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BALTIMORE-UMBC senior forward Pete Caringi III (Perry Hall,
Md./Calvert Hall) scored twice in the first 24 minutes of play,
leading the Retrievers to a 3-1 victory over Seattle U. in the
season opener for both squads in the Spring Hill Suites Arundel
Mills BWI Kick-Off Classic.
Senior midfielder Kadeem Dacres (Rosedale, N.Y.) added a pair of
assists and junior midfielder Mamadou Kansaye (Baltimore,
Md./McDonogh) tallied an insurance marker in the 84th
minute.
UMBC is now 10-0-1 in its last 11 home openers and extended its
unbeaten streak to ten games dating back to 2012.
The game drew a record season- opening crowd of 2,113 at
Retriever Soccer Park.
The Retrievers struck quickly on their first shot of the evening
just before the ten-minute mark. Junior midfielder Geaton
Caltabiano (Lothian, Md./Mt. St. Joseph) sent a long pass down the
right side, where classmate Stephen Ho (North Potomac, Md./Wooton)
broke directly to the goal. Ho could have chipped keeper Jake
Feener, but slid a pass to his left where a charging Caringi
knocked the pass into an unguarded goal from 12 yards out.
Caltabiano initiated UMBC's second score exactly 24 minutes into
the contest. He slotted a ball through to the left side, where
Dacres challenged and beat his defender, but slid a pass to the
right post , where Caringi poked it past Feener from four yards
out.
UMBC appeared to be control, but Seattle cut the deficit in half
in the 38' when a UMBC attempted clear deflected off a teammate and
caromed into the box. Redhawk junior senior forward Miguel Gonzalez
gained control on the right edge and beat UMBC senior goalkeeper
Phil Saunders (Perry Hall, Md./Perry Hall) from close range.
The goal snapped a scoreless streak that UMBC had run up to 589
minutes, dating back six games to Oct. 24, 2012.
The game remained at 2-1 at halftime and until late in the
proceedings, when Kansaye and Dacres worked a give and go, and
Kansaye chipped the return pass beyond Feener 10 yards out to seal
the victory.
UMBC outshot Seattle U., 20-7, with Caringi accounting for nine
shots. Feener made seven saves for the visitors, while Saunders
only had to stop a single attempt to gain the victory.
UMBC will take on UNLV in the final game of the classic on
Sunday, Sept. 1 at 1:00 p.m.
