Men’s Lacrosse Breaks Six Game Slide With 12-6 Victory Over Binghamton

Rob Grimm tied a career high five points with three goals and two assists as the Retrievers beat Binghamton, 12-6.

It was a very special day for Coach Don Zimmerman, not only was the victory his 200th career win as a coach, but his team also broke their six game losing streak with a 12-6 victory on the road against Binghamton.

It is clear the team is currently building for the future ad Nick Doub, Tim Shaeffer, Aaron Verardi, and Adam Cohen all stayed in the starting lineup, but the youth really paid off in the game.

While he has started every game this season, sophomore Rob Grimm scored three goals and had two assists to tie a career high five points. Meanwhile, freshman Nick Doub scored two goals for the first multi-goal game of his career. Junior Jamie Kimbles and senior Matt Latham each scored two goals while senior Chris Jones and freshman Scott Hopmann each added a goal.

On the defensive end Tim Shaeffer came up big with a team high five ground balls.

Adam Cohen recorded six saves in the game for his and the team’s second win of the season.

After trading goals in the first quarter, ending the period tied, 2-2, UMBC went on a seven goal run extending midway through the third quarter to get a seven goal lead.

Binghamton was able to get four straight goal to get within three but three more goal for UMBC put the game out of reach.

J.D. Harkey came up big, going 11-5 from the face-off X.

Cealry it was a much needed win for the Retrievers as they had dropped each game of their killer six game streak of opponents who were either nationally ranked, on in Towson’s case, a team with the toughest strength of schedule.

The team returns to action on April 17 at 7:00 pm when they face Albany.