Men’s Lacrosse Falls To Hartford, 14-12 Live Blog

Senor defender Matt Kresse score his first career goal in his last game at UMBC stadium.

For a second straight year Hartford ended a winning streak by UMBC. After going up 4-0 UMBC went cold and just played sloppy ball as they lost on senior day. Matt Latham led the team with four goals while Kyle Wimer scored two and Matt Kresse scored his first career goal but the team could not get face-off wins, losing the battle 24-6.

UMBC will host an America East Conference Tournament Semi-finals game on Wednesday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Preview:

Probable Starters:

UMBC (4-7, 1-4):
A- Matt Latham (21 goals, 1 assist, 18 GB)
A- Chris Jones (3 goals, 0 assists, 12 GB)
A- Rob Grimm (12 goals, 9 assists, 15 GB)
M- Kyle Wimer (14 goals, 18 assists, 17 GB)
M- Jamie Kimbles (10 goals, 7 assists, 11 GB)
M- Maxx Davis (5 goals, 4 assists, 31 GB, 12 CT)
LSM- Mike Camardo (1 goal, 2 assists, 41 GB, 32 CT)
D- Tim Shaeffer (13 GB, 0 CT)
D- Matt Kresse (10 GB, 5 CT)
D- Aaron Verardi (3 GB, 2 CT)
G- Adam Cohen (43 Saves, 52 GA, 45.3 save%)
FO- J.D. Harkey (88-92, 48.9 FO%, 23 GB)

Key Reserves:
A- Shane Ryznar (9 goals, 1 assist, 7 GB)
M- Nick Doub (4 goals, 2 assists, 2 GB)
M- Bobby Stockton (12 goals, 3 assists, 6 GB)
M- Ryan Shields (0 goals, 2 assists, 3 GB)
M- Scott Jones (1 goal, 0 assists, 1 GB)
M- Dave Brown (0 goals, 1 assists, 1 GB)
SSM- Jordan Peirce (20 GB, 5 CT)
SSM- Mike Bryan (10 GB, 6 CT)
D- Sam McKelvey (4 GB, 0 CT)
D- Sam Eitel (4 GB, 0 CT)
D- Brian Shneider (2 GB, 0 CT)
D- Lance Ophof (10 GB, 6 CT)

Key Wins: @ Binghamton (12-6), Albany (12-7)
Key Losses: Delaware (11-10 3OT), @ Johns Hopkins (16-10)

Hartford (3-10, 0-4)
A- Aiden Genik (34 goals, 9 assists, 14 GB)
A- Justin Bearse (14 goals, 10 assists, 16 GB)
A- Ryan Compitello (8 goals, 18 assists, 19 GB)
M- Rory Nunamacher (8 goals, 3 assists, 17 GB)
M- Tim Fallon (3 goals, 3 assists, 117 GB)
LSM- Will Ricciardi (4 GB, 3 CT)
D- Scott Kressler (3 GB, 2 CT)
D- Ben Knapton (1 goal, 1 assists, 32 GB, 17 CT)
D- Steve Groccia (14 GB, 4 CT)
D- Dan Gillespie (7 GB, 5 CT)
GK- Scott Bement (130 saves, 147 GA, 46.9 save%)
FO- Tim Fallon (184-120, 60.5 FO%, 117 GB)

Key Reserves:
A- Sean King (3 goals, 0 assists, 1 GB)
M- Carter Bender (16 goals, 14 assists, 9 GB)
M- Austin Rogers (1 goal, 0 assists, 1 GB)
M- Michael Cudmore (7 goals, 13 assists, 42 GB)
M- Jared Franze (17 goals, 1 assist, 12 GB)
M- Martin Bowes (6 goals, 1 assist, 11 GB)
M- Vinny Pelizzi (2 goals, 2 assists, 8 GB)
M- Kyle Goodchild (3 goals, 0 assists, 1 GB)
M- Kevin Whelan (2 goals, 0 assists, 2 GB)
M- Leif Abrahamson (1 goal, 0 assists, 7 GB)
SSM- Brendan Marlow (19 GB, 1 CT)

Key Wins: Siena[N] (13-11), Holy Cross (10-6)
Key Losses: Fairfield (12-9), Vermont (13-6)

After a bad start to the season the men’s lacrosse team is on a roll, playing very good lacrosse, and already clinched a number two seed in the America East Conference Tournament. But that does not mean the team has nothing to play for in this game, in fact this is a game everybody has been looking forward to since the team was upset by the Hawks in Hartford last year. Also, it is senior day and the largest senior class ever will be honored before the game and looking to go out on top with a win.

UMBC is doing a lot of things right right now. They are getting ground balls, they are shutting offenses down, and they are hitting shots with accuracy. If the team can continue to do those things they should be able to get a fourth straight win going into the AEC semi-final game.

Check Back Tomorrow For The Live Blog!

Pregame:

We’re just under 40 minutes away from the start and it is perfect lacrosse weather, great atmosphere, and 16 seniors will be honored before the start of the game.

Starters:

UMBC:
A- Rob Grimm
A- Chris Jones
A- Matt Latham
M- Jamie Kimbles
M- Kyle Wimer
M- Nick Doub
D- Tim Shaeffer
D- Matt Kresse
D- Aaron Verardi
GK- Adam Cohen

Hartford:
A- Aidan Genik
A- Justin Bearse
A- Austin Rogers
M- Michael Cudmore
M- Tim Fallon
M- Ben Knapton
D- Scott Kessler
D- Steve Groccia
D- Dan Gillespie
GK- Scott Bement

Stay Tuned

First Quarter:

Hartford (Fallon) wins opening face-off

10:36- UMBC goal, Rich May drove inside and hit a pass up to Matt Latham coming around the goal. Latham faked high and low and hit the high shot for the goal. 1-0 UMBC

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

7:51- UMBC goal, Matt Latham hit his second goal of the game already off a pass from Jamie Kimbles. 2-0 UMBC

UMBC (Harkey) wins face-off off an illegal procedure

7:08- UMBC goal, these seniors are fired up for this game as another one, Maxx Davis, ripped in an unassisted shot. 3-0 UMBC

UMBC (Harkey) wins face-off

3:54- UMBC goal, Jamie Kimbles dodged a defender right in front of the goal and faked a shot and hit one low. The team is certainly playing good lacrosse right now which is needed going into the America East Conference Tournament. 4-0 UMBC

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

2:15- Hartford goal, Vinny Pellizzi ripped in a shot while charging at the goal to finally get the Hawks on the scoreboard. 4-1 UMBC

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

0:44 Hartford goal, Carter Bender just cut the UMBC lead to two with a low shot between Adam Cohen’s legs. 4-2 UMBC

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

END OF FIRST QUARTER: UMBC 4, Hartford 2

UMBC got out really hot but Hartford was able to get two goals in towards the end of the quarter. But the big story is UMBC is getting slammed on face-offs as they only have two wins, on of which was off an illegal procedure by Fallon. If UMBC can’t get controls from the X then Hartford will have plenty of opportunities to keep it close.

Second Quarter:

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

13:35- UMBC goal, Senior defender Matt Kresse just ripped in his first career goal off a pass from Davis. 5-2 UMBC

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

12:29- Hartford goal, Jared Franze scored an unassisted goal and is helping keep it close for the Hawks. 5-3 UMBC

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

12:19- Hartford goal, The Hawks never dies, Michael Cudmore got Hartford another goal they just got within one goal of UMBC and are pushing the Retrievers in this one. 5-4 UMBC

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

7:54- UMBC goal, Matt Latham hit his third goal of the game off with a rip right to the defenders right side. Kyle Wimer fed the driving Latham with nobody in front of him. 6-4 UMBC

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

4:53- Hartford goal, Carter Bender hit another goal to get Hartford back within one again. 6-5 UMBC.

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

2:38- Hartford goal, Hartford took advantage of very sloppy play by UMBC as Ryan Compitello hit a shot to tie the game. 6-6

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

1:21- Hartford goal, Martin Bowes just got Hartford the lead with a low shot from the right side of the goal. 7-6 Hartford

UMBC (Harkey) wins face-off

END OF SECOND QUARTER: Hartford 7, UMBC 6

Hartford does not quit and took advantage of sloppy UMBC play down the stretch and took the lead. The biggest reason for the half-time deficit is a lack of face-off wins. UMBC has just three wins, one of which was off an illegal procedure.

Third Quarter:

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

12:48- Hartford goal, Aiden Genik absolutely ripped in a close range shot to give Hartford a two goal lead of the dead cold Retrievers. 8-6 Hartford

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

11:23- UMBC goal, the Retrievers capitalized on a Hartford turnover with a transition goal. Maxx Davis passed the ball over to Matt Latham who blasted in a shot from the left side into the right side of the net for his fourth goal of the game. 8-7 Hartford

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

8:10- Hartford goal, Carter Bender just hit another goal to give the Hawks more of a cushion. 9-7 Hartford

UMBC (Radebaugh) wins face-off

5:27- Hartford goal, Rory Nunamacher just extended Hartford lead with a high shot in the goal. UMBC is really cold right now and can’t get much going on their end of the field. 10-7 Hartford

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

3:34- Hartford goal, things are starting to get out of hand for the Retrievers as Hartford scored their third straight goal for a four goal lead as Bender ripped in his third goal of the game. 11-7 Hartford.

UMBC (Radebaugh) wins face-off

3:27- UMBC goal, after finally getting a face-off Rob Grimm scored a quick goal off a pass from Chris Jones. 11-8 Hartford

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

3:07- Hartford goal, The Hawks struck right back with a quick goal after a face-off of their own to go back up by four with a goal by Ryan Compitello. 12-8 Hartford

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

0:07- UMBC goal, Rob Grimm returned the favor as he dished out an assist to Senior Chris Jones, but UMBC still has a lot of ground to make up. 12-9 Hartford

Hartford (Piechota) wins face-off

Fourth Quarter:

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

13:58- Hartford goal, Jared Franze scored his second goal off a rip to the uper left corner of the goal to keep their comfortable lead over UMBC. 13-9 Hartford

UMBC (Harkey) wins face-off

12:35- UMBC goal, Kyle Wimer just hit a diving shot into the right side of the goal while coming around from the back. 13-10 Hartford

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

10:14- Hartford goal, The hawks hit another transition goal as Aiden Genik got behind the defense and went one-on-one with goalie Adam Cohen. 14-10 Hartford

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

9:36- UMBC goal, Kyle Wimer scored his second straight goal, this time off a pass from Maxx Davis. 14-11 Hartford

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

2:50- UMBC goal, Scott Jones ripped in a low shot from 15 yards out to get UMBC back within two with time winding down. 14-12 Hartford

Hartford (Fallon) wins face-off

END OF GAME: Hartford 14, UMBC 12