UMBC Qualifies for America East Tournament Despite Setback at Vermont

#3 UMBC to Face #2 Vermont Im Semifinals

Box Score

Burlington, VT – The UMBC men's lacrosse team has qualified for the 2024 America East Conference Tournament despite a 15-13 setback against the Vermont Catamounts on Saturday afternoon at Virtue Field.

Senior captain Brian Tregoning scored a game-high five goals, while classmate Mike Doughty added three goals and three assists to lead the Retrievers on the day. Junior attacker Jordan Galloway added a pair of goals and an assist, while senior Jayson Tingue made eight saves in the cage.

No. 3 seeded UMBC (5-6, 4-3 AE) will take on #2 Vermont in the America East semifinals on Thursday afternoon ay UAlbany while No. 4 Merrimack will meet top-seeded UAlbany.

The Retrievers outshot the Catamounts (7-7, 5-2 AE) by a 40-37 margin but went just 1-of-6 on extra-man opportunities and won only 11 of 32 face-offs.

How It Happened

Galloway put UMBC on the board first after an unassisted tally just 1:27 in the contest, and then Doughty found junior Allen Hockenberry to make it 2-0 at the 11:14 mark.
The hosts answered with six straight goals to claim a 6-2 lead and never trailed again. Charlie Pope scored three goals during the run, which extended to the 12:46 mark of the second quarter.
UMBC responded with three consecutive goals to trim the deficit to 6-5 with 8:56 left in the second frame. Tregoning scored the first two goals, and senior midfielder Dane Hall added the other off a feed from senior Mateo Brown.
Tristan Whitaker and Pope extended the lead to 8-5 with 3:12 left in the half, the final two scores before intermission.
The visitors jumped out to a fast start in the third quarter as Tregoning (assist from Hall) and Doughty produced back-to-back goals to make it 8-7 with 10:28 left in the third frame.
Vermont, however, struck for four straight goals, the final two by Luke Reiter, to widen their lead to 12-7 with 6:56 left in the quarter.
The Retrievers refused to go away as they rattled off three straight tallies to cut the deficit to 12-10 early in the fourth quarter. Doughty scored two goals to finish the third frame, and Tregoning capped the run at 13:44.
The Catamounts pushed their lead to 14-10 with 9:42 remaining on scores by Tristan Whitaker and Max Frattaroli.
Galloway scored a man-up goal, and then Tregoning followed to bring UMBC within 14-12 at the 5:12 mark.
Frattaroli gave the hosts some breathing room with 4:20 left as Vermont led 15-12 with 4:20 left.
Kyle Hoff scored off a feed from Doughty for the game's final goal with just 42 ticks left.