UMBC Retrievers Women's Lacrosse

4/24/2008
Levendusky, Chizmar Earn All-Conference Honors; Linkous Tabbed to All-Rookie Team

BOSTON—UMBC senior attack Ali Levendusky earned America East all-conference first team honors, and senior midfielder Maggie Chizmar was named to the second team, the league announced Thursday evening at the annual women’s lacrosse awards banquet. In addition, freshman midfielder Megan Linkous was selected to the All-Rookie Team. Awards were decided by a vote of the conference’s head coaches.

Women's Lacrosse

4/19/2008
Season Ends for Women’s Lacrosse with 14-5 Loss to No. 11 Boston University on Senior Day

Women's Lacrosse

4/18/2008
Women’s Lacrosse Concludes Regular Season Against No. 11 Boston University on Senior Day

Women's Lacrosse

4/13/2008
Upset Bid Falls Short as Retrievers Fall to No. 13 Yale, 12-9, in Women’s Lacrosse Action; Levendusky Scores 50th Goal of Season

4/19/2008
Season Ends for Women’s Lacrosse with 14-5 Loss to No. 11 Boston University on Senior Day

BALTIMORE—Down just three at the half, the UMBC women’s lacrosse team (4-12, 2-4 AEC) allowed seven straight goals to start the second period as No. 11 Boston University (13-2, 6-0) completed its perfect America East season with a 14-5 victory over the host Retrievers Saturday afternoon on Senior Day at UMBC Stadium. The Retrievers would have advanced to the four-team America East Tournament with a win, but instead their season comes to an end, as they miss the conference championships for the second straight year.

Women's Lacrosse

4/18/2008
Women’s Lacrosse Concludes Regular Season Against No. 11 Boston University on Senior Day

Women's Lacrosse

4/13/2008
Upset Bid Falls Short as Retrievers Fall to No. 13 Yale, 12-9, in Women’s Lacrosse Action; Levendusky Scores 50th Goal of Season

Women's Lacrosse

4/24/2008
Levendusky, Chizmar Earn All-Conference Honors; Linkous Tabbed to All-Rookie Team

4/18/2008
Women’s Lacrosse Concludes Regular Season Against No. 11 Boston University on Senior Day

BALTIMORE—The UMBC women’s lacrosse team (4-11, 2-3 AEC) hosts its third consecutive ranked opponent Saturday at 4 p.m. when No. 11 Boston University (12-2, 5-0 AEC) comes to Baltimore for the Retrievers’ regular-season finale. The America East showdown will be the second half of a UMBC lacrosse doubleheader at UMBC Stadium, as the Retriever men host conference rival Hartford at 1 p.m.

Women's Lacrosse

4/13/2008
Upset Bid Falls Short as Retrievers Fall to No. 13 Yale, 12-9, in Women’s Lacrosse Action; Levendusky Scores 50th Goal of Season

Women's Lacrosse

4/24/2008
Levendusky, Chizmar Earn All-Conference Honors; Linkous Tabbed to All-Rookie Team

Women's Lacrosse

4/19/2008
Season Ends for Women’s Lacrosse with 14-5 Loss to No. 11 Boston University on Senior Day

4/13/2008
Upset Bid Falls Short as Retrievers Fall to No. 13 Yale, 12-9, in Women’s Lacrosse Action; Levendusky Scores 50th Goal of Season

BALTIMORE—The UMBC women’s lacrosse team (4-11) pushed 13th-ranked Yale (10-4) to the limit Sunday afternoon, but the Retrievers’ upset bid fell short, as the visiting Bulldogs came away with a 12-9 victory at UMBC Stadium.

Women's Lacrosse

4/24/2008
Levendusky, Chizmar Earn All-Conference Honors; Linkous Tabbed to All-Rookie Team

Women's Lacrosse

4/19/2008
Season Ends for Women’s Lacrosse with 14-5 Loss to No. 11 Boston University on Senior Day

Women's Lacrosse

4/18/2008
Women’s Lacrosse Concludes Regular Season Against No. 11 Boston University on Senior Day

4/12/2008

Women’s Lacrosse Hosts No. 13 Yale Sunday Afternoon in Non-Conference Dog Fight

BALTIMORE—The UMBC women’s lacrosse team (4-10, 2-3 AEC) hosts its second consecutive ranked opponent Sunday afternoon when the 13th-ranked Yale Bulldogs (9-4, 3-2 Ivy) visit UMBC Stadium at 1 p.m.

4/9/2008

Women’s Lacrosse Falls to No. 16 Johns Hopkins, 15-7

BALTIMORE—Down just one at halftime, the UMBC women’s lacrosse team (4-10) was outscored, 11-4, in the second period and fell to 16th-ranked Johns Hopkins (6-6) by a score of 15-7 Wednesday evening at UMBC Stadium.

4/8/2008

Women’s Lacrosse Begins Tough Final Stretch Against No. 16 Johns Hopkins Wednesday Night

BALTIMORE—Riding the momentum of two big victories last week, the UMBC women’s lacrosse team (4-9) welcomes the first of three ranked opponents to UMBC Stadium in No. 16 Johns Hopkins (5-6) Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The Retrievers look to make it three in a row for the first time this season.

4/7/2008

Ali Levendusky Named America East Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Week

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—UMBC senior attack Ali Levendusky was named America East Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Week for the week ending April 6, the conference announced Monday. The award is the fourth of Levendusky’s career and her second this season.

4/5/2008

Balanced Women’s Lacrosse Trounces Howard, 21-4

BALTIMORE—Seventeen different Retrievers scored a point and 12 tallied a goal as the UMBC women’s lacrosse team (4-9) defeated Howard (1-6) by a score of 21-4 Saturday evening at UMBC Stadium. The Retrievers have won back-to-back games for the second time this season.

4/4/2008

Women’s Lacrosse Begins Four-Game Home Stand Against Howard Saturday Night

BALTIMORE—The UMBC women’s lacrosse team (3-9, 2-3 AEC) opens a four-game season-ending home stand Saturday night when the Howard Bison (1-5) visit UMBC Stadium at 7:30 p.m. in non-conference action. After snapping a seven-game losing streak on Wednesday, the Retrievers look for back-to-back wins for the first time since the end of February.

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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