Box Score Lowell, Mass. – The UMBC women's lacrosse team dropped an 11-10 decision in sudden-death overtime against the UMass Lowell River Hawks on Saturday afternoon at Cushing Field.

Retrievers' sophomore goalie Emine Luznar kept her team in the game as she made a career-high 17 saves, including several in spectacular fashion.  Redshirt sophomore attacker Emily Knapp led the offense with three goals and an assist and now has nine games with three goals or more this season. Her final tally was her 40th of the season. Sophomores Reese Macintosh and Tess Curtis added a pair of goals, as did senior Lizzie Bateman. Senior Ella Killian recorded seven draw controls, and sophomore defender Ave Martin caused three turnovers.

UMBC (6-6, 1-3 AE) jumped out to a 3-0 lead with 8:52 left in the opening quarter. Curtis scored just forty-nine seconds into the contest on a shot from point-blank range.  Macintosh followed up to make it 2-0 after retrieving a ground ball off an initial free position save by Lauren Lorentzon. Freshman Claire Moffitt scored in transition on a Woman Up goal to finish the run. The hosts (5-8, 1-3 AE) answered with three straight of their own to even the game with 8:42 left in the second period on a tally by Grace Lydon.

In response, the Retrievers rattled off four consecutive goals, building their biggest lead, 7-3, with 11:19 left in the third quarter. Knapp and Curtis found the net in the final 2:17 of the second, putting the visitors ahead 5-3 at intermission.

Carrying that momentum, Knapp scored the first two goals of the third to make it 7-3. The River Hawks, however, responded with a 5-1 spurt to draw even at 8-8 late in the quarter. Macintosh briefly restored UMBC's lead, 8-6, with 2:58 left, but Hilbert and Shultz netted back-to-back goals to tie the contest heading into the fourth.

Early in the fourth, Bateman put the Dawgs back in front, 9-8, on a broken play with 9:12 left. Brezynskie answered after a strong dodge with 4:37 remaining, and Lydon gave the hosts their first lead of the day, 10-9, with 1:31 left. Undeterred, Bateman muscled in her second goal with thirty-eight seconds left to force overtime.

In the overtime period, Chiarra Pompei scored the game-winning goal for UMass Lowell with just 1:04 left, capitalizing on a feed from Brezynskie.

UMBC, who has dropped four straight, travels to Bryant next Saturday afternoon.