UMASS LOWELL (6-7, 0-3) AT UMBC (6-5, 0-3) | SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 12:00 PM | UMBC STADIUM | WATCH | LIVE STATS 
 
LAST TIME OUT
The visiting UMBC women's lacrosse team held a 5-4 lead against UAlbany after the opening quarter, but the Great Danes rallied to defeat the Retrievers, 15-14, in an America East Conference contest on Friday afternoon.
 
Trailing 11-6 at halftime, the Retrievers turned in a terrific second-half effort as they outscored the Great Danes by an 8-4 margin after the break.  UMBC (6-5, 0-3 AE) scored four consecutive goals to even the game at 13-13 with 10:16 remaining in regulation, however, the hosts scored a pair of goals over the final 2:45 and held on for the victory.
 
Junior attacker Dymin Gerow scored three goals and distributed a team-high two assists to lead UMBC with five points on the day. Graduate student attacker Lauren Cremen also added a hat-trick while sophomore midfielder Katana Nelson, sophomore attacker Kolby Weedon (team-high five draw controls), and senior attacker Claire Bockstie  (150 career goals) each found the back of the net twice. Junior goalkeeper Isabella Fontana made a game-high 11 saves.
 
The Great Danes won 19-of-33 draw controls and outshot the Retrievers by a 36-29 margin on the day.
 
DAWG BITES
- Bockstie leads the AE in points per game ( 4.73) and is fourth in the conference with 3.09 goals per game. Her 1.64 assists per game ranks sixth on the circuit. She is also 11^th in the nation in points per game.
- Cremen is tenth in the conference in goals per game (2.45).
- Megan Halczuk is averaging a league-high 8.09 draw controls per game and she ranks seventh in the country in the category.
- Kennedy Evans is third on the circuit with 2.10 caused turnovers per game.
- Fontana leads the league in save percentage (.470) and saves per game (9.91). She is also second in ground balls per game (2.91).
-UMBC ranks sixth in the country and lead the league with a .602 draw percentage.
 
ABOUT UMASS LOWELL
-UMass Lowell is sixth in the league in scoring (11.08 gpg.) and are sixth in goals against (12.8 gpg.)
-The River Hawks lead the AE in ground balls per game (19.58) and they are second in cause turnovers per game (10.17).
- Jade Catlin is seventh in the league with 3.58 points per game and is ninth in assists per game (1.50).
- Julia Napolitano ranks fourth in the AE in caused turnovers (1.75 pg.), fifth in ground balls (2.67 pg.) and is seventh in draw controls (3.67).
 
SERIES HISTORY
- UMBC has won all seven meetings.
- The Retrievers edged the River Hawks, 12-11, last season in Lowell. Gerow, Weedon, and Bockstie scored three goals each. Kaitlin Tobin paced the hosts with three tallies.
 
UP NEXT
UMBC will host Vermont on Saturday, April 22 for Senior Day.