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Men's Lacrosse Announces Fall Schedule; Alum Rob Cross Named Assistant Coach

9/18/2006

The UMBC men’s lacrosse team will face outside competition four times this fall, beginning with an exhibition on Wednesday, September 20 vs. Japan’s Keio University. The game will take place under the lights at UMBC Stadium and begin at 7:30 p.m. The Retrievers most recently hosted Keio in the fall of 2002 and also competed against them when UMBC visited Japan in the summer of 2005.

 

The reigning America East champions will return to the Price Modern "Lacrosse for Leukemia" Fall Invitational Tournament on Saturday, September 30th from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The event will take place at St. Paul's Schools in Brooklandville, MD. Spectator admission is $5 per person. UMBC is slated to take on Rutgers at 12:50 p.m. and Villanova at 2:30 p.m.

 

The following Saturday, October 7, the Retrievers welcome Bucknell, Delaware and V.M.I. to UMBC Stadium for a set of scrimmages. UMBC faces Delaware at 10:00 a.m., Bucknell at 1:00 p.m., and conclude the day by taking on V.M.I. at 5:00 p.m.

 

The Retrievers conclude the fall season with the annual alumni game on Saturday, October 21. The game takes place at UMBC Stadium at 10:00 a.m. and is also part of UMBC’s 40th Birthday and Homecoming celebrations.

 

Coach Zimmerman has also announced that Rob Cross has been named assistant men’s lacrosse coach.

 

Cross returns to his alma mater after spending one year as an assistant men’s lacrosse coach at Mercyhurst (Pa.) College. The Lakers produced a record of 12-3 last season and earned a trip to the NCAA Division-II tournament semi-finals. The native of Black River, N.Y. was involved in all aspects of the program and was entrusted with the offensive responsibilities of the team. Mercyhurst averaged 12.23 goals per game and hit on 50 percent (36 of 72) of their extra-man opportunities during the 2006 season.  

 

The former attackman/midfielder earned three letters at UMBC from 2003-05. He competed in 34 games, starting 15 and recorded 15 goals and 17 total points. In his first collegiate start as a junior in 2004, Cross scored the game-winning goal in a 10-9 win over Albany. He also scored three goals in game against Towson.

 

Cross earned his B.A. degree in Sociology and was pursuing a M.S. degree in Special Education at Mercyhurst. While at UMBC, he worked very closely with the athletic department’s mentoring program for local middle school students. He joins Kevin Warne and Rocco Vicchio on Coach  Zimmerman’s 2006-07 staff.