The UMBC men's lacrosse team (2-3) takes its first America East Conference test of the 2022 season when the Retrievers travel to Binghamton (3-4, 1-0) on Saturday, March 26. The opening face-off is slated for 1:00 p.m. at the Bearcats Sports Complex and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+.

The Retrievers will be looking for their first road win of the season in Vestal, N.Y. UMBC has won two home games versus ranked opponents (Drexel, Utah), but dropped one-goal decisions at Mount St. Mary's and Towson and, most recently, fell, 14-9, at Richmond.

Sophomore attackman Mike Doughty (Glenelg, Md./Glenelg) leads the offense with eight goals and six assists, while graduate student linemate Brett Baucia (Crofton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) also has eight goals to go along with three helpers. Sophomore midfielder Brian Tregoning (Silver Spring, Md.) and freshman middie Jordan Galloway (Grasonville, Md./DeMatha) each has seven goals.

Fifth-year goalkeeper Tommy Lingner (Fort Salonga, N.Y.) made a season high 13 saves in the setback at UR. His 10.21 goals against average is ranked 16th in the nation.

UMBC has scored and allowed 52 goals through five games.

RETRIEVER NOTEBOOK

• A season ago, UMBC won four of five one-goal decisions, but are 0-2 in those ultra-thin margins in 2022. 

 

• UMBC is 3-5 in their last eight America East openers, with all three wins occurring versus Stony Brook.

 

• UMBC has captured two America East awards to date. The league tabbed freshman Kevin Doughty  (Glenelg, Md./Glenelg) as its Rookie of the Week for his two-goal effort in the 13-10 win over Utah. Graduate student attackman Brett Baucia earned Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 21, 2022. He scored a career-high four goals in UMBC's opening 12-8 win over preseason No. 17 Drexel on Feb. 19.

 

• UMBC's five home games and any home playoff action in 2022 will be played on the grass surface of Retriever Soccer Park. The UMBC Stadium Complex (https://fm.umbc.edu/umbc-stadium-upgrades-project-need-to-know/) is currently undergoing major upgrades and construction will continue through the spring months.

 

• The UMBC men's lacrosse team has selected fifth-year senior goalkeeper Tommy Lingner (Fort Salonga, N.Y.) and senior midfielder Taylor Bohanan (Arnold, Md./St. Mary's) as its captains for the 2022 spring campaign. Both players are first-year captains.

 

• Lingner allowed only 9.18 goals per game in 2021, leading America East and finishing sixth in the nation. As a freshman, the Retriever netminder led the country with a 7.33 GAA. Lingner just became the seventh goalkeeper in school history to record 400 saves. His 422 stops is now sixth on UMBC's all-time list.

 

• Graduate student Colin Kasner (Crofton, Md./DeMatha) recently became the third Retriever in school history to amass 60 caused turnovers.

 

• Freshman attackman Josh Tang (Crofton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) could step into a prominent role in 2022. Inside Lacrosse unveiled its Power 100 Incoming Freshman Rankings for the Class of 2022 and Tang earned the No. 82 spot amongst the nation's elite first-year players.

 
 

• Fresh off winning its first-ever America East men's lacrosse title in 2021, Vermont is the preseason favorite to top the standings in 2022. The Retrievers were picked fourth, by just two points behind second-place Stony Brook. UMBC received the only first place vote which did not go to the Catamounts.

 

• UMBC suffered heavy losses on its attack unit, with fifth-years Ryan Frawley and Brett McIntyre and senior Trevor Patschorke earning degrees. The trio combined for 291 points during their tenures on Hilltop Circle.

 

• Ryan Moran enters his sixth season at the helm of the Retrievers. He earned America East Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2021 after leading the squad to a share of the regular season title. He has led the Retrievers to the league playoffs in four of the five full years of competition. As the No. 4 seed, Moran piloted the 2019 team to an America East title and a NCAA Tournament win over Marist.  Moran is 32-32 overall and 16-11 in America East play.

 

• Nick Griffin, UMBC '21, has joined the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant. Griffin has been a member of the Retriever men's lacrosse program since the fall of 2016. As a sophomore in the spring of 2018, the defenseman became the first UMBC men's lacrosse NCAA Division I student-athlete tabbed to the Google Cloud Academic All-American team. Griffin was named the team's captain in both 2020 and 2021. Griffin joins Joe Bucci and Craig Chick on the UMBC sidelines this season.

 
A GLANCE AT THE BEARCATS   

• Binghamton has been a strong road team in 2022 with victories over Hofstra (12-6) and UAlbany (18-10) in the last three weeks. The Bearcats are 0-2 at home.  

 

• The Bearcats set a new program record for most goals in a game, ending a nine-game skid against the Great Danes with an 18-10 victory at Bob Ford Field on March 19. Binghamton won 22 of 32 face-offs in the game. Senior Daniel MacKinney scored five goals and Kevin Winkoff added two goals and four assists.  

 

• Winkoff leads the teams in goals (18) and assists (12), while face-off specialist Matthew Desouza is tied for seventh in the nation with a 62.5 winning mark.   

 
SERIES NOTES 

• UMBC leads the all-time series with Binghamton, 17-7.
• The two teams faced off against one another twice in a span of four days in 2021, with each team coming away with a one-goal home victory. Dane Hall scored twice in the Retrievers' 7-6 victory at UMBC Stadium on March 27, 2021.
• The Bearcats have won five of the last six meetings in Vestal, N.Y. UMBC snapped a four-game slide with a 5-2 victory in 2018.  

 
UP NEXT
UMBC heads back up north when they take on Vermont in Burlington on Saturday, April 2.