Daily Word: Retrievers Knock Off Terps - AmericaEast.com

Daily Word: Retrievers Knock Off Terps - AmericaEast.com

New for teh 2011-2012 seasons, the America East Daily Word, a collaboration between AmericaEast.com and AExtra, will recap the previous day's games and on goings on our nine campuses and provide links to previews, recaps, features and exclusive coverage.

UMBC attackman Scott Jones did not score a goal in the first half of Tuesday night’s men’s lacrosse game against No. 4 Maryland.

Trailing the Terps 6-3 heading into the fourth quarter, Jones picked an ideal time to notch his first tallies of the evening. The junior scored twice in the fourth quarter – once to give UMBC a 7-6 lead and an insurance goal just 35 second later – and UMBC upset Maryland, 8-7, in Catonsville.

The win is the Retrievers’ second of the season and fourth over the Terrapins in their last six tries.

Inside Lacrosse took in the game on a chilly night and cited the effort of Phil Poe in the face-off circle as the key to UMBC’s victory. Poe controlled 15 of 19 draws including four of five in the decisive fourth quarter. See what else the magazine had to say about the win.

UMBC entered Tuesday’s game coming off a near upset of No. 19 Fairfield but its comeback fell short. The Baltimore Sun spoke to head coach Don Zimmerman about the team’s attitude after that game and how it impacted the outcome Tuesday.

Check out some highlights of the comeback including postgame reaction from Zimmerman.

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