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Women’s Soccer Opens Conference Play This Weekend

9/20/2006


Kali Schwartz scored her first goal of the season against Stetson last weekend.

Baltimore-The UMBC women’s soccer team (3-4-1) will look to snap its two-game losing streak while continuing its five-game road trip this week, taking on in-state rival Mount St. Mary’s on Thursday at 4 p.m., then heading to New Hampshire to open America East Conference play on Sunday at 1 p.m.

 

Looking Back: The Retrievers lost twice last weekend at the Kick Out Cancer Tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., falling to Stetson, 3-2, on Friday, and to host Jacksonville, 2-0, on Sunday. Junior forward Jessica Young gave UMBC a 1-0 halftime lead against Stetson, but the Hatters scored three times in the second period. Sophomore back Kali Schwartz scored in the 82nd minute, but the Retrievers could not complete the comeback. The Dolphins blanked the Retrievers two days later, handing UMBC its third shutout of the season.

 

On the Mount: The Mount dropped a pair of games in Florida last weekend to fall to 1-5-0 on the season and is coming off a 4-0 loss to Florida International on Sunday. The Mount’s 2-0 win over Saint Peter’s on Sept. 13 snapped a 12-game (0-9-3) winless streak for the Mount.  The team’s last victory came at Howard, 2-1 in overtime, on Sept. 25, 2005. Meghan Haspert has scored in each of the Mount’s past two games and leads the team with two goals and four points. Anna Lebo has played all 540 minutes in goal for the Mount this season. Lebo has posted a 2.50 GAA and a .732 save percentage on the year. Mount St. Mary’s has been outscored 15-3 on the season.

 

Last Time vs. the Mount: The Retrievers defeated Mount St. Mary’s, 3-0, on Sept. 11, 2005 at the UMBC Invitational. Jessica Young got UMBC on the board right out of the gates, scoring 1:05 into the game. Kelly Fiorani also scored before halftime, and Amanda DiCarlo posted the Retrievers’ final insurance goal late in the second period.

 

UMBC vs. Mount St. Mary’s All-Time: UMBC has won all 11 meetings in the all-time series that dates back to 1992, including six games in Emmitsburg. The teams have faced off every year since 1999.

 

On the Wildcats: New Hampshire is 2-4-0 on the season and coming off a 2-0 shutout of Marist on Sunday. Forward Sara Hourihan, the reigning America East Rookie of the Year, leads the team with three goals and six points. Goalie Lynn Gugliuzza has posted a 1.67 goals-against average and a .787 save percentage, with 37 saves and 10 goals allowed in 540 minutes between the pipes.

 

Last Time vs. the Wildcats: New Hampshire defeated UMBC, 4-3, in overtime on Sept. 25, 2005. Four goals in a six-and-a-half-minute stretch late in the second half send the game to the extra period, and Lindsey Smagula sent a free kick past Retriever keeper Catie Bukowski in the 96th minute for the golden goal. The Wildcats held a 1-0 advantage well into the second period before midfielder Amy Morrison tied the score at the 54:22 mark. New Hampshire’s Adriana Gonzalez-Medina scored at 78:13 to give the Wildcats a one-goal advantage. But UMBC forward Kelly Fiorani tied it up just over a minute later. UNH again took the lead at 81:13 when Michelle Sheehan scored an unassisted goal, but Retriever forward Jessica Young countered three and a half minutes later to knot the game at 3-3. Neither team would score again until Smagula’s game-winner in the 95th minute.

 

Moving Up the Ranks: With her goal against Stetson, junior forward Jessica Young moved into a tie with Kasy Kruger (1992-95) for fifth place all-time at UMBC with 23 career goals scored. She also took sole possession of seventh place on the Retrievers’ list for career points with 52.

 

Most Goals/Career                 

1.   Denise Schilte             55

2.   Erin Lesh                    35

3.   Missy Moore              28

4.   Kristen Einarson         25

5.   Kasy Kruger              23             

      Jessica Young          23     

7.   Shannon Bagrosky      20             

      Kathy Zonis                20                                               

 

Most Points/Career

1.   Denise Schilte             148

2.   Erin Lesh                    87

3.   Kasy Kruger              82

4.   Missy Moore              65

5.   Kristen Einarson         63

6.   Theresa Rosbert         55

7.   Jessica Young          52

8.   Shannon Bagrosky      50

9.   Ruth Higgins               49

 

Beasts in the America East: Junior forward Jessica Young is tied for the league lead in goals (5) and ranks second in the America East in points (11), goals per game (0.62) and points per game (1.38) She also ranks fifth in shots (20) and is tied for fifth in shots per game (2.50). Senior midfielder Mary Hearin is tied for fourth in the conference in goals (3), sixth in points (6) and goals per game (0.38) and ninth in points per game (0.75). In addition, sophomore goalie Christine Bacinski ranks third in the league in goals-against average (1.00) and fourth in saves per game (5.25).

 

As a team, the Retrievers rank third in the America East in goals (12) and goals per game (1.50), fifth in points (27) and points per game (3.38) and third in saves (55) and saves per game (6.88).

 

Goalies Galore: Three goalies – sophomores Christine Bacinski and Catie Bukowski and senior Robin Babaris – have each started multiple games between the pipes for UMBC. Bacinski has seen the most action (four games, three starts, 270:00) and put up the best numbers (1.00 GAA, 3 GA, 21 saves). Bukowski, last year’s starter, has also played in four games and started three (241:26), posting a 2.61 GAA with 14 saves and seven goals allowed. Babaris missed the entire 2005 campaign with a torn ACL but was a three-year starter prior to her injury. She has played in three games and started two (209:53) and posted a 2.57 GAA with 19 saves and six goals allowed.

 

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