Freshman Nate
Lewnes posted 2g, 4a vs. High Point |
BALTIMORE- UMBC freshman attackman Nate
Lewnes (Arnold, Md./St. Mary's) tallied a team season-best six
points and sophomore netminder Wes
DiRito (Odenton, Md./DeMatha) collected 15 saves in
his first home start as the host Retrievers defeated High Point,
16-11, at UMBC Stadium.
UMBC improved to 2-4 on the season, including 2-0 at home, while
High Point, in its first year of NCAA Division I varsity
competition, fell to 2-6.
UMBC's special teams were outstanding as the Retrievers scored
on all four of its extra-man chances, while denying High Point on
all six of the Panthers' opportunities.
Lewnes scored two goals and added four assists to pace the
attack for UMBC. Senior attackman Scott
Jones (Port Coquitlam, B.C./Terry Fox) scored three goals
for the Retrievers and added a pair of assists. Four Retrievers-
freshman Pat
Young (Ewing, N.J./Christchurch (Va.)), junior Zach
Linkous (Jarrettsville, Md./St. Paul's), senior Matt
Gregoire (Crofton, Md./South River) and junior David
Campbell (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park)- each scored two
goals for UMBC.
High Point freshman attackmen Dan Lomas and Adam Seal each
scored three goals.
The Retrievers had not scored the game's first goal in 2013, but
burst from the gates and took a 4-0 advantage by the 9:03 mark of
the first quarter. Campbell opened the scoring on an unassisted
goal 4:14 into the proceedings ,getting to the inside and beating
HPU netminder Austin Geisler. Lewnes made it 2-0, converting
a Zach Linkous feed at the 5:39 mark and Retriever junior
face-off specialist Phil
Poe (Harwood, Md./DeMatha) won the ensuing draw and scored
six seconds later to push the margin to 3-0. Young capped the run
before Panther sophomore attackman Matt Thistle closed the scoring
for the quarter with 1:35 remaining.
Thistle's goal started a 5-2 response by High Point as the
visitors cut the Retriever advantage to 6-5 on Lomas'
20th goal of the season at the 8:43 mark of the
second stanza. But UMBC answered with a 3-0 surge in a span of 2:04
on goals by Campbell, Linkous and Gregoire to take a 9-5 advantage.
Lomas scored the final goal of the half with 1:51 to play in the
quarter and UMBC took a9-6 advantage to the locker room
.
The Panthers closed to within a pair of goals twice in the third
quarter, outscoring the Retrievers, 3-2, in the stanza.
UMBC led, 11-9, after 45 minutes, but scored twice in the first
3:24 of the fourth quarter and added two more in a 34-second span
in the middle of the stanza to take control. Senior
attackman Joe
Lustgarten (Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River)
caught the High Point defense off-guard and came from behind the
net to score a man-up goal 73 seconds into the quarter to give the
Retrievers a 12-9 advantage and Jones finished a Young feed to push
the advantage to 13-9.
Gregoire. Linkous and Young recorded the
final three scores for the Retrievers as the team tallied a
season-high in goals.
DiRito made 10 of his 15 saves in the second and fourth
quarters. Geisler stopped 10 UMBC shots as the visitors outshot the
hosts, 41-35.
Jones scored three or more goals in a game for the 15th time in
his career.
UMBC continues its three-game homestand when the squad welcomes
Towson to UMBC Stadium on Tuesday evening. The opening face-off is
set for 7:30 p.m.
