UMBC Retrievers Baseball

5/2/2008

Jancuska Records 650th Win, Peddicord Homers Twice as Retrievers Sweep Albany in Doubleheader

BALTIMORE—UMBC baseball head coach John Jancuska notched his 650th and 651st wins on Friday, as the UMBC baseball team swept Albany, 9-7 and 10-5, in a doubleheader at The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC. Jancuska is 651-637-6 all-time in his career at UMBC and is in his 31st season with the Retrievers.

4/29/2008

Tuesday Night Baseball vs. Towson Cancelled

BALTIMORE--The UMBC baseball game against Towson University, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday night has been cancelled due to wet field conditions resulting from heavy rains in the area on Monday. There is currently no make-up game scheduled for the Retrievers and Tigers.

4/28/2008

UMBC Baseball's Drewyer Named Conference Rookie of the Week

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—UMBC baseball redshirt freshman Austin Drewyer (Ellicott City, Md./River Hill) has been named the America East Conference Rookie of the Week for the week ending April 27, the conference announced Monday.

4/27/2008

Delawter Tallies Game-Winning Homer in 10th; UMBC Baseball Sweeps Series with 8-7 Win Over Hartford

WEST HARTFORD, Conn.—The UMBC baseball team completed its first-ever four-game conference series sweep as it downed Hartford, 8-7, in extra innings on Sunday. The Retrievers (16-23, 8-8 America East) added six runs in the fifth inning to take a 7-0 lead over the Hawks (14-24, 6-6 America East), but Hartford battled back and tallied three runs in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to a 10th inning.

4/26/2008

UMBC Baseball Wins First Conference Series Since 2005 with 5-3, 5-2 Doubleheader Sweep of Hartford

WEST HARTFORD, Conn.—The UMBC baseball team won its first conference series since 2005 as the Retrievers (15-23, 7-8 America East) took both sides of a doubleheader from Hartford on Saturday at Campus Field, downing the Hawks (14-23, 6-5 America East), 5-3, in 10 innings in game one and 5-2 in seven during game two. UMBC also totaled the most conference wins ever since joining the America East Conference for the 2004 season with seven victories this season.

4/25/2008

Four Retrievers Homer as UMBC Baseball Outslugs Hartford, 13-9

BALTIMORE—The UMBC baseball team opened its season series against Hartford with a 13-9 win on Friday at Campus Field, in a game that saw five different players homer, four of them from UMBC. The Retrievers (13-23, 5-8 America East) have equaled their overall win total from 2007 and are just one conference win away from tying their all-time high since joining the America East for the 2004 season.

4/23/2008
Former Marshall Forward Robbie Jackson Transfers to UMBC; Retrievers Sign Philadelphia-Area Post Jacob Wasco
UMBC Head Men’s Basketball Coach Randy Monroe has announced that former Marshall University forward Robbie Jackson has signed a grant-in-aid and will attend UMBC in the fall of 2008. In addition, Jacob Wasco (Philadelphia, Pa./Franklin Learning Center) has signed a national letter-of-intent and will attend UMBC in the fall of 2008.
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4/15/2008
UMBC Men's Basketball Post-Season Notes: Retrievers Are Nation's Best in Assist-to-Turnover Ratio
UMBC received a great number of post-season accolades from collegeinside.com and finished the year as the nation's top team in assist-to-turnover ratio. Read about those accomplishments and others in our first post-season notebook.
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3/21/2008
"A Season to Remember" Ends in NCAA Tournament Setback to Second-Seeded Georgetown, 66-47
Raleigh, N.C—It was a basketball season like none other before at UMBC. But all good things must come to an end, and this memorable campaign did for the Retrievers today. They fought valiantly but fell to the second-seeded Georgetown Hoyas, 66-47, in the first round of the Midwest regional of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. The sold out crowd of 19,477 and a national televised audience witnessed the scrappy and beloved Retrievers (24-9) pester the Hoyas (28-5) into 15 turnovers. However, UMBC could not crack the top defense in the nation and scored a season-low 47 points in the defeat.
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