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Field Hockey loses a nail­ Brian Marchica looks to lead 24 biter versus . men's soccer for years to 26 ·POR come Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams Dominate Maryland State Championships

BRANDON DUDLEY AND again, senior Eric Benjamin led ishing with 98 points. Host University of Maryland-Eastern PRATIK SHAH the way for the Retrievers. The Salisbury State just missed sec­ Shore rounded out the group fin- Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff senior captain finished third in the ond place, finishing one point ishing in the 11th spot with 289 meet, running the Winter Place behind Coppin with 99 points. points. The men's and women's cross Park course in 25:33. Junior Jake The Towson Tigers finished in The women's cross country country teams each displayed Klim was the second Retriever fourth place with 105 points while team continued to show its domi­ their tremendous abilities last runner to cross the finish line in jun.ior college ·Hagerstown fin­ nance. The Retrievers have now Saturday to win the Maryland seventh place ·with a time of ished with 139 points edging out finished first in two out of their State Collegiate Championships 26:12. Freshman Greg Saylor Morgan State and Goucher four meets this season while fin­ at Salisbury, Maryland. continues to impress finishing in a College with 163 and 173 points. ishing third at the Navy The Retrievers finished the close eighth place with a time of Howard, Anne Arundel and Invitational and Mt. St. Mary's Courtesy of Joe Drissel meet with 43 points well ahead of 26:15. Montgomery Colleges all claimed Class Act: Last year's NEG second place Coppin State ' nearly the next spots with scores of 180, Player of the Year Jen Ecker University at 98 points. Once doubled the Retrilvers' score, fin- 217 and 282 points, respectively. see CROSS COUNTRY, page 32 continues to dominate. Men's SOccer Rebounds Versus Hawks After FDU Loss

PRATIK S. SHAH The Retrievers loss was their Senior Giuliano Celenza took Retriever Weekly Editorial Staff third loss on the season and in all his coach's advice and opened the of them, UMBC has given up sec­ scoring at the 19:29 mark in the The UMBC men's soccer team ond half leads. "It's just a lack of match, shooting goal number 13 had a week of ups and downs, but concentration on our part,~' said from 15 yards out after receiving concluded with a dominating 4-0 head coach Pete Caringi. "When a pass from junior James victory over the Monmouth it comes late into the _game, we Hamilton. Hawks last Sunday at UMBC's have to continue to put pressure Up , 1-0 at halftime, the Soccer Pitch. on and not lose our focus." Retrievers opened the second half The Retrievers opened the UMBC outshot FDU by a 14- with ~ flurry of shots and at the 4 7 week suffering a 3-2 setback to 12 count, but Retriever Brian minute mark, P.J. Wakefield was the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. Rowland had to make six saves pulled down in the box and junior The loss was UMBC's second between the posts as Knights Andy Wells converted the penalty straight in the conference after goalie Eric Montoya had to make kick to raise the Retriever lead to going unbeaten in 16 straight just four. two. Unlike the last two contests games. In the Retrievers' second con­ when the Retrievers had blown UMBC opened the contest's test of the week, UMBC used a second half leads, UMBC contin­ scoring at 13:30 mark after senior more balanced attack to beat the ued on the offensive attack. At the attacker Giuliano Celenza tallied Monmouth Hawks with four dif­ 63:50 mark, Louie Karko fed P.J. his 12th goal of the .season on a ferent players scoring a goal. Wakefield for the third goal of the direct kick from the left side, 20 Head coach Pete Caringi also match, and with just over 15 min­ yards out, to take an early 1-0 tried to refocus his squad after utes remaining in the contest, the lead. The Retrievers continued two straight defeats. "All of our Retrievers sealed the Hawks fate their strong play with another three losses we could have won. • with junior Matt Joseph tallying goal at the 36:14 mark. Junior P.J. We could easily be undefeated," yet another goal, the final score of Wakefield hit a turnaround goal at said Caringi. "We had a good the match. the top of the box after receiving a meeting on Saturday and· we had Jason Putsche I Retriever Weekly Staff pass from junior Matt Joseph. The to refocus on our goals for the Shooting Down the Hawks: Junior P.J. Wakefield notched a goal was Wakefield's third in 10. season." see MEN'S SOCCER, page 28 goal and an assist in the 4-0 shutout victory over the Monmouth

Fri. Oct. 13· UMBC @ St. Francis (NY) Sat. Oct. 14 4:00p.m. UMBC @ Quinnipiac 1 :00 p.m.

Sun. Oct. 15 Sun. Oct. 15 Wed. Oct. 11 UMBC @ LIU 2:00 p.m. UMBC-@ Sacred Heart FDU @ UMBC 7:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. Sat. Oct. 14 Women's UMBC @ Quinnipiac 12:00 p.m. Sun. Oct. 15 Soccer UMBC@ Central Connecticut 1:00 p.m. Fri. Oct. 13 UMBC @ Wagner 3:30 p.m. Dave Chen I Retriever Weekly Staff Road to the Championship: The Retrievers began their quest Sun. Oct. 15 for the NCAA Tournament crushing Sacred Heart in three straight UM~C @ LIU 12:00 p.m. games. See page 24 for story. ·