Burlington, Vt.- Junior midfielder Scott
Hopmann (Annapolis,Md./St. Mary's) led visiting UMBC
with three goals and eight other Retrievers hit the nets as UMBC
never trailed in an 11-8 America East Conference victory over
Vermont.
UMBC improved to 2-0 in league play and 4-5 overall,
whileVermont slipped to 0-2 in America East and 1-9 overall.
The Retrievers have won their first two league games for the first
time since 2009.
Hopmann added an assist for his second consecutive four-point
game. Senior midfielder Rob
Grimm (Black River, N.Y.), who scored a goal and
added an assist, and junior attackman Joe
Lustgarten (Wading River, N.Y.), who contributed a
pair of assists, were the other multiple-point scorers for the
Retrievers.
Vermont junior attackman Drew Philie led all scorers with
five goals and one assist for the game.
The Retrievers led, 6-3, late in the second quarter,
but Vermont scored twice in the final 41 seconds of the
stanza, including a score by Drew Philie with three ticks remaining
andVermont trailed, 6-5 at halftime.
The Catmounts forged the only tie of the game as Philie recorded
his fourth goal with 6:50 to play in the third quarter.
But the Retrievers made the contest's pivotal run of 4-0 and
took command at 10-6 with 8:05 remaining. Hopmann started and ended
the surge, giving UMBC the lead for good on an unassisted score
with 1:13 to play in the third. Just 45 seconds into the fourth
quarter, freshman midfielder Derek
Bertolini (Madison, Conn.) recorded an unassisted
goal, and after Retriever face-off speclialist Phil Poe won the
ensuing draw, Vermont was called for a slashing penalty.
UMBC converted on that opportunity, as Grimm (Black
River, N.Y.) converted a feed from Lustgarten 38 seconds after
the Bertolini score.
Hopmann finalized the run to give UMBC its first four-goal lead
of the game and the Retrievers kept the hosts from closing with
three goals down the stretch to defeat Vermont for the
ninth time in nine total meetings.
UMBC junior goalkeeper Adam
Cohen (Arnold, Md./Severn) made eight of his ten
saves in the second half as Vermont outshot the
Retrievers, 34-26.
Poe won 16 of 23 face-offs and corralled a season best nine
ground balls.
UMBC led, 3-2, after one quarter, a stanza which was highlighted
by the first career goal by sophomore LSM Nathan
Klein (). Klein gave the Retrievers a 3-1 advantage 16
seconds after Philie scored his first goal of the game, scooping up
a Poe face-off win and beating Vermontnetminder David Barton
with 6:55 to play in the quarter.
After scoring five points in his first five outings of the
season, Hopmann now has eight goals and 11 points in his last
three. Lustgarten has eight assists in his last three contests.
UMBC returns home to face America East rival Stony Brook on
Saturday, April 14.
