BALTIMORE – UMBC junior attackman Mateo Brown (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron) scored five times to lead the Retrievers to a convincing 16-6 victory over Mount St. Mary's before 815 fans at UMBC Stadium.

The Retrievers improved to 2-0 on the campaign, while the Mount slipped to 1-4.

UMBC led, 7-3, at halftime, but outscored the Mount, 7-0, in the third quarter to cruise to victory. The Retrievers scored nine consecutive goals in the second half, until the visitors broke a 23-minute drought with an early fourth quarter goal and tacked on two more in the final 2:09.

"I'm really happy how the guys prepared and how the assistant coaches prepared and had everyone ready to go," said Head Coach Ryan Moran. "You have to give a ton of credit to Coach (Mikey) Herring and the amount of work he's put in with our guys."

"We did a great job of handling their pressure and having outlets to move the ball and relieve some of that pressure."

In addition to Brown notching his first career multiple-goal game, sophomore midfielder Josh Tang (Crofton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) also posted his first career three-goal effort.

The Mount struck first, scoring just 71 seconds into the game, but UMBC grad student attackman Brett Baucia equalized at the 4:59 mark and sophomore midfielder Kevin Doughty gave the Retrievers the lead for good 86 seconds later. Brown (8:12) and senior middie Taylor Bohanan (13:03) also added unassisted tallies to give the hosts a 4-1 lead after 15 minutes.

The visitors opened the second quarter with a goal just 40 seconds, but a 3-0 Retriever run pushed the lead to 7-2 midway through the period.

Tang and Brown scored six of UMBC's nine second half goals.

UMBC junior goalkeeper Jayson Tingue made nine saves and allowed only four goals in 56:44 of work.

Doughty (2g, 1a) and Baucia each scored twice, while freshman Nick Gutierrez and sophomore Cam Stockenburg each tallied their first collegiate goals.

The Retrievers outshot the Mount, 41-24, and scored on two-of-four man-up opportunities.

UMBC will host St. Bonaventure on Wednesday, March 1 at 6:00 p.m.