Press Release from UMBC Athletics: UMBC head men’s lacrosse coach Don Zimmerman and his staff are pleased to welcome 19 newcomers to the Retrievers’ program for the fall of 2009. The largest incoming class in UMBC’s Division I history includes 18 freshmen and one transfer and is comprised of a dozen attackmen/midfielders, six defensemen/long-stick midfielders…
Filed under: Sports | Comments (0)According to UMBC Police, an incident including harassment, Sexual Offense of the 4th Degree, and 2nd degree assault with hands was reported to UMBC police on September 9. The incident, according to the daily police log, took place in the Chemistry building, but was not reported until September 13. Though police refused to release details…
Filed under: News | Comments (3)This week the Retrievers picked up a road win as they defeated James Madison in four sets (25-16,25-23,16-25,25-21) and snapped the Dukes five match winning streak in the series. The Retrievers had a team hitting percentage of .361 for the match while they held JMU to .045. UMBC played well despite being without the services…
Filed under: Sports | Comments (0)With over 1,500 fans in attendance wearing a black shirt to support the team in a “blackout” game against arch-rival Loyola, the men’s soccer team failed to disappoint and have now won their eighth straight game to open the season. For just the second time every UMBC got the best of the Greyhounds as Loyola…
Filed under: Sports | Comments (8)On Wednesday September 23rd between 8:00- 8:30 a.m. UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski will be speaking on the Today Show with regards to a recent trend marking the growing enrollment of post college-aged adults in higher level institutions. Hrabowski will be featured on the Today Show’s “Back to School Again” series which takes a look at…
Filed under: News | Comments (0)Levi Houapeu (men’s soccer), Phil Saunders (men’s soccer_, Kira Giles (volleyball), and Naomi Bush (volleyball) all came away from the week with weekly America East honors. Houapeu earned his first Player of the Week award after recording the first UMBC hat trick in three years. The three goal performance came in the 3-0 victory over…
Filed under: Sports | Comments (0)Press Release From UMBC Athletics: Chauncey Gilliam, a sophomore guard on the UMBC men’s basketball team, has been declared academically ineligible to compete in games during th fall 2009 semester. Gilliam, who averaged 10.9 points per game in his freshman campaign, will be permitted to practice with the team. His eligibility status will be reviews…
Filed under: Sports | Comments (13)UMBC is off to their best start since moving up to the Division I level with a 7-0-0 record. UMBC’s previous best came in 1999 when the team started off 6-0-1 and went on to finish the season 19-1-2 with an NCAA tournament bid. Junior forward Levi Houapeu recorded all three goals in the game,…
Filed under: Sports | Comments (0)It took 395 minutes ok playing time but a UMBC player finally scored a goal. Katie Gitlin headed in a ball off a corner kick by Aly Garzeck for the first goal scored by a Retriever and their second lead of the season. UMBC played very well in the first half and controlled the ball…
Filed under: Sports | Comments (0)With the majority of the men’s soccer team suffering from the flu, the team was out hustled by Towson, but the defense stepped up with their best performance this season to make up for it. Andrew Bulls got UMBC on the scoreboard with a converted free kick in the 39th minute. While UMBC has been…
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