March 27, 2015 Box Score
(1-8) | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | | Lafayette | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | | UMBC | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
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| | Statistical Leaders | | Goals | Totals | | LC - Joseph | 2 | | UMBC- Young | 5 | | Assists | Totals | | LC - Sands, Mezey | 1 | | UMBC - Finch | 4 | | Faceoffs | Totals | | LC - McMahon | 5-10 | | UMBC - Malamphy | 12-14 | | Ground Balls | Totals | | LC - Cannon | 5 | | UMBC- Souder | 4 | | Caused Turnovers | Totals | | LC - Four Players | 1 | | UMBC - 10 Players | 1 |
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| | | Goalkeepers | | Player | Mins | GA | S | | LC - Cortese (1-8) | 38:25 | 11 | 5 | | LC - Falcone | 16:26 | 5 | 6 | | LC - Vido | 5:09 | 2 | 0 | | UMBC - Souder (2-1) | 60:00 | 7 | 17 |
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BALTIMORE, Md. - UMBC used a strong third quarter to pull away and take down Lafayette in non-league men's lacrosse action on Friday night.
Eric Joseph led the Leopards (1-8) with a pair of goals, while Jason Sands chipped in a goal and an assist in the loss. The Retrievers improved to 4-5, and were led by Pat Young with a game-high five goals.
UMBC opened the scoring at the 10:41 mark of the first quarter, taking advantage of a man-up opportunity. Two minutes later, the Leopards got on the board to tie the game at one on Morgan Westby's eighth goal of the season.
The Retrievers tallied two goals to close out the first period, heading into the break with a 3-1 lead. Robert Orazietti took a feed from Sands early in the second period to trim the deficit to one. A two-goal spurt from UMBC sent the Retrievers into halftime with a 5-2 edge.
The UMBC run continued in the second half as the Retrievers scored the first five markers of the third period to push their lead to eight. Sonny Round slowed the streak with a goal at the 7:40 mark of the third period, but UMBC continued to control and ended the quarter with a 12-3 advantage.
After a UMBC goal to start the final period, Joseph found the back of the net for his first goal of the night. The Retrievers tallied the next two to increase the deficit to 14-5. Sands scored his lone goal of the contest, taking advantage of a man-up situation midway through the fourth. 24 seconds later, Joseph netted his second to make it a 10-goal game.
With two minutes to play, Alex Mezey set up Scott McAvoy for the final goal of the game, as UMBC took down the Leopards, 18-7.
Matthew Cortese suffered the loss, making five saves, while Ben Falcone and Henry Vido each saw action in the cage. Ruston Souder made 17 saves for the Retrievers in the win. Lafayette held a 43-39 advantage in shots, but were 1-for-6 on man-up opportunities. UMBC scored on 3-of-4 man-up situations in the game.
Lafayette returns to action on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. against Monmouth at Fisher Stadium.
