By Corey Johns On Friday Carlee Cassidy broke an over two-decade old UMBC women’s basketball record for most points in a season with a 10-point performance. That game gave her 613 points, breaking Tammy McCarthy’s record of 609 set in the 1985-86 season. Her effort was not enough; UMBC dropped the conference tournament opener to…

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By Corey Johns You can argue that it was just a scrimmage and you can argue that Crystal Palace Baltimore is a Division II team, but Crystal Palace is still a professional program, and anytime a college team wins against the pros, it’s an upset. Seven minutes into the first half Andrew Bulls capitalized on…

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By Corey Johns While no loss is good, it is not horrible to lose to the number one team in the conference, as the men’s basketball team did on Tuesday night. With the loss UMBC stays in fifth place in the conference while Vermont has won 12 of their last 13 games. Last time the…

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On Wednesday, February 18, the UMBC Bookstore will be opening a Retriever Fan Zone that will feature new Retriever athletics-themed apparel and other merchandise. To kick off the Fan Zone, the Bookstore will be holding drawings every hour from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Among the prizes offered will be radios, an MP3 player, t-shirts,…

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By Brandon Wright On Wednesday, UMBC looked to break their three-game losing streak by returning to the safe haven of the RAC Arena. The Retrievers were 8-1 at home coming into last night’s game. Their opponents were the Vermont Catamounts, who entered the game in third place in the America East. The results were not…

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By Corey Johns Once again, a short-staffed UMBC squad stepped out on the court against the down one. For the second time this season UMBC dressed only seven players with Justin Fry out with a right knee injury suffered late in the game against Maine (He should be back for Hartford). Last time that happened…

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