Nate
Lewnes led a balanced attack with 2 goals and 2 assists. |
Stony Brook, N.Y.—Freshman midfielder Pat
Young (Ewing, N.Y./Christchurch School) broke a 12-all tie
by scoring with 2:39 remaining and visiting UMBC won a critical
America East Conference contest, 13-12, at defending champion Stony
Brook at LaValle Stadium.
The game featured ten ties before Young took a feed from senior
A/M Joe
Lustgarten (Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River) and
buried a shot from nine yards out.
Stony Brook had one last opportunity, but UMBC netminder Wes
DiRito (Odenton, Md./DeMatha) made a save on a deflected
shot with 28 seconds remaining.
"I think our guys rose to the occasion and won a tough road game
down the stretch," head coach Don Zimmerman said. "The
team has remained positive throughout a very demanding season and
the dividends are starting to pay off. We will enjoy the win, but
we need to be ready to move forward next week and play a terrific
Albany team at their place."
Freshman M/A Nate Lewnes (Arnold, Md./St. Mary's) led
a balanced UMBC attack with two goals and two assists. Young,
senior attackman Matt
Gregoire ((Crofton, Md./South River) and senior
midfielder Scott
Hopmann (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's) each scored two goals
apiece for the visitors.
UMBC won back-to-back games for the first time this season and
improved to 2-1 in America East and 5-6 overall. Stony Brook
dropped back-to-back contests for the first time in 2012 and
slipped to 1-2 and 6-6 respectively.
Neither team led by more than one goal in the second half. The
Retrievers trailed, 7-6, at the break, but Nate
Lewnes and Young gave the visitors an 8-7 advantage very early
in the third quarter. But SBU went on a brief 2-0 run before
Hopmann closed the stanza with a score in close quarters as 35
seconds remained.
The Seawolves took leads of 10-9, 11-10, and 12-11 in the fourth
quarter, but Gregoire, Lustgarten and senior midfielder Dave
Brown (Coopersburg, Pa./The Hill School) responded each
time to knot the score for UMBC. Brown's unassisted goal tied the
score at 12-12 with 4:11 to play.
Junior Phil
Poe (Harwood, Md./DeMatha) won the ensuing draw and UMBC
called a time-out before Young's game-winning goal.
The Retrievers dominated time of possession, as Poe won 18 of 29
draws, and the visitors outshot the hosts, 47-23.
Senior midfielder Jeff Tundo led all scorers with three goals
and two helpers. SBU freshman netminder Dan Shaughnessy made 10
saves in the cage, while DiRito countered with five for UMBC.
UMBC outshot Stony Brook, 26-13, in the first half, but only put
nine attempts on goal. The Retrievers trailed 1-0 and 2-1, but did
take a brief 3-2 lead on Gregoire's score with 4:03 to play in the
first half. The Seawolves scored twice in an 11-second span in the
final minute of the stanza and led 4-3 after 15 minutes.
After Nate Lewnes tied the score near the midpoint of
the half, the hosts went on a 3-0 run to take a 7-4 advantage with
3:19 remaining in the period. But senior defensive
midfielder Neill
Lewnes (Arnold, Md./St. Mary's) ended the run by blasting
a shot past Shaughnessy with 1:28 to play in the half. UMBC took
the momentum into the break as sophomore middie Derek
Bertolini (Madison, Conn./Choate) slipped inside and
converted a Brown pass to bring the visitors within 7-6
with 13 seconds left.
UMBC faces No. 12 Albany (3-0, 9-3) at John Fallon Field on
Friday evening, April 19.
Notes: The Retrievers won on the road for the first time in 2013
and snapped a six-game road losing streak that dated back to
2012,..In its tenth season of league play, UMBC won for the
38th time in 50 America East regular season
contests… The Retrievers committed no penalties in the game,
while SBU was whistled for one 30-second foul… UMBC is 2-0
in 2013 when tied after three quarters-they outscored Mount St
.Mary's, 3-1, in the final 15 minutes in a 10-8 victory on March
23… The Retrievers snapped a three-game slide vs. Stony
Brook and improved to 12-7 all-time vs. the
Seawolves.
