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Women's Lacrosse

Women's Lacrosse Throttles Howard in Home Opener

Knapp Nets Six Goals

Box Score BALTIMORE – The UMBC women's lacrosse team throttled the visiting Howard Bison, 24-4, in the Retrievers' home opener on Saturday afternoon at UMBC Stadium.
 
Freshman attacker Emily Knapp scored a game-high six goals and already has 11 tallies in her first two career contests. Senior midfielder Katana Nelson found the back of the net five times, equaling her career high. Senior Grace Bruce and sophomore Emma O'Callaghan added hat tricks. It was the first career goals for O'Callaghan.
 
UMBC (2-0) jumped out to a 7-1 advantage after the opening quarter and never looked back.
 
Howard (0-3) scored the final goal of the second quarter with twenty-nine seconds left, but the Retrievers put the game away by outscoring the Bison by a 6-1 margin in the second quarter.
 
The Retrievers led 13-2 at the break and continued to pour it on over the final thirty minutes.
 
UMBC held a whopping 45-8 advantage in shots and forced 19 turnovers.
 
Knapp also added three assists and picked up four ground balls. Lizzie Bateman also distributed three assists.
 
Libby Staples led the squad with five ground balls and senior Ria Lagdameo led the defense with a career-high four caused turnovers.
 
Graduate student Isabella Fontana made two saves to pick up the victory in goal.
 
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Players Mentioned

Lizzie Bateman

#15 Lizzie Bateman

Attack
5' 7"
Sophomore
Isabella Fontana

#28 Isabella Fontana

Goalkeeper
5' 1"
Senior
Ria Lagdameo

#16 Ria Lagdameo

Midfield
5' 7"
Junior
Katana Nelson

#7 Katana Nelson

Midfield
5' 7"
Junior
Libby Staples

#6 Libby Staples

Midfield/Attack
5' 6"
Sophomore
Emily Knapp

#23 Emily Knapp

Attack
5' 5"
Redshirt Freshman
Grace Bruce

#24 Grace Bruce

Attack/Midfield
5' 3"
Redshirt Junior
Emma O

#25 Emma O'Callaghan

Attack
5' 5"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lizzie Bateman

#15 Lizzie Bateman

5' 7"
Sophomore
Attack
Isabella Fontana

#28 Isabella Fontana

5' 1"
Senior
Goalkeeper
Ria Lagdameo

#16 Ria Lagdameo

5' 7"
Junior
Midfield
Katana Nelson

#7 Katana Nelson

5' 7"
Junior
Midfield
Libby Staples

#6 Libby Staples

5' 6"
Sophomore
Midfield/Attack
Emily Knapp

#23 Emily Knapp

5' 5"
Redshirt Freshman
Attack
Grace Bruce

#24 Grace Bruce

5' 3"
Redshirt Junior
Attack/Midfield
Emma O

#25 Emma O'Callaghan

5' 5"
Freshman
Attack
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