WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Junior Rich Conlon (Vienna, Va./James Madison) hit a three-run home run, but the UMBC baseball team fell to Northwestern, 9-5, Saturday afternoon in Winter Haven, Fla. The Retrievers (3-8) finished 3-4 on its annual Spring Break trip to Florida.

After the Wildcats moved out to a 5-0 lead after the top of the third, when junior Casey Medairy (Elkridge, Md./Howard) singled and sophomore Curtis Schickner (East Windsor, N.J./Lawrenceville Prep) walked to open the bottom of the third. Conlon stepped up and hit his second home run of the season and now has a share of the team lead with 10 RBI on the season.

Schickner hit a RBI double in the fourth to extend his hitting streak to six games.

Paul Snieder, who socked his first home run of the season, and Arby Fields collected three hits apiece, while Chris Lashmet drove in three runs for NU.

UMBC senior starter Andrew Germuth (Severn, Md./Archbishop Spalding/Mount St. Mary's) (1-1) struck out four in five innings of work, allowing six runs.

Northwestern (5-10) starter Michael Jahns picked up the win, allowed one hit in five innings of relief.

The Retrievers return to action Tuesday when they travel to local rival Towson for a 3 p.m. matchup.