Bement, Belton Spark Huge Wins to Earn Men's Lacrosse Weekly Awards

Bement, Belton Spark Huge Wins to Earn Men's Lacrosse Weekly Awards

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - University of Hartford's Scott Bement (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) and Stony Brook University's Kyle Belton (Langley, B.C./H.D. Strafford) led their respective teams to key late-season victories in men's lacrosse and have earned America East Player and Rookie of the Week honors for April 20.

Bement, the Player of the Week,  played a key role in helping Hartford snap a 26 game losing streak Monday and shock No. 6 UMBC Saturday. He set the tone in the cage for the Hawks with a career-high 19 saves to hold the nation's fifth best offense to four goals under their average made 11. The freshman made 11 of his stops in the second half, including five in the decisive fourth quarter. Bement also made 10 saves in the Hawks' 14-5 win over Presbyterian. Bement, who also picked up four ground balls in the two games, ranks among league leaders with 9.68 goals against average and a .592 save percentage.

Belton, the Rookie of the Week, scored three goals in a 20 minute span that bridged the second and third quarter to spark a 14-9 win over Binghamton Saturday. The freshman attack helped the Seawolves, who have won three straight, expand their lead with a goal three goals during a 7-1 Stony Brook run that produced a 10-2 lead midway through the third quarter. Belton, who has started 8-of-11 games this season, ranks fourth on his team with 12 goals.

UMBC, which had its six game win streak snapped at Hartford Saturday, fell to 10th in both the USILA Coaches' Poll and the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Albany fell to 20th in the Coaches' Poll after going 1-1 last week. The Great Danes, who fell at No. 4 Syracuse Friday and edged Vermont Sunday, are receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse Poll.

The Retrievers, Seawolves and Great Danes have locked up championship bids, while the Bearcats, Catamounts and Hawks all remain alive for the final spot in the field. For complete scenarios and recaps of the weekend's action click here.

Team-By-Team Notebook

Albany (7-5, 3-1 America East) clinched an America East postseason tournament berth for the eighth consecutive year with a 9-6 victory at Vermont on April 19... The Great Danes can earn at least a share of the conference regular-season title in their final game on April 25... freshman goalkeeper John Carroll (Nesconset, N.Y. / Smithtown East) came off the bench to start the second quarter in sparking his team’s play at Vermont... Carroll made 14 saves, the fifth time he has stopped double-figure shots, and allowed two goals in 45 minutes... UAlbany reversed a 4-1 deficit by holding UVM off the scoreboard for a 42-minute stretch... Corey Small (St. Catharines, Ontario / Holy Cross) had three goals, including two in man-up situations, which extended his team’s lead to 7-4 early in the final stanza... Small moved into a tie for eighth on the program’s career goals list with 103... the senior has scored at least one point in 25 consecutive appearances... John Alpizar (Summit, N.J. / Summit) scored twice, including the game-tying goal in the third period... The Great Danes turned a halftime laugher into a classic 40 hours earlier with an eight-goal third quarter at #4 Syracuse... Small netted three of his four goals in the quarter... Small’s sidearm shot around an SU defender closed the gap to 11-10 with 10 seconds left in the period... the Orange, who eventually prevailed, 15-13, used a bizarre goal to hold off the visitors when a ball, dislodged by a stick check, went into an empty net with six seconds elapsed in the fourth quarter... Joe Resetarits (Hamburg, N.Y. / Hamburg) had four goals, one off his career-best... Brian Caufield (Bay Shore, N.Y. / West Islip) added one goal and a season-high five assists... Matthew Cushing (Minoa, N.Y. / East Syracuse-Minoa) won 10 of 17 draws and scored his first goal as a collegian for a happy homecoming at the Carrier Dome... Chris Schongar (Clifton Park, N.Y. / Shenendehowa) is second on the program’s Division I chart with 200 career ground balls.

Binghamton (2-11, 1-3 America East) concludes its regular season on Saturday against Hartford at the Bearcats Sports Complex. The Bearcats are seeking their fifth consecutive appearance in the America East Tournament ... senior Jake Boyce (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford) notched a pair of goals on Saturday against Stony Brook, giving him 58 goals for his career. He is now tied for second place all time in school history with Rob Williams (2004-07) ... senior attack Chris Mulheron (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) tied his career high with four assists in Saturday's game against Stony Brook. In the process, he extended his career total to a program-best 46 assists ... sophomore attack Frank Donlon (Mt. Sinai, N.Y./Comsewogue) recorded his first career hat trick in the game against Stony Brook.

Hartford (2-10, 1-3 America East) broke out in a big way last week, picking up its first wins of the season over Presbyterian College and UMBC... The Hawks won for the first time since 2007 when they defeated Presbyterian on Monday by a 14-5 final. Hartford never trailed in the contest and tallied a season-high 14 goals. Freshman goalie Scott Bement (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) made 10 saves while holding the Blue Hose to five goals, a season low for a Hartford opponent... Hartford then shocked sixth-ranked UMBC on Saturday by a 10-8 final, handing the Retrievers their first conference loss in two years. Eight different players scored a goal while Bement tied a career high with 19 saves. The Retrievers entered the game with the fifth-best scoring attack in the country but came away with their second-lowest scoring output of the season. Hartford's defense also held the nation' s best man-up offense to only one goal in six attempts. Freshman Aidan Genik (Toronto, Ontario/Univ. of Western Ontario) led the Hawks with two goals and an assist for three points. The upset victory marked Hartford's first conference win since 2007, and the Hawks won consecutive games for the first time since 2006... Bement was named LAXnews College Beat Player of the Week on Monday morning. He made 29 saves and saved nearly 70 percent of shots on goal for the week. He becomes the first Hartford rookie to record a win in goal since Jon McMahon (Tonawanda, N.Y./Sweet Home) in 2006... Genik recorded a total of 10 points on the week. He scored three goals and added four assists against Presbyterian and had two goals and an assist against UMBC. Genik leads the team in scoring on the season with 22 goals and nine assists for 31 points... Freshman Ryan Compitello (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge) also topped the 30-point mark last week with three goals and three assists, giving him 17 goals and a team-high 1 3 assists on the season... Hartford will wrap up the regular season at Binghamton University on Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m. A win over the Bearcats, coupled with a Vermont loss to UMBC, would earn the Hawks their first America East Championship berth since 2003.

UMBC (9-3, 3-1 America East) had  series of streaks snapped in Saturday’s 10-8 loss at Hartford... Gone are the six-game winning streak, a four-game road win streak, a 12-game America East (regular season) winning streak, a five-game, previously undefeated run against the Hawks and a 14-game winning skein on Saturdays... UMBC can still clinch the No. 1 seed in the America East Tournament with a win over Vermont on Saturday... The Retrievers are 5-0 vs. Vermont, but rallied for an 8-6 win in Burlington last spring... UMBC has won 12 straight America East home games and 19 in a row at home on Saturdays... A win would give UMBC a share of the conference title, an honor they have won outright or tied for in the last four seasons... UMBC outshot Hartford, 54-24, but the Retrievers only capitalized on one of six extra-man opportunities.. UMBC entered the game at 56.8%, the leading team in the nation on extra-man... The Retrievers have been ranked in the top ten nationally in man-up offense in four of the past five seasons... Junior attackman Matt Latham (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) led UMBC with three goals vs. the  Hawks... He now has 25 goals in his last nine league outings... Senior midfielder Peet Poillon (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley/Ohio State) had a pair of goals and has multiple points in 21 of his 28 collegiate games... junior long-stick midfielder Mike Camardo (Altamont, N.Y./Guilderland) collected two ground balls vs. Hartford and now has 100 in his career... Saturday’s game vs. the Catamounts will be televised nationally on ESPNU and locally by ABC-2... Nine seniors will be honored in pre-game ceremonies. 

Stony Brook (7-4, 3-1 America East) has now won three straight, its second longest win streak of the season ... all of Stony Brook’s wins and losses have come in streaks of at least two this season ... the Seawolves have recorded at least 10 goals in during its win streak ... in all of Stony Brook’s wins the Seawolves have scored at least 10 goals ... Stony Brook has had at least seven different players score in its last three games ... freshmen accounted for seven of the 14 goals against the Bearcats ... after a slow start that saw him win just one of his first five face-offs, Adam Rand rebounded to finish with 15 wins in 20 tries ... second in the nation in face-off percentage coming into the BU game, he has won nearly 75 percent of his attempts over the last five games ... the Seawolves have won better than 50 percent of its face-offs in every game but two  ... Jordan McBride’s three goals against Hartford gives him 10 straight games with at least two goals  ... McBride’s goals kept his scoring streak alive going back to last season ... he has now scored a point in 18 straight games, tops on the team ... McBride moved to 12th all-time at SBU with 76 career goals against Binghamton  ... Stony Brook has picked up more ground balls than its opponent in six straight games ... Stony Brook has had a different starting lineup in each of the last five games ... Stony Brook has scored five or more goals in a quarter six times this season, including in each of the last three games ... the Seawolves have scored the first goal in the game seven times, winning six of those contests ... moved to the long pole middie positon full time, Steven Waldeck has responded with some offense ... he has recorded a point in six of his last seven games, including an assist against BU ... last week he was tied for fourth in the nation in points among long poles ... Stony Brook is one win away from 200 in the history of the program.

Vermont (4-9, 1-3 America East)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - University of Hartford's Scott Bement (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) and Stony Brook University's Kyle Belton (Langley, B.C./H.D. Strafford) led their respective teams to key late-season victories in men's lacrosse and have earned America East Player and Rookie of the Week honors for April 20.

Bement, the Player of the Week,  played a key role in helping Hartford snap a 26 game losing streak Monday and shock No. 6 UMBC Saturday. He set the tone in the cage for the Hawks with a career-high 19 saves to hold the nation's fifth best offense to four goals under their average made 11. The freshman made 11 of his stops in the second half, including five in the decisive fourth quarter. Bement also made 10 saves in the Hawks' 14-5 win over Presbyterian. Bement, who also picked up four ground balls in the two games, ranks among league leaders with 9.68 goals against average and a .592 save percentage.

Belton, the Rookie of the Week, scored three goals in a 20 minute span that bridged the second and third quarter to spark a 14-9 win over Binghamton Saturday. The freshman attack helped the Seawolves, who have won three straight, expand their lead with a goal three goals during a 7-1 Stony Brook run that produced a 10-2 lead midway through the third quarter. Belton, who has started 8-of-11 games this season, ranks fourth on his team with 12 goals.

UMBC, which had its six game win streak snapped at Hartford Saturday, fell to 10th in both the USILA Coaches' Poll and the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Albany fell to 20th in the Coaches' Poll after going 1-1 last week. The Great Danes, who fell at No. 4 Syracuse Friday and edged Vermont Sunday, are receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse Poll.

The Retrievers, Seawolves and Great Danes have locked up championship bids, while the Bearcats, Catamounts and Hawks all remain alive for the final spot in the field. For complete scenarios and recaps of the weekend's action click here.

Team-By-Team Notebook

Albany (7-5, 3-1 America East) clinched an America East postseason tournament berth for the eighth consecutive year with a 9-6 victory at Vermont on April 19... The Great Danes can earn at least a share of the conference regular-season title in their final game on April 25... freshman goalkeeper John Carroll (Nesconset, N.Y. / Smithtown East) came off the bench to start the second quarter in sparking his team’s play at Vermont... Carroll made 14 saves, the fifth time he has stopped double-figure shots, and allowed two goals in 45 minutes... UAlbany reversed a 4-1 deficit by holding UVM off the scoreboard for a 42-minute stretch... Corey Small (St. Catharines, Ontario / Holy Cross) had three goals, including two in man-up situations, which extended his team’s lead to 7-4 early in the final stanza... Small moved into a tie for eighth on the program’s career goals list with 103... the senior has scored at least one point in 25 consecutive appearances... John Alpizar (Summit, N.J. / Summit) scored twice, including the game-tying goal in the third period... The Great Danes turned a halftime laugher into a classic 40 hours earlier with an eight-goal third quarter at #4 Syracuse... Small netted three of his four goals in the quarter... Small’s sidearm shot around an SU defender closed the gap to 11-10 with 10 seconds left in the period... the Orange, who eventually prevailed, 15-13, used a bizarre goal to hold off the visitors when a ball, dislodged by a stick check, went into an empty net with six seconds elapsed in the fourth quarter... Joe Resetarits (Hamburg, N.Y. / Hamburg) had four goals, one off his career-best... Brian Caufield (Bay Shore, N.Y. / West Islip) added one goal and a season-high five assists... Matthew Cushing (Minoa, N.Y. / East Syracuse-Minoa) won 10 of 17 draws and scored his first goal as a collegian for a happy homecoming at the Carrier Dome... Chris Schongar (Clifton Park, N.Y. / Shenendehowa) is second on the program’s Division I chart with 200 career ground balls.

Binghamton (2-11, 1-3 America East) concludes its regular season on Saturday against Hartford at the Bearcats Sports Complex. The Bearcats are seeking their fifth consecutive appearance in the America East Tournament ... senior Jake Boyce (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford) notched a pair of goals on Saturday against Stony Brook, giving him 58 goals for his career. He is now tied for second place all time in school history with Rob Williams (2004-07) ... senior attack Chris Mulheron (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) tied his career high with four assists in Saturday's game against Stony Brook. In the process, he extended his career total to a program-best 46 assists ... sophomore attack Frank Donlon (Mt. Sinai, N.Y./Comsewogue) recorded his first career hat trick in the game against Stony Brook.

Hartford (2-10, 1-3 America East) broke out in a big way last week, picking up its first wins of the season over Presbyterian College and UMBC... The Hawks won for the first time since 2007 when they defeated Presbyterian on Monday by a 14-5 final. Hartford never trailed in the contest and tallied a season-high 14 goals. Freshman goalie Scott Bement (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) made 10 saves while holding the Blue Hose to five goals, a season low for a Hartford opponent... Hartford then shocked sixth-ranked UMBC on Saturday by a 10-8 final, handing the Retrievers their first conference loss in two years. Eight different players scored a goal while Bement tied a career high with 19 saves. The Retrievers entered the game with the fifth-best scoring attack in the country but came away with their second-lowest scoring output of the season. Hartford's defense also held the nation' s best man-up offense to only one goal in six attempts. Freshman Aidan Genik (Toronto, Ontario/Univ. of Western Ontario) led the Hawks with two goals and an assist for three points. The upset victory marked Hartford's first conference win since 2007, and the Hawks won consecutive games for the first time since 2006... Bement was named LAXnews College Beat Player of the Week on Monday morning. He made 29 saves and saved nearly 70 percent of shots on goal for the week. He becomes the first Hartford rookie to record a win in goal since Jon McMahon (Tonawanda, N.Y./Sweet Home) in 2006... Genik recorded a total of 10 points on the week. He scored three goals and added four assists against Presbyterian and had two goals and an assist against UMBC. Genik leads the team in scoring on the season with 22 goals and nine assists for 31 points... Freshman Ryan Compitello (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge) also topped the 30-point mark last week with three goals and three assists, giving him 17 goals and a team-high 1 3 assists on the season... Hartford will wrap up the regular season at Binghamton University on Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m. A win over the Bearcats, coupled with a Vermont loss to UMBC, would earn the Hawks their first America East Championship berth since 2003.

UMBC (9-3, 3-1 America East) had  series of streaks snapped in Saturday’s 10-8 loss at Hartford... Gone are the six-game winning streak, a four-game road win streak, a 12-game America East (regular season) winning streak, a five-game, previously undefeated run against the Hawks and a 14-game winning skein on Saturdays... UMBC can still clinch the No. 1 seed in the America East Tournament with a win over Vermont on Saturday... The Retrievers are 5-0 vs. Vermont, but rallied for an 8-6 win in Burlington last spring... UMBC has won 12 straight America East home games and 19 in a row at home on Saturdays... A win would give UMBC a share of the conference title, an honor they have won outright or tied for in the last four seasons... UMBC outshot Hartford, 54-24, but the Retrievers only capitalized on one of six extra-man opportunities.. UMBC entered the game at 56.8%, the leading team in the nation on extra-man... The Retrievers have been ranked in the top ten nationally in man-up offense in four of the past five seasons... Junior attackman Matt Latham (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) led UMBC with three goals vs. the  Hawks... He now has 25 goals in his last nine league outings... Senior midfielder Peet Poillon (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley/Ohio State) had a pair of goals and has multiple points in 21 of his 28 collegiate games... junior long-stick midfielder Mike Camardo (Altamont, N.Y./Guilderland) collected two ground balls vs. Hartford and now has 100 in his career... Saturday’s game vs. the Catamounts will be televised nationally on ESPNU and locally by ABC-2... Nine seniors will be honored in pre-game ceremonies. 

Stony Brook (7-4, 3-1 America East) has now won three straight, its second longest win streak of the season ... all of Stony Brook’s wins and losses have come in streaks of at least two this season ... the Seawolves have recorded at least 10 goals in during its win streak ... in all of Stony Brook’s wins the Seawolves have scored at least 10 goals ... Stony Brook has had at least seven different players score in its last three games ... freshmen accounted for seven of the 14 goals against the Bearcats ... after a slow start that saw him win just one of his first five face-offs, Adam Rand rebounded to finish with 15 wins in 20 tries ... second in the nation in face-off percentage coming into the BU game, he has won nearly 75 percent of his attempts over the last five games ... the Seawolves have won better than 50 percent of its face-offs in every game but two  ... Jordan McBride’s three goals against Hartford gives him 10 straight games with at least two goals  ... McBride’s goals kept his scoring streak alive going back to last season ... he has now scored a point in 18 straight games, tops on the team ... McBride moved to 12th all-time at SBU with 76 career goals against Binghamton  ... Stony Brook has picked up more ground balls than its opponent in six straight games ... Stony Brook has had a different starting lineup in each of the last five games ... Stony Brook has scored five or more goals in a quarter six times this season, including in each of the last three games ... the Seawolves have scored the first goal in the game seven times, winning six of those contests ... moved to the long pole middie positon full time, Steven Waldeck has responded with some offense ... he has recorded a point in six of his last seven games, including an assist against BU ... last week he was tied for fourth in the nation in points among long poles ... Stony Brook is one win away from 200 in the history of the program.

Vermont (4-9, 1-3 America East)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - University of Hartford's Scott Bement (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) and Stony Brook University's Kyle Belton (Langley, B.C./H.D. Strafford) led their respective teams to key late-season victories in men's lacrosse and have earned America East Player and Rookie of the Week honors for April 20.

Bement, the Player of the Week,  played a key role in helping Hartford snap a 26 game losing streak Monday and shock No. 6 UMBC Saturday. He set the tone in the cage for the Hawks with a career-high 19 saves to hold the nation's fifth best offense to four goals under their average made 11. The freshman made 11 of his stops in the second half, including five in the decisive fourth quarter. Bement also made 10 saves in the Hawks' 14-5 win over Presbyterian. Bement, who also picked up four ground balls in the two games, ranks among league leaders with 9.68 goals against average and a .592 save percentage.

Belton, the Rookie of the Week, scored three goals in a 20 minute span that bridged the second and third quarter to spark a 14-9 win over Binghamton Saturday. The freshman attack helped the Seawolves, who have won three straight, expand their lead with a goal three goals during a 7-1 Stony Brook run that produced a 10-2 lead midway through the third quarter. Belton, who has started 8-of-11 games this season, ranks fourth on his team with 12 goals.

UMBC, which had its six game win streak snapped at Hartford Saturday, fell to 10th in both the USILA Coaches' Poll and the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Albany fell to 20th in the Coaches' Poll after going 1-1 last week. The Great Danes, who fell at No. 4 Syracuse Friday and edged Vermont Sunday, are receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse Poll.

The Retrievers, Seawolves and Great Danes have locked up championship bids, while the Bearcats, Catamounts and Hawks all remain alive for the final spot in the field. For complete scenarios and recaps of the weekend's action click here.

Team-By-Team Notebook

Albany (7-5, 3-1 America East) clinched an America East postseason tournament berth for the eighth consecutive year with a 9-6 victory at Vermont on April 19... The Great Danes can earn at least a share of the conference regular-season title in their final game on April 25... freshman goalkeeper John Carroll (Nesconset, N.Y. / Smithtown East) came off the bench to start the second quarter in sparking his team’s play at Vermont... Carroll made 14 saves, the fifth time he has stopped double-figure shots, and allowed two goals in 45 minutes... UAlbany reversed a 4-1 deficit by holding UVM off the scoreboard for a 42-minute stretch... Corey Small (St. Catharines, Ontario / Holy Cross) had three goals, including two in man-up situations, which extended his team’s lead to 7-4 early in the final stanza... Small moved into a tie for eighth on the program’s career goals list with 103... the senior has scored at least one point in 25 consecutive appearances... John Alpizar (Summit, N.J. / Summit) scored twice, including the game-tying goal in the third period... The Great Danes turned a halftime laugher into a classic 40 hours earlier with an eight-goal third quarter at #4 Syracuse... Small netted three of his four goals in the quarter... Small’s sidearm shot around an SU defender closed the gap to 11-10 with 10 seconds left in the period... the Orange, who eventually prevailed, 15-13, used a bizarre goal to hold off the visitors when a ball, dislodged by a stick check, went into an empty net with six seconds elapsed in the fourth quarter... Joe Resetarits (Hamburg, N.Y. / Hamburg) had four goals, one off his career-best... Brian Caufield (Bay Shore, N.Y. / West Islip) added one goal and a season-high five assists... Matthew Cushing (Minoa, N.Y. / East Syracuse-Minoa) won 10 of 17 draws and scored his first goal as a collegian for a happy homecoming at the Carrier Dome... Chris Schongar (Clifton Park, N.Y. / Shenendehowa) is second on the program’s Division I chart with 200 career ground balls.

Binghamton (2-11, 1-3 America East) concludes its regular season on Saturday against Hartford at the Bearcats Sports Complex. The Bearcats are seeking their fifth consecutive appearance in the America East Tournament ... senior Jake Boyce (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford) notched a pair of goals on Saturday against Stony Brook, giving him 58 goals for his career. He is now tied for second place all time in school history with Rob Williams (2004-07) ... senior attack Chris Mulheron (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) tied his career high with four assists in Saturday's game against Stony Brook. In the process, he extended his career total to a program-best 46 assists ... sophomore attack Frank Donlon (Mt. Sinai, N.Y./Comsewogue) recorded his first career hat trick in the game against Stony Brook.

Hartford (2-10, 1-3 America East) broke out in a big way last week, picking up its first wins of the season over Presbyterian College and UMBC... The Hawks won for the first time since 2007 when they defeated Presbyterian on Monday by a 14-5 final. Hartford never trailed in the contest and tallied a season-high 14 goals. Freshman goalie Scott Bement (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) made 10 saves while holding the Blue Hose to five goals, a season low for a Hartford opponent... Hartford then shocked sixth-ranked UMBC on Saturday by a 10-8 final, handing the Retrievers their first conference loss in two years. Eight different players scored a goal while Bement tied a career high with 19 saves. The Retrievers entered the game with the fifth-best scoring attack in the country but came away with their second-lowest scoring output of the season. Hartford's defense also held the nation' s best man-up offense to only one goal in six attempts. Freshman Aidan Genik (Toronto, Ontario/Univ. of Western Ontario) led the Hawks with two goals and an assist for three points. The upset victory marked Hartford's first conference win since 2007, and the Hawks won consecutive games for the first time since 2006... Bement was named LAXnews College Beat Player of the Week on Monday morning. He made 29 saves and saved nearly 70 percent of shots on goal for the week. He becomes the first Hartford rookie to record a win in goal since Jon McMahon (Tonawanda, N.Y./Sweet Home) in 2006... Genik recorded a total of 10 points on the week. He scored three goals and added four assists against Presbyterian and had two goals and an assist against UMBC. Genik leads the team in scoring on the season with 22 goals and nine assists for 31 points... Freshman Ryan Compitello (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge) also topped the 30-point mark last week with three goals and three assists, giving him 17 goals and a team-high 1 3 assists on the season... Hartford will wrap up the regular season at Binghamton University on Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m. A win over the Bearcats, coupled with a Vermont loss to UMBC, would earn the Hawks their first America East Championship berth since 2003.

UMBC (9-3, 3-1 America East) had  series of streaks snapped in Saturday’s 10-8 loss at Hartford... Gone are the six-game winning streak, a four-game road win streak, a 12-game America East (regular season) winning streak, a five-game, previously undefeated run against the Hawks and a 14-game winning skein on Saturdays... UMBC can still clinch the No. 1 seed in the America East Tournament with a win over Vermont on Saturday... The Retrievers are 5-0 vs. Vermont, but rallied for an 8-6 win in Burlington last spring... UMBC has won 12 straight America East home games and 19 in a row at home on Saturdays... A win would give UMBC a share of the conference title, an honor they have won outright or tied for in the last four seasons... UMBC outshot Hartford, 54-24, but the Retrievers only capitalized on one of six extra-man opportunities.. UMBC entered the game at 56.8%, the leading team in the nation on extra-man... The Retrievers have been ranked in the top ten nationally in man-up offense in four of the past five seasons... Junior attackman Matt Latham (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) led UMBC with three goals vs. the  Hawks... He now has 25 goals in his last nine league outings... Senior midfielder Peet Poillon (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley/Ohio State) had a pair of goals and has multiple points in 21 of his 28 collegiate games... junior long-stick midfielder Mike Camardo (Altamont, N.Y./Guilderland) collected two ground balls vs. Hartford and now has 100 in his career... Saturday’s game vs. the Catamounts will be televised nationally on ESPNU and locally by ABC-2... Nine seniors will be honored in pre-game ceremonies. 

Stony Brook (7-4, 3-1 America East) has now won three straight, its second longest win streak of the season ... all of Stony Brook’s wins and losses have come in streaks of at least two this season ... the Seawolves have recorded at least 10 goals in during its win streak ... in all of Stony Brook’s wins the Seawolves have scored at least 10 goals ... Stony Brook has had at least seven different players score in its last three games ... freshmen accounted for seven of the 14 goals against the Bearcats ... after a slow start that saw him win just one of his first five face-offs, Adam Rand rebounded to finish with 15 wins in 20 tries ... second in the nation in face-off percentage coming into the BU game, he has won nearly 75 percent of his attempts over the last five games ... the Seawolves have won better than 50 percent of its face-offs in every game but two  ... Jordan McBride’s three goals against Hartford gives him 10 straight games with at least two goals  ... McBride’s goals kept his scoring streak alive going back to last season ... he has now scored a point in 18 straight games, tops on the team ... McBride moved to 12th all-time at SBU with 76 career goals against Binghamton  ... Stony Brook has picked up more ground balls than its opponent in six straight games ... Stony Brook has had a different starting lineup in each of the last five games ... Stony Brook has scored five or more goals in a quarter six times this season, including in each of the last three games ... the Seawolves have scored the first goal in the game seven times, winning six of those contests ... moved to the long pole middie positon full time, Steven Waldeck has responded with some offense ... he has recorded a point in six of his last seven games, including an assist against BU ... last week he was tied for fourth in the nation in points among long poles ... Stony Brook is one win away from 200 in the history of the program.

Vermont (4-9, 1-3 America East) lost to No. 20 Albany 9-6 on Sunday afternoon at Moulton Winder Field ... Senior Andrew Kelleher (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem) notched a hat trick and an assist in the loss ... Kelleher has a team leading 35 goals and 44 points on the season ... He also has a team best .432 shot percentage (35 for 81) ... Freshman Geoff Worley (Coronado, Calif./Coronado) recorded a goal and three assists against the Great Danes ... Worley leads the team with 17 assists and is second in points (33) ... Sophomore Derek Lichtfuss (Lutherville, Md./St. Paul’s) scored his 20th goal of the season against Albany and also had a team-high 12 shots and six ground balls ... Lichtfuss has a team leading 89 shots on the season ... He has 57 career points in 29 games ... Kelleher, Lichtfuss and Worley have accounted for 72-percent of Vermont’s goals this season (71 of 99) ... The trio has recorded a total of 105 points ... Freshman Alex Plavner (Arnold, Md./Severn) made nine saves against Albany in his second career start ... Freshman Peter Oswald (Cohasset, Mass./Thayer Academy) went 9 for 15 on face offs against the Great Danes and has won 50-percent (64 for 128) of his draws on the season ... The Catamounts are 0-5 against ranked opponents this season ... Vermont travels to UMBC this Saturday for a 1 p.m. start ... The game will be televised on ESPNU.