UMBC Uses Quick Start to Bury Delaware
from press release
NEWARK, Del. -- University of Delaware
All-American Curtis Dickson
scored five goals, but the Blue Hens could never overcome a
six-goal
deficit in the opening quarter and dropped a 14-9 men’s
lacrosse
decision to No. 11 UMBC Saturday at Rullo Stadium.
Delaware (1-1), which had a three-game home win streak snapped,
fell
behind 6-0 in the opening quarter and never could make up the
difference
as the Retrievers (1-0) extended the nation’s longest NCAA
Division I
regular season winning streak to 12 games.
Delaware had defeated UMBC three straight times and six of the
last
seven, including NCAA Tournament wins in 1999 and 2007 and a 15-7
win
last season in Florida.
The Retrievers, who return nine starters from last year’s
team that won
the America East conference and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for
the
second straight season, got a big effort from junior midfielder
Kyle
Wimer who exploded for five goals to lead the UMBC attack. Alex
Hopmann
and Matt Latham each added three goals apiece while James Kimbles
scored
twice and Peet Poillon scored a goal and dished out two
assists.
Goalkeeper Jeremy Blevins, the active NCAA Division I leader for
career
saves with 476, was outstanding in goal with 14 stops as he made
his
49th consecutive start.
Dickson, the Colonial Athletic Association Pre-Season Player of the
Year
and a 2008 USILA honorable mention All-American from Port
Coquitlam,
British Columbia, continued his hot early season scoring spree as
he
matched his career-high for goals in a game and notched his 12th
career
hat trick. Dickson, who scored four goals in Delaware’s
season-opening
13-2 win over Saint Joseph’s last Saturday, has now scored at
least one
goal in 27 straight games, one shy of the school record of 28 set
by
Haylor Osborn in 1962-64 and Randy Powers in 1983-84.
The Blue Hens, who were trying to start the season out 2-0 for the
sixth
straight season, could muster little offense other than Dickson.
Kevin
Kaminski, Pat Lombard, Josh Coveleski, and Beau Davis each scored a
goal
but All-CAA midfielder Martin Cahill was held to just a single
assist.
Goalkeeper Noah Fossner made 12 saves in goal and Tommy Lee won 19
of 27
faceoffs but it wasn’t enough.
UMBC took control early and never looked back in posting the
win,
outscoring the Hens 6-0 after the first quarter and taking a 9-4
lead
into halftime when Wimer scored with one second left in the
second
quarter. Latham, Kimbles, Hopmann, and Wimer each scored goals in
the
final 3:37 of the first quarter to lead the Retrievers.
Delaware narrowed the gap to 7-3 as Dickson and Lombard scored to
open
the second quarter and Davis converted with 6:43 left before
halftime.
But UMBC got a goal from Latham to go back up by five, and
after
Delaware’s Coveleski scored a man-up goal with 2:47 left,
Wimer closed
the half with his buzzer-beater.
Latham and Wimer scored the first two goals of the second half to
up the
advantage to 11-4 before Dickson countered with a goal with 2:46
left
in the third stanza. Wimer, Poillon, and Hopmann opened the
final
stanza with goals in the first eight minutes to increase the lead
to
14-5 before Dickson scored three goals in the final 5:42 to cut the
gap.
Delaware will return to action next Saturday when the Hens travel
to
Fairfield for a 1 p.m. game on Feb. 21.
AGATE:
UMBC......6.....3.....2.....3.....14
Delaware..0.....4.....1.....4.....9
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Delaware - Curtis Dickson, 5-0; Kevin Kaminski, 1-0; Pat Lombard,
1-0;
Josh Coveleski, 1-0; Beau Davis, 1-0; John Austin, 0-1; Martin
Cahill,
0-1; Nick LoManto, 0-1; UMBC - Kyle Wimer, 5-0; Alex Hopmann, 3-1;
Matt
Latham, 3-0; Jamie Kimbles, 2-0; Peet Poillon, 1-2; Rich May, 0-1;
Ryan
Smith, 0-1, Rob Grimm, 0-1
Shots: UMBC - 45, D - 38; Groundballs: UMBC - 30, D - 40; Faceoffs:
UMBC
- 8, D - 19; Clears: UMBC - 15 of 18, D - 12 of 17; Extra Man
Goals:
UMBC - 3 for 5, D - 2 for 4; Penalties: UMBC - 4 for 3:00, D - 5
for
4:30; Saves: UMBC - 14 (Jeremy Blevins), D - 12 (Noah Fossner);
Turnovers: UMBC - 19, D - 20; Attendance: 920.
