In heavy rains and 25 m.p.h. winds the men’s lacrosse team dropped their third straight, falling to #6 Princeton, 10-5.

With the loss UMBC has fallen to 1-4, their worst start since 2005 when they started with the same record, and may have lost any chance of an at large big for the N.C.A.A. tournament.

Princeton was able to scored three goals in the first nine minutes of the game and UMBC was unable to recover. Chris McBride, Paul Barnes, and Scott MacKenzie each got a ball past sophomore Brian McCullough, who was making his second career start.

Sophomore Shane Ryzner was able to get UMBC on the board when he put in a pass from Maxx Davis with 5:29 remaining in the first quarter, but Princeton had two more goals added to their score but Jack McBride and Rob Engelke.

With the 5-1 deficit after the first quarter Coach Don Zimmerman decided to once again make a change in goal, replacing McCullough with senior Kevin Kohri, who started the season but was replaced at halftime by highly touted freshman Adam Cohen. McCullough recorded just one save against the Tigers.

Kohri did not fair much better though. He allowed two quick goals by Tony Moni and Engelke before UMBC could put together back-to-back goals for the first time in the game.

Sophomore attack Rob Grimm capitalized on a man-up situation one minute prior to long stick midfielder Mike Camardo scoring his first goal of the season.

Jack McBride was able to put one more goal away before the half with just five seconds remaining, sending UMBC into the break down 8-3.

The weather took it’s tole on both teams in the second half as only four goals were scored. MacKenzie scored his second goal of the game with 5:05 remaining in the third quarter to open the scoring in the second half prior to UMBC attack Matt Latham scoring his seventh goal of year off a pass from Kyle Wimer, who extended his consecutive game with a point streak to 24.

Mike Chanenchuk put one final goal on the board for Princeton with 15 seconds remaining in the third quarter to put UMBC down six with 15 minutes left in regulation.

UMBC was able to hold Princeton scoreless in the fourth quarter but only Wimer was able to net a goal as the team lost 10-5.

The Retrievers will have a week off before their next game, but they will once again have their hands fill playing their fourth straight nationally ranked team, #5 Maryland at 12:00 at UMBC Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPNU and WMAR.