The UMBC Retriever men's lacrosse team (5-1, 4-1 America East) faces another explosive lineup this weekend, when they travel to New York and take on the UAlbany Great Danes (5-3, 3-2 AE) on Sunday, April 11. The contest, to be played at John Fallon Field, is slated for a noon opening face-off and the contest will be broadcast on the America East digital network.

UMBC enters the contest ranked No. 18 (USILA)/No. 16 (Inside Lacrosse), while UAlbany received votes in both polls as of April 5.   

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 UMBC men's lacrosse team never trailed No. 16 Vermont and held off a late Catamount rally to prevail, 10-8, in cool conditions at UMBC Stadium on April 3. The Retrievers improved to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in America East play, tying Vermont (4-3, 4-1 AE) for first place in the conference.

The Retrievers held the Catamounts to their lowest scoring total of the season. Vermont was ranked seventh in the nation entering the game with 15.2 goals per contest and their eight goals scored were four fewer than their previous low in a 15-12 opening loss at Bryant.

UMBC freshman midfielder Brian Tregoning (Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel) led a balanced attack, posting his first career three-goal game. Junior midfielder Brandon Galloway (Grasonville, Md./Queen Anne's) and sophomore attackman Nick Dupuis (Alexandria, Va.) added two goals apiece and senior attackman Ryan Frawley (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) extended his scoring streak to 31 with a goal and two assists.

The Retrievers have won their five games by a total of eight goals in 2021.

Leaders (6 games)

Goals: 15, Nick Dupuis

Assists: 8, Nick Dupuis

Total Points: 23, Nick Dupuis

Saves: 58, Tommy Lingner

Save Percentage: 53.2, Tommy Lingner

Ground Balls: 23, Alex Poma

Caused Turnovers: 7, Ricky Fedorchak, Colin Kasner (3 games)

Face-Offs Won: 61, Alex Poma

Face-Off Pct.:  50.8, 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- The number of one-goal games that UMBC has been involved with in 2021 (3-1). 

6 - The number of games that Dupuis has produced multiple points.

7 – UMBC's goal differential in its 5-1 record

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.

29 – The position that Frawley has moved into on UMBC's all-time scoring list. His 109 points (88-21-109) is tied with Rob Grimm, who played from 2009-12.

31 -  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 20th 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.  

50 - 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 50 caused turnovers and it only took him 23 games (2.17 per game) 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.

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. The 5-1 start by the Retrievers is the best since an 8-1 opening to the 1992 campaign.
• 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 sixth nationally in scoring defense, holding foes to 8.5 goals per contest and eighth nationally in clearing percentage at 88.7 percent.
• 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.
• 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 seventh in the nation with a goals against average of 7.99.

A Look at the Great Danes and the All-Time Series

• UAlbany dropped to 5-3 overall as the Great Danes fell, 13-8, at No. 9 Syracuse on Thursday evening. With the game tied at four, Syracuse scored four-straight goals to go up 8-4 with 3:48 left in the second. Dane goalkeeper Liam Donnelly made 14 saves on the night as his side was outshot, 50-30.
• UAlbany averages 13.8 goals per game and 80 of 110 goals have drawn assists. Four players have 20 points or more, led by sophomore attacker Graydon Hogg with 17 goals and 6 assists. Graduate student linemate Jakob Patterson, the 2019 America East Offensive Player of the Year, leads the conference with 2.83 assists per game.
• The Danes are second nationally in clearing at 90.9 percent.
• Against common America East opponents to date, UAlbany (3-2 in conference) has dropped contests to Vermont (14-12) and Stony Brook (16-10), but trounced Hartford (16-6) and Binghamton (19-7).  UMBC is 4-1 against those foes, defeating Vermont, SBU and Hartford, while splitting two games versus Binghamton.
• UAlbany leads the all-time series, 13-11, and has won nine of the last ten meetings. The lone Retriever broke an eight-game slide, an 11-7 UMBC triumph in 2018 when the Great Danes were ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Great Danes have won six of nine meetings in Albany and the last four in a row. UMBC's last win occurred in 2011.
• In 2019, UAlbany narrowly avenged the 2018 setback at the hands of the Retrievers and triumphed, 9-7. UMBC sliced a 6-1 first quarter deficit to 8-7 with 4:42 remaining, but could not complete the rally. Then freshman Taylor Bohanan (Arnold, Md./St. Mary's) was UMBC's lone multiple-point producer, recording his first career two-goal game. Lingner made 12 saves, including eight stops with just three goals allowed in the final 45 minutes.
• Lingner made 16 saves in the Retrievers' 11-7 win over the Danes in '18, giving him 28 stops and 16 goals allowed (63.6 percent) in two contests versus UA.
• For the second consecutive year, Ryan Frawley is one of 20 men's lacrosse student-athletes from across the country to be tabbed as a candidate for the Senior CLASS award.  
• Head Coach Ryan Moran, in his fifth campaign at UMBC, now has a career record of 26-27. 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 will honor its seniors on Senior Day in the home regular season finale on Saturday, April 17 when they host UMass Lowell. Game time is set for noon at UMBC Stadium.