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Gainesville, Va. – Redshirt sophomore Emily Knapp tied a career high with six goals, but the UMBC women's lacrosse team dropped a 12-10 neutral site decision against the William & Mary Tribe on Wednesday evening at Gainesville High School.

William & Mary (6-4) led 4-0 with 5:38 remaining in the opening quarter as four different players found the back of the net. Aubrey Roth assisted on the first two goals, and the next two were unassisted.

UMBC (6-3) scored two consecutive goals to cut the deficit to 4-2 at the end of the first frame.  Freshman midfielder Olivia Worden scored an unassisted goal with 2:20 left, and Knapp produced her first with 1:45 remaining.

Taylor McCall scored her second goal of the game to open the scoring in the second quarter for the Tribe, but Knapp tickled the twine three times in a row to bring the Retrievers even heading into intermission. Sophomore attackers Reese Macintosh, Annika Wray, and Sam Hewitt were all credited with assists.

Knapp scored the first two goals of the third quarter to give the Dawgs their first lead at 7-5 with 10:28 remaining in the stanza. Knapp produced an unassisted tally at 11:06 to give the Retrievers the lead and then scored off a feed from freshman midfielder Claire Moffitt less than a minute later.

The Tribe answered with two goals to knot the score at 7-7 with 5:06 left in the third quarter on goals by Katie Draddy and Nora Begley. Senior captain Lizzie Bateman took a feed from sophomore attacker Mya Stewart-Parsons to give UMBC their final lead at 8-7 with 3:29 left in the third quarter.

William & Mary scored five unanswered goals to open the fourth quarter to surge ahead, 12-8. McCall scored the final two goals to end the run.

The Retrievers scored two late goals as Macintosh and sophomore midfielder Tess Curtis scored, but the Dawgs could not get any closer.

Sophomore goalie Emine Luznar recorded seven saves and added four ground balls in a losing cause. Senior defender Ella Killian picked up four ground balls, and sophomore midfielder Ave Martin forced three turnovers.

UMBC outshot William & Mary by a 32-25 margin, but the Tribe held a 14-10 advantage on draw controls.

Knapp has recorded at least a hat trick eight times this season.