Baltimore – The UMBC women's lacrosse team won their third consecutive contest as the Retrievers cruised to an 18-8 victory at extremely windy UMBC Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Graduate student Lauren Cremen scored a game-high four goals while senior Claire Bockstie added three goals and handed out a pair of assists. The Retrievers also received a pair of tallies from senior Megan Halczuk, junior Dymin Gerow, sophomore Kolby Weedon, and senior Jenna McDermott.
 
Halczuk finished with 12 draw controls, just two off her UMBC single-game record. In addition, she became the first player in program history to reach the 300-mark in the category and now has 304 draws for her career.
 
Bockstie moved into eighth on UMBC's all-time points list with 184 as she surpassed Jackie Abendschoen '88. She also moved into fourth place with 142 goals, moving ahead of Ali Levendusky '08 and Kelly Fiorani '06.
 
UMBC's defense forced 15 turnovers and held the Explorers to just three goals in the second half. Junior Isabella Fontana made eight saves to pick up her sixth victory in goal.
 
The Retrievers outshot the visitors by a 42-23 margin.

Bockstie (26 goals, 15 assists) and Cremen (22 goals, 5 assists)) have combined for 48 goals and 20 assists on the season.
 
How It Happened (First Half)
-Bockstie scored a pair of goals in the first three minutes of the contest to spot the hosts a 2-0 advantage. McDermott found Bockstie for the opening tally and the second marker was unassisted.
- The visitors responded with two straight goals by Katie Johnson and Alana Lathan to even the score at 2-2 with 2:40 left in the first quarter.
-Mary Ellis spotted the Retrievers a 4-3 edge after taking a feed from Bockstie at the 1:13 mark, however, Lathan scored with just a couple of seconds left before the first quarter buzzer to even things up.
- UMBC established some breathing room in the second quarter as they ripped off three consecutive unassisted tallies to grab a 6-3 lead midway through the period. Bockstie ignited the run with a woman-up tally just ten seconds into the quarter and Cremen (11:11) and sophomore Ria Lagdameo (7:22) followed with markers to put the hosts up for good.
- La Salle scored back-to-back goals to close within 6-5 with 4:41 left in the half but UMBC scored the final two goals of the quarter to carry an 8-5 lead into intermission. Halczuk scored an unassisted goal and Weedon found the back of the net on a woman-up goal off an assist by Cremen.
 
How It Happened (Second Half)
- Cremen provided UMBC with their first four-goal lead when she scored off a delivery from Ellis just 1:09 into the third quarter.
- Tori Rolon got one back for the visitors to make it 9-6 with 12:45 left in the period but Gerow answered with an unassisted tally at the 10:08 mark.
- La Salle closed to within 10-7 after a tally from Maddie Henderson with 8:10 left in the third, however, UMBC put the game away with six consecutive goals and led 16-7. Three of the markers came over the final 5:21 of the third and they added three more over the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter.  Cremen scored two goals during the burst and Ellis had a goal and an assist. Weedon, Gerow, and McDermott opened the run with tallies.
- Torri Rolon scored a late goal for the Exploers and McDermott and Halczuk added the final two scores.
 
Up Next
UMBC will open the America East campaign with a road contest at Binghamton on Saturday at 12:00 p.m.