UMBC Retrievers Men's Lacrosse

6/15/2009
Blogs Back From Japan!

Five entries of the men�s lacrosse team�s trip to Japan are now available on �The Dawg Blog.� (http://umbcdawgblog.wordpress.com/ or go to the left hand column of our home page) The first is by Alex Hopmann, written on June 11, the second by Tim Eagan, written on June 14, the third written by Steve Settembrino on June 16, the fourth by Eagan on the 17th and now the fifth by Hopmann on the 19th. Enjoy and feel free to comment!

Men's Lacrosse

6/10/2009
UMBC Men's Lacrosse to Partcipate in 2009 International Friendship Games in Japan, June 11-21

Men's Lacrosse

5/28/2009
Poillon, Hopmann, Blevins Selected in Major League Lacrosse Entry Draft

Men's Lacrosse

5/21/2009
Record-Tying Four Retrievers Earn All America Honors In Men's Lacrosse

6/10/2009
UMBC Men's Lacrosse to Partcipate in 2009 International Friendship Games in Japan, June 11-21

Baltimore, Md.�The UMBC men�s lacrosse team will participate in the 2009 International Friendship Games as part of a 11-day journey to Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan. All players and coaches from the 2009 Retriever squad will depart Baltimore on Thurs., June 11 and take part in the 20th anniversary of this event. Fans can follow the team throughout the journey by logging onto www.umbcretrievers.com and going to �The Dawg Blog.� Several players will be submitting entries during the trip.

Men's Lacrosse

5/28/2009
Poillon, Hopmann, Blevins Selected in Major League Lacrosse Entry Draft

Men's Lacrosse

5/21/2009
Record-Tying Four Retrievers Earn All America Honors In Men's Lacrosse

Men's Lacrosse

6/15/2009
Blogs Back From Japan!

5/21/2009
Record-Tying Four Retrievers Earn All America Honors In Men's Lacrosse

For the second consecutive year, a school-record tying four UMBC men�s lacrosse players have been selected to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association�s All-America squads. Senior midfielder Peet Poillon earned the top honor, earning Second Team honors, while senior goalkeeper Jeremy Blevins repeated as an honorable mention selection. Senior midfielder Alex Hopmann and junior linemate Kyle Wimer both earned honorable mention citations.

Men's Lacrosse

6/15/2009
Blogs Back From Japan!

Men's Lacrosse

6/10/2009
UMBC Men's Lacrosse to Partcipate in 2009 International Friendship Games in Japan, June 11-21

Men's Lacrosse

5/28/2009
Poillon, Hopmann, Blevins Selected in Major League Lacrosse Entry Draft

5/19/2009

Poillon, Settembrino Named to South Squad for 68th Annual USILA North-South Game

Perry, N.Y.--UMBC seniors Peet Poillon (Cranberry Township, Pa.) and Steve Settembrino (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) have been selected to compete on the South squad in the 68th annual United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association North-South game. The Division I/II contest will be played at Harvard Stadium on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

5/9/2009

UMBC Men's Lacrosse Falls in NCAA First Round to North Carolina, 15-13, Saturday Afternoon

The UMBC men�s lacrosse season came to a close as the Retrievers (12-4) fell to North Carolina (12-5), 15-13, in the first round of the NCAA Men�s Lacrosse Championships before 1,431 on Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C.

5/3/2009

Men's Lacrosse To Face Host North Carolina in First Round of NCAA Championships on Saturday, May 9 at 2:30 p.m. (Updated with Ticket/Parking Info.)

Baltimore, Md.�The UMBC men�s lacrosse team will face sixth-seeded North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men�s Lacrosse Championships. The Retrievers and Tar Heels will face off at UNC's Fetzer Field on Saturday, May 9 at 2:30 p.m. The Retrievers will make their fourth consecutive appearance in the tournament and have earned a spot six times since 1999.

5/2/2009

BACK-TO-BACK: Men�s Lacrosse Captures Second Straight America East Title with 11-7 Victory over Stony Brook

BALTIMORE�The 11th-ranked UMBC men�s lacrosse team will be dancing for the fourth year in a row, as the top-seeded Retrievers (12-3) captured their second straight America East championship and third in the last four years with an 11-7 victory over No. 2 Stony Brook (9-6) Saturday evening at UMBC Stadium. The Retrievers� 12 wins ties the school�s Division I record, which was set last season.

5/1/2009

Men's Lacrosse To Host Stony Brook Saturday Night for America East Title

The UMBC men�s lacrosse team will compete in its fourth consecutive America East Conference title game when the top-seeded Retrievers (11-3) host second-seeded Stony Brook (9-5) on Saturday, May 2 at UMBC Stadium. The 11th-ranked Retrievers won titles in 2006 and 2008 when the title game was played in Baltimore and fell, 15-14 in the 2007 championship game in Albany. 20th-ranked Stony Brook, which shared the regular season title with UMBC, is makng their first appearance in the title game since 2005 and are gunning for their first title since 2002. Opening face-off is set for 7:30 p.m. The game can be heard on Fox 1370 Sports Radio and video streaming is available on www.americaeast.com. THE FIRST 150 UMBC STUDENTS WITH I.D. WILL BE ADMITTED FREE!!!

4/29/2009

Smith's Goal in Second Overtime Gives Men's Lacrosse 9-8 Win over Binghamton and Date With Stony Brook in Conference Title Game

Baltimore, Md.�Senior attackman Ryan Smith (Fallston, Md./Fallston/CCBC-Essex) scored an unassisted goal 55 seconds into the second overtime period as top-seeded UMBC (11-3) edged fourth-seeded Binghamton (3-12), 9-8, to advance to their fourth consecutive America East championship game. UMBC will host second-seeded Stony Brook (9-5) on Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. The Seawolves defeated third-seeded Albany (7-7), 18-12, in Stony Brook, N.Y.

6/29/2009
Men's Basketball Inks Virginia All-State Guard Jamar Wertz
Baltimore, Md.�Head Men�s Basketball Coach Randy Monroe announced today that Jamar Wertz (Suffolk, Va./King�s Fork) has signed a grant-in-aid form and will attend UMBC in the fall of 2009. The Virginia High School Coaches Association Group and the Virginia Associated Press named Wertz to the AAA Second-Team All-State boys� basketball squad after the 2008-09 season. The six-foot-three, 185-lb. wing guard averaged 14.2 points per game last season and helped the Bulldogs (31-1) win the title of the VHSL boys� basketball state championship.
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4/16/2009
Retriever Men's Basketball: Brian Neller Signs NLOI to Attend UMBC
UMBC Head Men�s Basketball Coach Randy Monroe announced that Brian Neller has signed a national letter-of-intent and will become the fourth freshman on the 2009-2010 Retriever squad. Neller (Red Bank, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) is a 6-foot-4, 185-pound wing guard who amassed 1,119 points in his prep career. He earned Boys� Player of the Year honors from the basketball coaches in the Shore Conference and from the media in The Asbury Park Press.
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3/14/2009
Men's Basketball Falls in America East Championship Game, 61-51
Vestal, N.Y.�The UMBC men�s basketball team�s dream of a second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and the brilliant careers of seniors Jay Greene and Darryl Proctor came to a close, as host Binghamton edged the Retrievers, 61-51, in the America East championship game.
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