In a highly anticipated rematch, the UMBC Retriever men's lacrosse team (6-2, 5-2 America East) travels to Long Island to take on red-hot No. 17 Stony Brook (8-3, 6-1 AE) at LaValle Stadium on Saturday, April 24. The noon face-off will be broadcast on the America East digital network.

UMBC defeated SBU, 13-12, in four overtimes to open their league schedule on March 6.

The Seawolves have sewn up a berth in the four-team America East playoffs. A Retriever win or Binghamton loss versus Vermont would punch UMBC's ticket into the tournament.

Stony Brook will welcome back spectators from the general public and continue to admit family members of participants from both teams. Here is their latest policy:  https://stonybrookathletics.com/news/2021/4/20/mens-lacrosse-limited-spectators-permitted-at-stony-brook.aspx

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

As they celebrated Senior Day along with four teammates, UMBC attackmen Ryan Frawley (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) and Brett McIntyre (Calgary, Alberta, Can.) each scored three goals leading the Retrievers to a 12-7 America East Conference win over UMass Lowell on April 17.

The Retrievers finished out the regular season with a 5-0 home record.

UMBC is receiving votes in both the USILA and Inside Lacrosse polls.

Leaders (8 games)

Goals: 17, Nick Dupuis

Assists: 11, Nick Dupuis

Total Points: 28, Nick Dupuis

Saves: 76, Tommy Lingner

Save Percentage: 51.4, Tommy Lingner

Ground Balls: 24, Alex Poma

Caused Turnovers: 12, Colin Kasner (5 games)

Face-Offs Won: 69, Alex Poma

Face-Off Pct.:  51.3, Dane Armstrong

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- The number of one-goal games that UMBC has been involved with in 2021 (3-1). 

7 - The number of games that Dupuis has produced multiple points. He scored a goal at UAlbany, but his streak of multiple point games was halted.

7 – UMBC's goal differential in its 6-2 record

16 – Where Ryan Frawley's 94 career goals rank him on UMBC's all-time list.

18 - UMBC's national ranking by the USILA in games ending April 3.

33 -  Frawley's consecutive-game scoring streak, which is UMBC's longest since Pat Young registered at least one point in 41 in a row from 2013-15. Frawley is tied for 18th in the nation for longest point-scoring streak.  

39:53 – The amount of time (approximately 20.5 percent) that UMBC has led in its three one-goal (including two OT victories this season in nearly 195 minutes (194:57) of game play. UMBC never trailed in wins over Hartford and Vermont and never led in the overtime loss at Binghamton.  

55 - After missing three games due to illness, versatile senior Colin Kasner (Crofton, Md./DeMatha) aided UMBC's effort versus Vermont with three ground balls and a caused turnover. He became the fourth player in school history to record 55 caused turnovers and it only took him 25 games to reach that mark.

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 – Senior goalkeeper Tommy Lingner (Fort Salonga, N.Y.) guarded the cage versus Stony Brook for that long, the lengthiest amount of time played in school history.

95 – Number of points scored by RS-junior attackman Trevor Patschorke (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park). He needs five more to become the 36 th player in school history to hit the century mark.

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

• The Retrievers started a season at 3-0 for the first time since 2001. UMBC is 6-2 for the first time since 2009, when they won nine of their first 11 games.  
• Before it was snapped in the 8-7 overtime loss at Binghamton, 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.
• The Retrievers are ranked fifth nationally in scoring defense, holding foes to 9.0 goals per contest. UMBC is fourth in man-down defense, having killed off 22 of 27 opponent chances.
• Frawley is beginning to heat up, posting career hat tricks Nos. 14 and 15 in contests at UAlbany and versus UML. He needs six goals to become the 13th player in school history to reach the 100-goal plateau. Frawley is tied for 22nd place on the school's all-time points list with 116.
• Sophomore A/M Nick Dupuis (Alexandria, Va.) 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.
• Senior goalkeeper Tommy Lingner earned America East Defensive Player of the Week honors after an 11-save effort versus the explosive Catamounts (April 5). Lingner is currently ranked sixth in the nation with a goals against average of 8.59. The Retriever defense holds its opponents to only 32.1 shots per game.  
• Senior LSDM Colin Kasner (Crofton, Md./DeMatha) earned America East Defensive Player of the Week honors in the wake of a solid Retriever defensive effort in 12-7 win on April 17. Kasner led UMBC with five ground balls and three caused turnovers and now has 55 career CT's (fourth all-time in school history).  

A Look at the Seawolves and the All-Time Series

• Stony Brook is 8-3 overall and 6-1 in America East competition. The Seawolves have won six straight league games by an average margin of 8.5 goals per victory and have vaulted to No. 17 in the USILA poll.  
• Stony Brook is ranked No. 3 in the nation in man-down defense (80.6 percent), fourth in assists per game (10.0) and sixth in scoring offense (15.3 per game). The Seawolves average 49.5 shots attempted per game, second only to top-ranked North Carolina.  
• The Seawolves present a balanced, potent attack in which seven players have accounted for 16 or more goals. Red-shirt freshman attackman Dylan Pallonetti leads the way with 28 goals and 17 assists. Senior midfielder Mike McCannell just earned America East Offensive Player of the Week by virtue of five-goal effort in last Saturday's 22-8 rout of Binghamton.
• This will be the 28th meeting between UMBC and Stony Brook with the Retrievers leading the all-time series, 16-11. UMBC snapped a two-game slide to the Seawolves with a shocking 14-8 victory in the 2019 America East semi-finals. Brett McIntyre scored four times and Trevor Patschorke added a pair of goals and three assists in the win over the top-seeded Seawolves. McIntyre had scored three goals in an earlier 14-7 setback at SBU in the regular season.
• In a classic contest on March 6, Dupuis scored a man-up goal with 1:09 to play in the fourth overtime period to end the longest game in school history as the Retrievers edged Stony Brook, 13-12. McIntyre scored a season-high four goals and has 11 goals in his last three encounters with SBU.
• UMBC is 8-5 in 13 games played at Stony Brook.
• Head Coach Ryan Moran, in his fifth campaign at UMBC, now has a career record of 27-28. He is just the third UMBC mentor in 51 years of USILA (1971) competition. He led the Retrievers to America East Tournament berths in two of his first three campaigns, including a league title in 2019. Moran is assisted by Joe Bucci and Craig Chick. 

UMBC concludes the regular season at America East newcomers NJIT on Saturday, May 1. A noon face-off is slated for the first meeting of the two schools.