Men’s Lacrosse falls to UMBC in Overtime

BALTIMORE, MD. – The Bryant University men's lacrosse team fell in overtime to UMBC in their conference opener by a score of 13-12 on Saturday afternoon at UMBC Stadium. The Bulldogs now stand at 4-3 overall on the year and are 0-1 against America East opponents.

Senior Aidan Goltz headlined the Bulldogs attack with 5 points in the game which included 4 goals.

Drew Lucas and Tanner Alexander both had 2 caused turnovers for Bryant in the contest. 

Game Information
Bryant 12, UMBC 13
Records: Bryant 4-3, UMBC 2-3
Location: UMBC Stadium (Baltimore, Md.)

Key Moment

• UMBC's Nick Gutierrez scored the game winning goal with 12 seconds remaining in overtime.

How it Happened

• Aidan Goltz got the scoring started for Bryant with a goal just over a minute into the game to put the Dawgs ahead 1-0.

• UMBC's Dane Hall would strike back to score 

• Goltz would score again to give Bryant the lead. Jack Lonsinger would also score 2 goals in 38 seconds to close out the quarter and give Bryant a 4-3 at the end of 1.

• Bryant's John Tomsheck would score to open the second and extend Bryant's lead to 2.

• The Retrievers would answer back with two consecutive goals of their own to tie the game at 5 a piece.

• Tiernan Lathrop would net his second career goal towards the end of the first half and give the Bulldogs a 6-5 advantage after 30 minutes.

• Timmy Hackett would open up the second half with a goal and an assist to Mason Drouin to give Bryant an 8-5 lead.

• The fourth quarter would see UMBC outscore Bryant 5-4 in the fourth quarter to force overtime.

• Nick Gutierrez scored the game winning goal with 12 seconds remaining in overtime to give UMBC a 13-12 win.

Stats

• Bryant outshot UMBC  47-36 on Saturday.

• The Bulldogs converted on 21-22 clear attempts.

• Tiernan Lathrop continues his scoring after recording a goal in his last two games.

• Bryant won the ground ball margin 33-22.

• Nathan LaLiberte led the team in ground balls with 9.

• UMBC's Jayson Tingue recorded 14 saves for the Retrievers.

Game Notes

• Bryant falls to .500 all-time against the Retrievers (1-1).

• Nathan LaLiberte won 63% of the faceoffs on Saturday; going 17-27 at the X.

• UMBC's Jordan Galloway led the game with 5 goals.

• This was Bryant's first overtime game since the America East Championship last May.

Up Next
Bryant will return to play over the next weekend when they host UMass Lowell at Beirne Stadium on March 23rd. Faceoff is set for 3:30 PM.