MOUNT ST. MARY'S (1-0) vs. UMBC (1-1)
Waldron Family Stadium | Emmitsburg, Md.
Wednesday, February 19th | 4:00 PM
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MOUNT UPDATE
The Mount St. Mary's women's lacrosse team opened the 2020 season with a thrilling 11-10 overtime win over George Washington on Saturday. Zoe Hurlburt potted the game winner off a nice feed from Jordan Groover to top the Colonials. Groover had an outstanding performance for the Mountaineers with two goals, two assists, five groundballs, and three draw controls. Kate Kinsella (2g, 1a) and Beanie Colson (3g) each provided three points as well in the victory. Jenna Oler made eleven saves in her Mountaineer debut to notch the win.
SCOUTING THE RETRIEVERS
After dropping their season opener to Lehigh 17-11, the Retrievers bounced back with a solid victory over VCU 11-7. Against the Rams, junior Lexi Roberts made ten saves in net for the Retrievers while Lily Kennedy led the team with six points off three goals and three assists. Jenna McDermott and Megan Halczuk each scored their first career goal in the win. UMBC was picked to finish fourth in the America East Preseason Coaches' Poll coming in behind New Hampshire, Albany, and preseason favorite Stony Brook.
INSIDE THE SERIES
The Retrievers currently hold a 16-2 edge over the Mountaineers in the all-time series between these two schools that dates back to April of 1996. Coming into last season, the Mount had only taken down UMBC once before, which happened on April 23rd, 2004 where the Mountaineers prevailed 12-10. Flashing back to last season, Carly Miller's goal with 39 seconds left would lift the Mount to their first win ever at UMBC and first time taking down the Retrievers since 2004. Eight different Mountaineers tallied a point in the win, led by a pair of goals from Miller and Jordan Butler. Jillian Petito made five saves in goal to secure the victory.
PRESEASON POLLS
On January 30th, the Northeast Conference announced the annual Coaches' Preseason Poll for women's lacrosse in which the Mountaineers was tabbed to finish second, only behind defending NEC champion Wagner. However, the Mount did receive three first-place votes by some coaches throughout the league. For more on the conference and preseason polls, click here.
TEAM LEADERS
Goals: Colson (3), Groover (2), Hurlburt (2), Kinsella (2)
Assists: Groover (2), Miller (2)
Points: Groover (4), Colson (3), Hurlburt (3), Kinsella (3)
Ground Balls: Groover (5), Lonergan (3), Colson (2)
Draw Controls: Groover (3), Kinsella (2), Ridenour (2)
Caused Turnovers: Hurlburt (2), Stewart (2)
Save Percentage: Oler (52.4%)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
After taking on UMBC, the Mount women's lacrosse team will hit the road for the first time in 2020 to take on Binghamton on Saturday, February 22nd. Game time for the Mountaineers' matchup against the Bearcats is set for 3:00 p.m.
