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BALTIMORE - Courtney Renehan (Mt. Airy, Md./Glenelg/Maryland) led the offensive charge for the UMBC women's lacrosse team but 11 different Retrievers contributed a goal in Saturday's 25-7 victory over Hartford. 

FOR THE RECORD

UMBC moves to 2-2 on the year and picks up its first victory in America East conference play for a 1-1 mark. Hartford falls to 0-2 on the year and in conference contests. 

STRAIGHT FACTS

The Retrievers opened the game on a 4-1 tear with eight-meter goals from Renehan and Dymin Gerow (Baltimore, Md./Episcopal), as well as scores from Claire Bockstie (Forest Hills, Md./Maryvale Preparatory) and Megan Halczuk (Fawn Grove, Pa.). 

The Hawks closed the gap to 5-3 after scoring around another Renehan goal, but the Retrievers put up four straight. Bocksite got things started on a man-up opportunity off an assist from Rachel Ridgley (Owings Mills, Md./Franklin) before Olivia Docal (Glenwood, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) scored off another free-position goal for the Retrievers.

Bockstie added her third of the day at the 14:09 mark to put UMBC up, 8-3, before Lily Kennedy (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) scored a minute later to extend the lead.

Hartford capped UMBC's scoring run at the 12:08 mark with a man-up goal, but Renehan scored four of the last six goals of the first half for UMBC to give the Retrievers a 15-4 lead at halftime. 

Out of the gate in the second half, the Retrievers got three quick goals from Jenna McDermott (Westminster, Md./South Carroll), Renehan, and Gerow off a pass from Lillian Begley (Gaithersburg, Md./Mother of Divine Grace) to take an 18-4 lead.

The Hawks picked up a man-down goal at the 21:05 mark before Katie Schluederberg (Elkridge, Md./Howard/Penn State) scored around a Ridgley goal to extend UMBC's lead to 16.

Hartford scored two goals at the 12:12 and 7:20 marks on the clock, but UMBC got two goals from Camden Demaio (Frederick, Md./Urbana), another eight-meter goal from Halczuk, and a final score from Begley to close out the afternoon.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

23 - the number of draw controls won by UMBC on the day, which marks a season-high. Halczuk controlled a game-high seven.

13 - the number of Retrievers who scored a point in the contest; there were 11 different goal scorers and two (Megan Cleverly and Mary Ellis) with just assists.

7 - the career-high number of goals for Renehan. Last season, the senior set a career-high with four against Lehigh in the season opener. 

4 - the number of Retrievers to make their debut today. McDermott and Kelsey Wisehaar each made their season debut, while Demaio and Isabella Fontana made their career debuts.

ONTO THE NEXT ONE

UMBC faces its first true road match of the season as the team heads to New Hampshire on Saturday, March 20 to face the Wildcats.