a team-best 14 draw controls. Goalie Lauren Scott has posted a league-best .528 save percentage and a 9.90 goals-against average with 9.57 saves per game. The Bearcats rank last in the America East in points, ground balls and draw controls. Binghamton was picked to finish seventh in the America East preseason coaches' poll.
Last Time vs. the Bearcats: UMBC attack Ali Levendusky scored six goals and attack Abbey Swift added four in the Retrievers' 15-8 victory at the Bearcats Sports Complex. UMBC led, 10-2, at halftime, as six different Retrievers tallied at least once in the opening stanza. Binghamton midfielder Lizzie Wright led the Bearcats with four points on three goals and an assist. UMBC goalie Susie Sweeney made seven saves, while Scott stopped nine shots for Binghamton. UMBC held an 18-6 edge in draw controls and also outshot the Bearcats, 30-17.
UMBC vs. Binghamton All-Time: The Retrievers have never lost to the Bearcats in five all-time meetings. The teams have met each year since UMBC joined the America East in 2004.
Beasts in the America East: The Retrievers lead the America East in caused turnovers per game (11.0) and rank second in turnovers (16.09 pg), goals-against average (10.45) and saver percentage (.475) and third in ground balls (17.64 pg) and shots (29.0 pg). Individually, Dorr ranks third in the conference in shots per game (6.45), sixth in goals (2.55 pg) and eighth in points (3.0 pg), while freshman attack Emily Coady (Westminster, Md./Westminster) ranks eighth in assists (1.0 pg) and sophomore attack Erika Braerman (Fallston, Md./Fallston) is ninth (0.91 pg). In addition, sophomore midfielder C.J. Durham (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) ranks second in caused turnovers per game (1.73). Finally, Quick's .477 save percentage ranks fourth in the league, while her 10.99 goals-against average and her 8.45 saves-per-game average both rank sixth.
Among the Best: UMBC ranks 14th in the NCAA with 11.0 caused turnovers per game and 20th with 186 goals on the season. Quick ranks in the top 50 in the nation in save percentage (28th, .477), saves per game (33rd, 8.0) and goals-against average (40th, 11.0), while Durham ranks 31st in caused turnovers (1.73 pg) and Dorr is 42nd in draw controls (2.73 pg).
Going Streaking: Sophomore attack Ashley Stodter (Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel) has scored at least one point in nine straight games, the longest current streak on the team. Other Retrievers with active streaks include junior midfielder Amanda Gable (Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg) at eight, Pappas at six, Dorr at five and Braerman at four. Coady's seven-game streak was snapped on Saturday at Vermont when she was held scoreless.
Taking on the Best: UMBC will face four teams this season that were ranked in the top 20 in the most recent IWLCA Coaches' Poll, including No. 11 Vanderbilt (Feb. 21), No. 12 Boston University (April 25), No. 13 Loyola (Feb. 25) and No. 20 New Hampshire (April 4). In addition, Towson (March 3) received votes in the poll.
Underclassmen on Top: Five of UMBC's top six scorers this season are freshmen and sophomores. Coady ranks second with 26 points, followed by Pappas with 21, freshman midfielder Bria Phillips (Davidsonville, Md./Coronado (Calif.)) with 20, Stodter with 17 and Braerman with 16. In addition, Coady leads the Retrievers with 11 assists, while Durham is tops on the team with 19 caused turnovers.
Century Mark: Dorr scored the 100th point of her career on March 21 against Stony Brook. Dorr leads the Retrievers with 28 goals and 34 points this season, and she is nearing career highs in both categories. She posted personal bests of 29 goals and 35 points as a sophomore in 2007.
20/20: When the Retrievers scored 20 goals against Holy Cross on March 6, it was the most goals they had scored in a game since a 23-7 victory over Howard on Feb. 17, 2007. UMBC then tallied 20 goals against Iona on March 17, marking the first time the Retrievers scored 20 or more goals twice in the same season since 2006, when they scored 23 against Howard and Vermont.
