UMBC

Baltimore, MD—Junior midfielder Kelly Fiorani (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) scored 5 goals and added an assist as host UMBC (5-9, 3-3 America East) edged Stony Brook (8-7, 2-4 A. East), 18-14, at UMBC Stadium and captured the fourth and final spot in next week’s America East Tournament.

UMBC will face the #1 seed on that team’s home turf, but will not learn their travel plans until Sunday afternoon, as the undefeated Boston University squad plays at an undefeated New Hampshire team to decide the league’s regular season title.

The Seawolves took a 6-3 lead midway through the first half after scoring five unanswered goals. But UMBC closed the half on a 6-1 run, taking the lead for good at 8-7 on Fiorani’s first goal of the game on a free position shot with 16 seconds left in the half. UMBC won the ensuing draw and freshman attacker Ali Levendusky (Baldwin, Md./John Carroll) ripped home a shot from 11 yards out just 10 seconds after Fiorani’s score.

UMBC would extend the lead to 14-10 midway through the second half, and Fiorani scored a pair of goals in a 3-0 run. But the Seawolves cut the lead in half with back-to-back scores by Maryland native Danielle Werner (Gambrills, Md./Arundel). But once again, Fiorani, who posted 5 goals and 3 assists in last year’s win at Stony Brook, stemmed the run, by scoring 2 of UMBC’s 3 goals in another 3-0 and gave her squad an insurmountable 17-12 advantage with 2:31 remaining.

With her effort, Fiorani, this week’s co-America East Player of the Week, eclipsed the 100-goal plateau in her career, as she now has 101 goals and 34 assists.  She has scored 14 goals in her last 3 games.

Levendusky, sophomore midfielder Kelly Fahey (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) , and senior midfielder Anna Jacobs (Coatesville, Pa.) each scored 3 goals for UMBC, and Fahey added a pair of assists. Werner, a junior midfielder,  led her team with 4 goals and 1 assist, while sophomore midfielder Amy Taylor (Owings, Md./Northern) added 3 goals and sophomore attacker Carlee Buck posted 1 goal and 3 helpers.