WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The Hartford men's lacrosse team came up short to visiting UMBC on Senior Day, dropping an 11-9 decision in its season finale. The Hawks (4-11) conclude the America East slate with a 2-4 record, while UMBC (4-11), which also finished 2-4 in the league, earned the final spot in the America East Championship with Saturday's win.
The contest marked the final game for Hartford's eight seniors:
Claude Bradshaw,
Alex Borja,
Zach Elkinson,
Cam Garinger,
Dylan Jinks,
Nolan Little,
Brian Mills and
Stefan Zandbergs.
PHOTO GALLERY
UMBC 11, HARTFORD 9
The Retrievers capitalized on a plethora of first-quarter penalties by Hartford, taking a 3-2 edge by going 3-for-3 on the EMO. The two sides would exchange 2-0 spurts, before freshman
Hunter Krauss and senior Jinks delivered back-to-back strikes to put the Hawks up, 6-5, with less than a minute left in the half.
But Hartford would not hold on to that lead before the break, as UMBC scored twice within the final 10 seconds of the half to take a 7-6 advantage at halftime. The Retrievers continued their run into the second half, as Michael Zichelli made it an 8-6 lead with 11:13 left in the third. The Hawks managed to pull within one on two occasions down the stretch, but the Retrievers scored two of the final three goals to seal the win.
INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES
- Scoring a pair of goals in his final game, Jinks finishes his career ranked among the Hawks' all-time scoring leaders, as he is No. 5 in assists (73), No. 6 in points (176), and No. 10 in goals (103)
- Paley and Trepeta also added two goals apiece, while junior Ty Thompson led Hartford with four points behind three assists
- UMBC held a 46-31 advantage in shots, including a 21-14 edge in shots on goal
- The Hawks held a slight 12-11 edge at the faceoff X, but came up short in the ground ball battle (32-27)
- Freshman Cam Logan made a game-best 10 saves for the Hawks in the defeat
