Scott
Jones surpassed the 100-point mark in his career with 7 vs.
Vermont |
BALTIMORE- UMBC exploded for a season-high 19 goals and defeated
the visiting Vermont Catamounts, 19-6, in an America East
Conference match-up at UMBC Stadium.
The Retrievers improved to 1-1 in league play and 4-6 overall,
while Vermont slipped to 3-8, 0-2.
Senior attackman Scott Jones (Port Coquitlam,
B.C./Terry Fox) and junior face-off specialist Phil
Poe (Harwood, Md./DeMatha) produced sterling effort for
the hosts. Jones scored a career-high six goals and surpassed the
100-point plateau in his tenure, while Poe recorded a school record
23 face-off wins in the resounding victory.
Jones became the 30th player in school history
to record 100 points with 86 goals and 18 assists for 104
points.
The 19 goals scored by UMBC is the most since a 20-11 victory
over Vermont in the 2007 season and the 13-goal differential is the
most since an 18-5 victory over Mount St. Mary's in 2001.
Vermont junior attackman Graham Horvath led the visitors with a
pair of goals.
After a quiet first five minutes, UMBC erupted for three goals
in a two-minute span. Jones scored the Retrievers' first man-down
goal of the year, picking up a loose ball and the midline and
beating the Catamount defense down the field to score unassisted at
the 5:45 mark. Nearly a minute later, senior attackman Matt
Gregoire (Crofton, Md./South River) whipped a shot past
Vermont starting keeper Justin Rosenberg from eight
yards out after receiving a feed from freshman middie Pat
Young (Ewing, N.J./Christchurch School). Freshman Nate
Lewnes (Arnold, Md./St. Mary's) capped the sequence by
finishing senior midfielder Scott Hopmann's
(Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's) feed.
UMBC increase the lead to 6-0 after 15 minutes as Gregoire
completed a hat trick of his own in the first quarter and junior
midfielder Zach
Linkous (Jarrettsville, Md./St. Paul's) added a
goal.
Vermont opened the second quarter with its first score of the
game, as Horvath scored 59 seconds into the stanza. But UMBC went
on another 6-0 surge to take an insurmountable 12-1 advantage at
the break. Jones scored four of those six goals, including the
half's final score with four seconds remaining.
The Retrievers added five goals in the third quarter and led,
17-4, after 45 minutes, before substituting liberally in the final
stanza.
UMBC amassed a season high with 45 shots and outshot the
Catamounts, 45-27. Retriever sophomore goalkeeper Wes
DiRito (Odenton, Md./DeMatha) recorded the win, making six
saves, while allowing four goals in 45 minutes. Rosenberg took the
loss for Vermont, recording six saves and allowing 12 scores.
Gregoire finished with four goals, while Young contributed a
pair of goals and a season-high three assists. Senior
midfielder Joe
Lustgarten (Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River)
posted a goal and three helpers.
UMBC is now 4-1 at home in 2013 and 21-4 at home in America East
regular season play.
The Retrievers travel to New York to face Stony Brook in a
league game on Sat., April 13.
