Game Day Program, Binghamton at UMBC

It's highly unusual, but it has happened before.

The UMBC men's lacrosse team (3-1, 2-1 America East) takes on Binghamton (2-1, 2-1) for the second time in four days with this match-up taking place at UMBC Stadium at noon on Saturday, March 27.  

In 2011, the Retrievers travelled to Hartford for the season finale on Saturday, April 30. The Hawks won the game, 10-6, and three days later, UMBC boarded the bus for an America East semi-final contest. The host Hawks won again, 14-11, on the way to their first league tilte.  

Ten years later, UMBC will try to exact revenge on the Bearcats, who captured an 8-7 overtime decision over UMBC on Wednesday in Vestal, N.Y. The game will be broadcast on the America East digital network with Gary Stein on the call.

Keep up to date with the men's lacrosse team at umbcretrievers.com and on the team's social media accounts on Twitter (@UMBC_MLax) and Instagram (@umbc_mlax).

Last Time Out

The Retrievers battled back from a three-goal second-half deficit, but were unable to breakthrough as host Binghamton (2-1, 2-1 AE) scored with 0.07 left in overtime to win, 8-7, on Wednesday.

It was UMBC's third overtime game in four outings this season and the rescheduled game versus the Bearcats was their second road game in five days. The setback snapped UMBC's seven-game winning streak, which started in the truncated 2020 season.

The short-handed Retrievers (3-1, 2-1 AE) peppered the net the entire game, outshooting the Bearcats 48-25, but BU goalie Teddy Dolan tied a career-high with 18 saves. UMBC never led in the game.

Sophomore A/M Nick Dupuis (Alexandria, Va.) had a team-best three goals and two assists, while junior Trevor Patschorke (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) added two goals.

Leaders (4 games)

Goals: 12, Nick Dupuis

Assists: 5, Nick Dupuis

Total Points: 17, Nick Dupuis

Saves: 39, Tommy Lingner

Save Percentage: 51.3, Tommy Lingner

Ground Balls: 15, Alex Poma

Caused Turnovers: 6, Colin Kasner (2 games)

Face-Offs Won: 47, Alex Poma

Face-Off Pct.:  58.0, Alex Poma

By the Numbers

0 – The number of previous overtime wins by the Retrievers under Ryan Moran in three tries. They all occurred in the 2019 championship season. UMBC won its first two games in extra time this season.  

3- The number of times UMBC has gone to extra time in 2021.

4- Number of times that UMBC has competed in overtime games in back-to-back fashion (1977, 2008, 2016, 2021)

5  - The number of points recorded by Dupuis in each of the last three games.

20 - UMBC's national ranking by the USILA in games ending March 7. It is the first national ranking for the Retrievers since March 6, 2010 when the 18th-ranked Retrievers fell at No. 4 North Carolina, 12-7.

22:53 – The amount of time (approximately 17 percent) that UMBC led in its two overtime victories this season in nearly 135 minutes (134:57) of game play.

68:00 – Historically, UMBC is 3-1 when games go into a third overtime period. UMBC defeated Ohio State, 14-13 in 1992 and Maryland, 9-8, in 2008, but lost to Delaware, 11-10, in 2010.  

74:51 – Lingner guarded the cage versus Stony Brook for that long, the lengthiest amount of time played in school history.

2016- The last year that the Retrievers competed in back-to-back overtime games. They won at UMass Lowell, 9-8, then lost in the season finale versus UAlbany, 15-14.

Dawg Bytes

• UMBC received 39 votes and earned the USILA No. 20 ranking on March 8. In the March 22 poll, the Retrievers were the top team "receiving votes" with 35. America East school Vermont (16) and UAlbany (19) were listed in the Top 20 and Stony Brook (9) also received votes.  
• The Retrievers started a season at 3-0 for the first time since 2001.
• UMBC's seven-game winning streak was the second-longest in its NCAA Division I history (1981). The program's longest streak ever of 11 in a row occurred in 2008.
• Nick Dupuis was selected to the USILA Team of the Week on March 9. Dupuis scored a man-up goal with 1:09 to play in the fourth overtime period to end the longest game in school history on March 7. He completed his first career hat trick in the 13-12 victory over Stony Brook with that dramatic goal and led all scorers with three goals and two assists.
• Freshman defenseman Ethan Robinson (Randallstown, Md./McDonogh earned America East Rookie of the Week honors for games ending March 20. Robinson collected four ground balls and caused three turnovers in his first extensive action of the year in the 13-10 win at Hartford.
• UMBC leads the all-time series with Binghamton, 16-7.
• In their last meeting at UMBC, the Retrievers led all the way in a 13-6 victory over the Bearcats. UMBC jumped out to a 6-0 lead and scored six of the game's final eight goals to cruise to the win. Senior attackman Ryan Frawley (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) led a balanced effort with three goals and senior goalkeeper Tommy Lingner (Fort Salonga, N.Y.) stopped 13 Bearcat shots in the victory.
• Binghamton opened with an 11-5 victory at NJIT on March 6 before falling, 19-7, versus UAlbany on March 20.
• Senior attackman Justin Roderka scored five of the Bearcats' 11 goals in the win over NJIT.   
• Midfielders Andrew Arce and Teddy Greenblatt score two goals apiece in the win over UMBC on Wednesday and attackman Daniel Mackinney got the GWG in overtime.

After three games in an eight-day span, UMBC will resume their regular weekend schedule by hosting No. 16 Vermont on Saturday, April 3. The opening face-off is slated for 11:00 a.m.