UMBC Women’s Lacrosse Returns Home to Battle Conference Leader UAlbany on Saturday

UMBC women’s lacrosse will look to snap a two-game losing streak against the America East leading Great Danes on Saturday afternoon at Retriever Soccer Park.

BALTIMORE– UMBC women's lacrosse will look to snap a two-game losing streak against the America East leading Great Danes on Saturday afternoon at Retriever Soccer Park. UMBC is coming off a 16-8 loss at Vermont last Saturday that saw Megan Halczuk (Fawn Grove, Pa.) record her 200th career draw control.

UAlbany Game Info:
What: UMBC Retrievers (7-6, 1-2 AE) vs. UAlbany Great Danes (5-6, 3-0 AE)
Where: Retriever Soccer Park - Baltimore, Md.
When: Saturday, April 16 - 12:00 p.m.
How to Watch: Live stream on America East TV, live stats at UMBCRetrievers.com
Social Media: @UMBC_WLacrosse, @UMBCAthletics, #RetrieverNation, #AEWLAX

Scouting the Retrievers:

The Retrievers return home at 7-6, 1-2 AE on a two-game losing streak. Most recently, the Retriever fell 16-8 last Saturday at Vermont. In the contest, Megan Halczuk recorded her 200th career draw control.
Claire Bockstie (Forest Hill, Md./Maryvale Prep) leads the Retrievers with 51 goals and 14 assists for 65 points. Dymin Gerow (Baltimore, Md./Episcopal) and Kolby Weedon (Catonsville, Md./Catonsville) are also over 30 goals at 40 and 38 respectively.
Lexi Roberts (Baldwin, Md./Fallston) leads the team in net making 93 saves (.463 saves pct) while allowing 13.08 goals per game.

Scouting the Great Danes:

UAlbany comes to Baltimore in first place in the conference at 5-6, 3-0 AE on the year. Last time out the Great Danes defeated New Hampshire 20-14 in Durham. UAlbany is 1-4 at home this year but are 4-2 on the road.
Katie Pascale and Sarah Falk lead the team with 32 goals each. Pascale has dished out 27 assists for 59 points with 58 draw controls.
In net, Aislinn Sweeney has seen the most time in net sporting a 4-4 record. Katherine Chiarella has played the last two games in net and is giving up 13.93 goals per game with 50 saves (.420 saves pct.).

All-Time Series:

This will be the 23rd all-time meeting between the two schools with the Great Danes leading the series 16-6 including wins in the last ten contests.
The last UMBC win in the series came in 2012 in Baltimore. Four of the six Retriever wins have been in Baltimore.

Milestone Watch:

Dymin Gerow and Olivia Docal (Glenwood, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) are approaching 100 career points with Gerow needing 20 and Docal needing 28.
Megan Halczuk is 22 draw controls away from breaking her single season mark of 104 set last year. She is also just 65 away from becoming the all-time leader.
Claire Bockstie is 12 goals away from breaking the single-season record.

Up Next:

The Retrievers will have their final road contest of the season next Saturday, April 23 when they head to #5 Stony Brook.
Opening draw with the Seawolves is slated for 6 p.m. ESPN+.

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