Women’s Lacrosse Ends Home Stand Against Robert Morris on Saturday

UMBC women’s lacrosse will end their five game home stand against Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon.

BALTIMORE– UMBC women's lacrosse will end their five game home stand against Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon. The Retrievers are 4-3 on the year after a convincing 20-5 win against Bucknell last Saturday. UMBC has already played five of their seven games in Baltimore.

Robert Morris Game Info:
What: UMBC Retrievers (4-3) vs. Robert Morris Colonials (4-4)
Where: Retriever Soccer Park - Baltimore, Md.
When: Saturday, March 19 - 12:00 p.m.
How to Watch: Live stream on AmericaEast.TV, live stats at UMBCRetrievers.com
Social Media: @UMBC_WLacrosse, @UMBCAthletics, #RetrieverNation, #AEWLAX

Scouting the Retrievers:

UMBC comes into the Saturday contest after a full week off since their 20-5 win against Bucknell last Saturday. The Retrievers led 8-4 at halftime, and outscored the Bison 12-1 over the last 30 minutes. Dymin Gerow (Baltimore, Md./Episcopal) and Claire Bockstie (Forest Hill, Md./Maryvale Prep) had four goals each to pace UMBC.
Bockstie leads the team with 37 points on a team best 29 goals with eight assists. Her next point will be her 100th career point. Dymin Gerow is just behind Bockstie with 23 goals and eight assists for 31 points.
Kolby Weedon (Catonsville, Md./Catonsville) is the only other Retriever with double digit goals at 19.
Lexi Roberts (Baldwin, Md./Fallston) has seen the majority of the time in net, going 3-3 with 44 saves.

Scouting the Colonials:

Robert Morris comes to Baltimore at 4-4 on the year having won the last two games, most recently a 17-16 win against Central Michigan on Wednesday. The Colonials were down 9-7 at the break, but ripped off a 6-0 third quarter to take the lead.
Jenna Irwin leads RMU with 18 goals and one assist for 19 points. Jerica Obee is also in double figure points with 17 on nine goals and eight assists.
Jamie Keller has seen most of the action in net going 4-4 with 70 saves and 96 goals against (12.00 per game).

All-Time Series:

This will be the first ever meeting between the Retrievers and Colonials.

Among the Best:

The Retrievers are right up there among the nation's best in several statistical categories. The Retrievers are fourth in saves percentage and are 22nd in ground balls per game and 19th in shots per game.
Bockstie is first and second respectively in shots per game and shots on goal per game. Bockstie is also fifth in the country in goals per game. Gerow is also ranked sixth in free position goals per game.

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