Ryan McCarthy

Contributing Writer

The UMBC women’s lacrosse team defeated the University of Monmouth 11-6 with the support from the home fans at UMBC Stadium. The Retrievers put an offensive onslaught as different players putting up points.  Erika Braerman dominated contributing five goals, Amanda Gable and Meagan Linkous scored two goals, while Alicia Krause and Ashley Stodter scored one goal apiece.  UMBC also played unselfish this evening as four different players had assists.  Brerman, had two assists,  Stodter with one assist, Emily Cody with one assist, and Linkous with one assist as well.

 Also, one of the key aspects of the game that the Retrievers were able to control was the ground ball situation.  Through hustle and determination UMBC was able to win twenty-eight ground balls.  Thirteen different players from UMBC had ground balls. Sarah Willis and senior goalie Kate Quick each had six.  Kate Quick also played well in the cage, saving nine goals.  

The Retriever’s were able to take advantage on offense as they continued to win the ground balls throughout the game. The Retrievers continue their home stand as they take on American University on March 17^th.

For the third time in four games the UMBC men’s lacrosse team sent a new goalie in to mind the net. This time it was sophomore Brian McCullough to start against No. 5 Johns Hopkins University.

Prior to the game McCullough had played just fewer than four minutes, all of which were last season. Against JHU he made eight saves but costly penalties and breakdowns from the senior laden defense left him vulnerable, as the Blue Jays slipped 16 goals past him.

But the goals allowed was a stat that Coach Don Zimmerman was interested in when assessing his performance.

“I thought he played very well,” Zimmerman said. “First start on Homewood field, he made some saves for us and cleared the ball well.

“What he’s been doing is practicing well; it’s not all what happens in a game. I want to see what Brian does in practice.”

For the first three games of the season the historically high powered offense struggled to get things going, but against JHU it was a different story, the offense played their best offense of the season for the first three and a half quarters of play before penalties and defensive breakdowns limited their opportunities.

“We started out strong,” said junior midfielder Bobby Stockton who recorded his third hat trick of the season. “We were sticking with them and everybody was playing hard and did their role.”

After falling behind by a quick goal by JHU, Stockton tied the game up less than two minutes later when he came around the goal for a quick shot on a man up situation.

JHU was able to get another goal just 14 seconds later after a break away after the face-off, but once again UMBC capitalized on their extra man opportunity when senior Matt Latham made a quick cut in from of the goal and put the shot in the upper right corner of the goal.

Kyle Wharton and Steven Boyle, who each recorded hat tricks in the game, as did Michael Kimmel who scored the opening goal for the Blue Jays, scored back-to-back goals for JHU to break the back and fourth scoring.

With just 48 seconds left in the first quarter Kyle Wimer made a dodge past a long stick defender right in front of the goal and made the over the top shot past the goalie to cut the UMBC deficit to just one after 15 minutes.

After more back to back scoring, UMBC final put together a three goal run in the third quarter, which started with a dropped save by Mike Gvozden while sophomore Shane Ryzner was there to clean it up and put it in the goal, followed by a shot by Stockton and a long pass up the field to Rob Grimm who scored on the one-on-one situation to get UMBC within just one goal of the Blue Jays.

But UMBC would score just one more goal after that point, while JHU found a way to score six times.

UMBC committed eight penalties in the game as JHU took advantage five times on extra man opportunities.

“It’s never good to get a penalty,” Stockton said. “We could have bounced back but it was unfortunate for us.”

After scoring just eight goals over the last two years while being stuck behind a bevy of talented midfielders, Stockton has stepped in with easy and has provided UMBC with a very powerful shot that has scored 11 times this season.

“I got to do my part as being a dodger too and me an Kyle sometimes dodge the long pole so we just have to find a way to work around and dodge shorties and get our match ups,” Stockton said.

Despite the poor fourth quarter, Zimmerman still saw this game as an improvement over his last three games.

“A loss is a loss and there are no moral victories but overall, looking at the big picture, our team made a nice step forward tonight.” Zimmerman said. “I was pleased we did a good job facing off, we did a good job with ground balls, clearing the ball, our man up got a lot better.”

Along with Stockton’s hat trick Jamie Kimbles and Rob Grimm each scored two goals. Kimbles has scored five goals in the last two games for UMBC.

On Saturday the Retrievers will have another big challenge as they will play No. 7 Princeton (3-0), who beat Johns Hopkins this season, in New Jersey.

Freshman Shawn Grant led UMBC with 17 points while Adrian Satchell recorded a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds in their first America East Conference Tournament.

UMBC fell behind Vermont fast. They fell behind 13-2 just four minutes into the game and UMBC was just trying too hard and forcing shots, passes, and were over pursuing on defense.

They were down 40-26 at the half and could not get back into the game in the second half. Chris De La Rosa was playing the game on a sprained ankle and scored 10 points and had six assists.

Further coverage of this game will be featured in the March 9 Issue of The Retriever Weekly.

For the third straight season senior Carlee Cassidy was named to the women’s basketball All-America East second team. This season she averaged 13.1 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per game. But her three point ability was one again prevalent after averaging 2.3 three-pointers per game, making 32.4% of her attempts.

After an inconsistent start to the season Cassidy scored in double figures in 11 of 16 regular season conference games.

Cassidy also was recognized for her academic success. As a sociology and Media and Communications double major, she accumulated a 3.35 GPA and earned a spot on the 2010 women’s basketball all-academic team.

On the men’s side, Chauncey Gilliam earned third-team all-conference honors while Adrian Satchell was named to the all-rookie team.

Gilliam led UMBC with 13.5 points and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 41.8% from the field. He also had 3.7 rebounds per game.

Gilliam shined in conference play, scoring in his final 12 games and averaging 15.3 points and 4.1 rebounds against America East opponents.

Satchell started all of the teams 29 games in his freshman season and averaged 6.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. He led the team with a 50.7 field goal percentage, which also lead all freshman in the America East Conference.

The UMBC women’s basketball team just could not get much going against Boston U in the first round game of the America East Conference Tournament. The team shot just 32.1% and just 13% from three-point range and could never get into a rhythm on offense.

Carlee Cassidy led the team with 18 points and had eight rebounds in what would be the final game of her career, while Michelle Kurowski scored 13 points and had eight rebounds.

UMBC was able to slow the game down to a pace favorable for them, but they just were not able to hit shots. Erin Brown shot six threes and none of them hit the rim.

After being down by only two points with two minutes remaining in the first half, Boston U went on an 8-0 run to end the half, which completely killed UMBC at break and after the half they came out very flat and still could not get anything done offensively.

The defense played well but Boston U’s Alex Young hit four threes and scored 23 points while the they outrebounded UMBC 43-35.

Further coverage of this event will be featured in the March 9 issue of The Retriever Weekly.

The UMBC Student Events Board has booked Wale and Third Eye Blind for this spring’s Quadmania. Third Eye Blind is known for late 1990s hits such as “Semi-Charmed Life” and “How’s It Going To Be.” They will be performing in the RAC on Sunday, April 16. Wale, a local rapper-turned-national phenomenon has garnered recent attention for his hit song “Chillin” and will perform in the UC Ballroom on Wednesday, April 21.

Tickets for the concerts will go on sale Wednesday, March 10 at the Commons information center.

For more information on this and other quadmania events, visit the UMBC Student Events Board website.

It was announced last night that Binghamton self-imposed a sanction and removed themselves from the America East Conference Tournament after a several week audit of the athletic program released a 102 page report with violations and wrong doings. Their exclusion from the tournament has cut the tournament to eight teams, meaning UMBC has moved up to the seventh seed and will play Vermont on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.

Of the original 18 athletes eligible for each the men’s and women’s fan’s choice players of the year, both Chauncey Gilliam and Carlee Cassidy received enough votes to be among the final five contests for each award.

Gilliam is UMBC’s leading scorer with 13.5 points per game and has increased his scoring average to 15.3 points per game in conference play. He has scored in double digits in 12 straight games, and 23 times this season. In an upset of Hartford he scored a career high 26 points and against New Hampshire in the season finale he recorded his first double-double of the season (11 points, 10 rebounds).

His competition is Binghamton’s Greer Wright (15.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg), Hartford’s Joe Zeglinski (16.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg), Stony Brook’s Tommy Brenton (7.7 ppg, 9.6 rpg), and Vermont’s two-time player and defensive player of the year Marqus Blakely (17.4 ppg, 9.3 rpg)

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Cassidy is a two-time All-Conference selection, and two-time America East scoring champion. She is UMBC’s all time three-point shooter with 245, which is tied for the second-most in America East History. Her 1,600 career points is second all-time at UMBC and 23rd all time in the America East. She currently leads the team with 13.3 ppg and has 4.1 rpg and 2.1 apg. She has also made 2.4 three-pointers per game. On her senior day she scored 25 points with nine rebounds in a comeback win in which UMBC was down by 23 points in the second half.

Her competition is Boston U’s Aly Hinton (9.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg), Boston U’s Krystyn McIntrye (0.8 ppg, 0.8 rpg), Vermont’s May Kotsopoulos (17.8 ppg, 2.7 apg), and Vermont’s Courtnay Pilypaitis (15.0 ppg, 7.5 rpg).

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Dan Levin
Staff Writer

College sports are incredibly popular in America, sometimes even more so then the pros. People everywhere can name where their favorite football and basketball players went to school which only helps popularize those sports. But when it comes to baseball , many of the top athletes did not go to college which really doesn’t help the sports popularity. This also hurts the popularity of college baseball as well.

Of course that is not the only reason why college baseball has become lost in the mix as far as college sports go. The Major Leauge Baseball (MLB) draft is nowhere near as exciting an event as the National Football League (NFL) or the Naational Basketball Association (NBA). That is because when you watch those drafts you know you are going to see those top picks as soon as the next season begins. Unless your dealing with a mega-star that is not going to happen in baseball. The players have to go through the minor leagues and aren’t even guaranteed to ever get a spot on the MLB roster. Take Matt Wieters of the Orioles as an example. Wieters was a stand out catcher at Georgia Tech, yet know one in Baltimore really knew who he was until the Orioles drafted him and talked him up for weeks after. Then when everyone was excited he spent about a year in the minor leagues. So it’s not really a wonder why no one pays much attention to college baseball.

Having said that I’m hoping college baseball becomes more or a standout sport. We’re just a few weeks away from the start of college baseball season and it’s something I for one am looking forward to. Everyone loves March Madness and they should because it’s an exciting event where anything can happen. No one’s forgotten George Mason and their run to the final four as the 11th seed. Even last season in hockey’s NCAA tournament, 16 seed Bemidji State made a run to the frozen four taking out top seeded Notre Dame. College baseball is no different. Just two years ago in 2008, the Fresno State Bulldogs claimed the championship as a region four seed. That’s about the equivalent of a 13 seed winning the NCAA tournament. Yet fans would rather see the end of the NCAA football season which is decided by polls and computers rather then a playoff system and what happens on the field.

Of course I could just be wrong in all aspects and maybe baseball in general is just not as popular as it used to be. Even in the pros there have been rumblings that the NBA and NHL are getting bigger then baseball. Then of course the NFL is just miles ahead of them all. But with the impending NBA and NFL lock outs who knows where we’ll be in a few year and there are still many cities that idolize baseball as the number one sport. In New York, the Yankees are clearly the most important team in an area with around ten professional sports teams. In Boston the Red Sox are a standout favorite when they still have a team representing every other major sport. Yet in Baltimore, we have the Ravens and the Orioles and  the Orioles have had declining fan numbers for years. Sure it’s been awhile since they’ve had a winning season but do we really want to be known as a band wagon city? The Birds could use our support this season especially as they begin to turn it around and could very soon be a threat in the American League (AL) east.

Just like with the Orioles, college baseball needs more support, and I can’t speak for any other school but UMBC’s baseball team is kicking off their season on February 26th and look to have a good season and build upon last year. Army comes to town on the weekend of the 26th and hopefully UMBC baseball and college baseball in general will gain more popularity as their season kicks off.  

Emily Jackson

Contributing Writer

During the week that students had off from classes because of the snow, Facilities Management staff as well as dining service staff members had to live on campus and work long extended hours. A Residential Life e-mail sent February 10, 2010 during the blizzard week said “True Grit’s employees are as anxious as you are to have things ‘go back to normal,’ and are doing their best under the circumstances.” The Retriever Weekly had a chance to talk with Tom Deluca, Chartwells’ Resident District Manager who polled several of the employees who were staying overnight on campus and responded on their behalf.

The Retriever Weekly: How many people stayed over night?

Chartwells Staff: We had anywhere from 10 to 20 folks in the dorms during the snow storms.

TRW: Where did you sleep? How were the rooms?

CS: Some were in Chesapeake and some were in Harbor. The rooms were very nice. Residential life provided linens and we were all thankful for the hot showers every day.

TRW: Were you compensated for your extra hours of work and having to stay on campus?

CS: Many of our associates received multiple hours of overtime pay during the week and the management team is discussing several different options to reward those folks that stayed on campus and were dedicated to the UMBC community.

TRW: What was your overall opinion of this experience?

CS: I think everyone was very happy when things returned to normal on Monday. We battled many different issues throughout the week but the worst was the snow. The associates that did stay on campus worked from morning to night and did a phenomenal job. Keeping floors dry and safe in the kitchen and dining rooms was a challenge, we weren’t really sure when our suppliers would be able to get to us, but they did and for the most part we had a good supply of food. Milk and ice cream were the two items that we did run low on. I believe it was one of those situations that 10 years from now everyone will still be telling stories about the storm of 2010, but nobody really wants to do it again anytime soon!

Many students who were stuck on campus during this storm owe their full bellies to these True Grit’s staff members.

Comments can be sent to emjacks1@umbc.edu.