Lowell, Mass. – Junior attackman Max Maxwell (Hamburg, N.Y.) scored just 30 seconds into overtime as the visiting UMBC Retrievers rallied from a three-goal second half deficit to edge UMass Lowell, 9-8, at Cushing Field.

For the second time in 2016, the Retrievers (4-9, 1-4 America East) rallied from a multiple-goal second half disadvantage to triumph in the first minute of overtime.

Maxwell, who entered the game with 12 goals and a team-high 24 assists, gave UMBC its first lead of the day on an extra-man chance with 2:12 remaining in regulation. Senior attackman Nate Lewnes (Arnold, Md./St. Mary's) rang the post early in the set, and freshman middie Ryan Baker (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) ran down the ball near midfield.  Baker fed senior attackman Mark Monroe (Williamsburg, Va.), who spotted Maxwell inside and the Maxwell beat UML netminder Grant Ladieri from close range.

But the River Hawks would tie the game and sent it to overtime when Jon Phillips scored from close range with 22 seconds remaining.  

UMBC, which lost 16 of 21 draws on the day, won the opening draw of overtime and junior LSDM Garrett Hasken (Odenton, Md./DeMatha), who tallied the game-winner off an opening face-off win over Marist, shot wide off an unsettled situation. After a UMBC time out, Maxwell took possession and never gave it up.  He tried to come around the right side of the goal, then circled back and got inside his defender on the left side, and bounced a shot past Ladieri.

UMBC senior midfielder Jack Gannon led the Retrievers with three goals. Freshman attackman Jack Andrews (Arnold, Md./St. Mary's) led all scorers with two goals and three assists, while Maxwell recorded two goals and two helpers. Lewnes added a pair of scores for the victors.

Phillips led UML (3-12, 0-6 AE) with three goals and one helper.

The River Hawks led, 4-1, after 15 minutes and 6-3 at the half. After the two teams traded goals to open the third quarter, Gannon netted back-to-back goals late in the stanza to bring UMBC to within 7-6 after 45 minutes. Neither team scored for over 17 minutes, until Andrews found Lewnes inside, and the nation's leading goal scorer, knotted the game with 3:04 to play.

UML outshot UMBC, 34-25, and Souder made all 11 of his saves after a tough first quarter. Ladieri countered with seven saves for the River Hawks. .

UMBC completes the 2016 campaign next Saturday at home versus No. 6 Albany. The Retrievers will honor seniors Lewnes, Gannon, Monroe, defender Zach Esser,  attackman Drew Borsody, goalkeeper Connor Gordon and midfielder Steve Winsor in pre-game ceremonies.