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When
Albany and UMBC got together on April 21 in Baltimore, the Danes and Retrievers
played one of the most exciting games of the men’s lacrosse season.
Down
16-11 with less than six minutes to play, UMBC rattled off five straight goals
to tie the game and send it to overtime. In the extra session, Scott Jones
scored with 1:43 left to give UMBC the win and a spot in this weekend’s
conference tournament.
The
lacrosse powers must have wanted us to see that matchup again because those two
teams will get after it tomorrow night in Baltimore, under the lights, at UMBC
Stadium.
In
preparation for the bout on Wednesday night, the Baltimore
Sun spoke with UMBC head coach Don Zimmerman about getting ready for what
will assuredly be a hungry Great Dane team led by Player of the Year Joe
Resetarits.
“It’s
a good rivalry, and I’m sure that Coach [Scott] Marr is going to use the fact
that they had us by six goals as motivation for them,” Zimmerman told the Sun.
Neither
team enters the game on a positive note as UMBC lost to Binghamton and Albany fell
to Stony Brook to close out the regular season. Regardless, the postseason is a
whole different beast and you can bet that both teams will be ready to go. The
Sun continues to tell us the Retrievers certainly will be. Details, here.
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Championship Central for more information including how you can get tickets.
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