CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A pair of America East's top goal scorers have earned men's lacrosse weekly honors after tallying hat tricks on Saturday. UMBC's Scott Jones (Port Coquitlam, B.C./Terry Fox) earned Player of the Week honors after leading his squad to its third straight win, while Albany's Miles Thompson (Nedrow, N.Y./LaFayette) garnered Rookie of the Week accolades for the third time this season. The awards for the week ending April 17 were announced Monday afternoon.
Jones scored four of his career-high five goals in the fourth quarter of UMBC's 13-9 win over Albany on Saturday. After the Great Danes tied the contest at nine with 11 minutes left in the game, Jones scored the game's next three goals to seal the win for UMBC, which has surpassed last season's victory total with the win. A sophomore attack, Jones, who also picked up two ground balls against Albany, ranks eighth among league leaders with 1.7 goals per game (17 goals in 10 games) and has 12 scores over his last six outings.
Thompson tied a career high with four points in Albany's loss to UMBC on Saturday. The freshman attack scored three goals, all in the third quarter, and added an assist. Thompson, who also earned Rookie of the Week honors on March 7 and April 4, also had a career-best three ground balls and one caused turnover. Thompson, who has tallied multiple points in six straight games, is tied for seven among league leaders and leads all conference rookies with 21 goals this season.
After winning its third straight game and improving to 7-3 on the season, Stony Brook remained at 13th in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. Despite the convincing 13-6 win over Binghamton, the Seawolves, who can secure at least a share of the America East regular-season title and the No. 1 seed for the league tournament with a win over Albany Saturday, fell one spot to 14th in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
Team Notes
Albany (4-8, 0-3 AE) fell to UMBC’s fourth-quarter uprising in a 13-9 loss on April 16, the Great Danes’ final home game … Scott Jones’ rebound goal with 9:53 remaining broke a 9-9 deadlock … the teams slugged it out in a steady rain with winds gusting over 20 miles per hour … UMBC has won nine of the 13 meetings in a series that started in 2004 ... the two programs have played for the America East Conference tournament championship on three occasions ... the Great Danes have dropped seven of their last eight contests since back-to-back top-20 wins over Massachusetts and Ohio State ... Albany has tangled with six top-20 opponents this season … Miles Thompson (Nedrow, N.Y./LaFayette) tied a career-high with four points (3 goals, 1 assist) … the freshman has scored two or more points in six consecutive games … freshman midfielder Ryan Feuerstein (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg) drew his team even at nine apiece early in the final period … Matt Johnson has 22 points (16 goals, 6 assists) as a senior after combining for 16 points over his previous three seasons ... junior midfielder Joe Resetarits (Hamburg, N.Y. / Hamburg) owns a 31-game, point-scoring streak, the seventh-longest in the nation … Resetarits has also scored at least one goal in 30 straight contests ... Brian Caufield (Bay Shore, N.Y./West Islip) totaled one goal and two assists against UMBC in the senior’s final appearance at John Fallon Field … Caufield moved into a tie for ninth with Chris Martocchia (2003-06) on the all-time scoring list with 153 points … Caufield is tied for fifth among the active NCAA career assists leaders with 87 … senior defenseman Scott Raffensperger (Altamont, N.Y./Guilderland) will miss the remainder of the season with a knee injury.
Binghamton (5-7, 1-2 AE) suffered a 13-6 setback at the hands of No. 13 Stony Brook Saturday night from LaValle Stadium ... the Bearcats held a modest shot advantage over the preseason favorite Seawolves (34-31) but could only muster six scores for the contest ... The opening frame featured a combined eight goals as Binghamton came out firing and trailed just 5-3 ... Despite switching to a zone defense that slowed a potent Stony Brook offense which ranked ninth nationally at 11.33 goals per game, the Bearcats were held to a scoring drought for over 30 minutes that spanned the second and most of the third quarter, fueling a devastating Stony Brook run ... Junior face-off specialist Chris Cook (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) registered a stellar all-around performance as he won 11-of-23 draws, limiting Stony Brook senior Adam Rand well below his season average of 65 percent ... Cook was instrumental in creating transition opportunities for the Bearcats offensively as he netted a goal and tallied a career-high two assists directly following wins in the face-off circle ... He also scooped up seven ground balls, matching Rand for game-high honors ... Freshman Michael Antinozzi (Fallston, Md./Fallston) posted a pair of goals to lead the Bearcats.
Hartford (8-5, 2-1 AE) split a pair of games, first falling at home to Fairfield on Wednesday, 10-9, before scoring a 12-8 win at Vermont on Saturday ... the Hawks boast a winning record in league play for the first time since 2003 and boast the most overall wins since that season ... Hartford battled Fairfield down to the wire as the game saw eight ties with the lead changing hands five times before the Stags found the back of the net with 1.6 seconds remaining on the game clock ... Junior attackman Carter Bender (Caledon, Ontario/Brewster Academy) put together a six point game, scoring five times to lead the Hawks ... With his fifth goal, he reached the 100 point clip, becoming the 14th player in program history to reach that milestone ... Classmate Aidan Genik (Toronto, Ontario/Malvern C.I./Univ. of Western Ontario) also cracked the 100 point milestone on Saturday after assisting on the Hawks' fourth goal at Vermont ... Saturday's win over Vermont was Hartford's first since 2003 ... the Hawks ran out to a 7-0 lead and never looked back against the Catamounts ... Sophomore Rory Nunamacher (Albany, N.Y./Guilderland) netted a hat trick while junior Martin Bowes (Quincy, Mass./Quincy) notched a game-best five points ... the Hawks got a solid 12-save effort out of goalie Scott Bement (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) on Saturday ... Hartford hits the road for the final time this season when it travels to Vestal N.Y. on Sat., Apr. 23 for a 7:00 p.m. match-up with Binghamton.
UMBC (5-5, 2-1 AE) won its third straight game and eclipsed its win total from a year ago with a 13-9 victory at Albany on April 16 ... The Retrievers are now 9-4 vs. the Great Danes and 3-2 in Albany ... They have won five of the last six in the series ... the game was played in heavy, wind-driven rain and chilly temperatures, but UMBC managed its most goals since their opening 16-10 win at Presbyterian ... the game featured seven ties ... Three Retrievers produced personal record-breaking performances - sophomore attackman Scott Jones (Port Coquitlam, B.C./Terry Fox) recorded a career high five goals, senior midfielder Jamie Kimbles (Centreville, Md./Queen Anne's) posted career bests in goals (4) and points (6) and sophomore midfielder Dave Brown (Coopersburg, Pa./The Hill School) added one goal and a career-best five assists ... Four of Jones' five goals occurred in the fourth quarter, including three consecutive scores in the final 10 minutes when the game was knotted at 9-9 ... He leads the Retrievers in goals with 17 and has 12 goals and 2 assists in his last six outings ... Kimbles scored four goals on just five shots, hitting the crossbar with his other attempt ... Brown became the first Retriever to post five or more assists in a game since Drew Westervelt recorded six helpers vs. Vermont late in the 2007 season... Freshman midfielder Brian Patton (Mount Airy, Md./Urbana) and sophomore LSM Ethan Murphy (West Seneca, N.Y./West Seneca East) both scored their first collegiate goals in the second half ... UMBC has never been worse than 2-1 through three games in eight years of America East play ..., the Retrievers host Vermont in their regulariseason home finale on April 23 and will honor seniors Kimbles, midfielder J.D. Harkey (Purcellville, Va./Loudon Valley) and defender David Stock (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township, Pa./CCBC-Essex) ... UMBC is 7-0 vs. the Catamounts, but two of the last three games have been decided by two goals and one goal respectively.
#13 Stony Brook (7-3, 3-0 AE) won its fourth straight game with a 13-6 over Binghamton ... the Seawolves stretched their winning streak over the Bearcats to six and lead the all-time series, 8-3 ... Stony Brook also stretched its America East win streak to 10 ... Seniors Kevin Crowley (New Westminster, British Columbia/New Westminster) and Jordan McBride (New Westminster, British Columbia/New Westminster) each scored three goals .. McBride has 27 career hat tricks and Crowley has 26, tops among all active players ... Stony Brook is 11-2 when McBride and Crowley record hat tricks ... the Seawolves will honor their 11 seniors prior to next week's game vs. Albany.
Vermont (6-6, 1-2 AE) fell to Hartford on Saturday at home 12-8 in its only game of the week … The Catamounts spotted the Hawks a 7-0 lead midway through the second quarter before mounting a come back bid in the third that cut it to 8-6 … Hartford would score a man-down tally, the first of four straight goals, to pull away and earn the win … Sophomore Thomas Galvin (Cockeysville, Md./St. Paul’s) paced Vermont with three goals and an assist, while junior Geoff Worley (Coronado, Calif./Coronado) (1 goal, 3 assists) and sophomore A.J. Masson (Newmarket, Ontario/St. Andrew's College) (3A) each added three points for the Cats … UVM was 5-0 at home this season and had only given up 5.8 goals per game in those five wins … The Catamounts had the fifth-longest active home winning streak in the nation (5 games) prior to the loss … Trailing 8-1 at the half, Vermont scored the first five goals of the third period as it went 3-for-4 with a man advantage in the stanza … Vermont is 0-4 this season when giving up 10 or more goals in a game … The Catamounts return to action on Tuesday when they play their final non-conference game of the season at Dartmouth starting at 6 p.m. … Vermont will also travel to face UMBC on Saturday at 1 p.m. in its final regular season road game.