16 The Retriever Weekly Editor: Tuesday, Dan Levin March 13, 2012 [email protected] drops two of three against Navy SPORTS IN been subject to some big said, “I haven’t been hitting NUMBERS opposing rallies. well recently, so I took a slow After Cobo, Luke Diblasi approach and got lucky and Sports came in for two innings and drove the ball.” did not permit any Navy Every game a different 5 player to get a hit, retiring Retriever shows that they Matches won in a row by six of seven hitters. Josh Dick can succeed offensively. We succeeded Diblasi, going three have seen Max Himmelstein’s the UMBC women’s innings and allowing no runs great hitting, Vince Corbi in team including two this past on one hit and also recorded a great performance against weekend. his first win of the season. Army, Jake Barnes breaking Shane Vlasic started on the out on Friday and now mound Sunday, once again junior catcher Jason Allinder. proving he can get out of Allinder, who went a perfect 78.9 tough spots and pitch deep 3-3 with a double at the plate into ballgames as he pitched on Saturday, followed with a Percent of draws won by men’s 6.1 innings. Mac Gill also made 2-4 with a double on Sunday. lacrosse sophomore face-off his season debut, pitching one The Retrievers are also specialist Phil Poe in the win inning, allowing one hit and happy to get various players against (4) . striking out two. back from injuries. In “Mac Gill, coming out of addition to Mac Gill coming junior college, has experience back, senior outfielder Brian under his belt,” Mumma said. Klukowicz came back with a “He will probably get the 2-4 performance at the plate 7 start on Wednesday against in his debut Sunday. Buffalo. He came out and did “[Klukowicz] came back, Goals scored this past week by a really good job and I was got a couple hits, and that women’s lacrosse America East really impressed with what was a big key [to his return],” Conference Rookie of the Week he did.” Mumma said. “Hopefully we On the other end, the UMBC can get him back on track. Abby Wilson. hitters continue to find ways He’s a senior and another Dan Mcmaster — TRW to get on base but occasionally experienced bat who can add Senior Steve Miller has appeared in four games this season for the Retrievers struggle with bringing runners a little more pop in the lineup. and in 10.1 innings pitched, he has the third lowest ERA on the team at 2.61. in to score. Friday’s offensive This offense can do nothing By Nick Wells inning, scoring five. performance showed that the but get better.” Contributing Writer The early season pitching Retrievers have the capability With conference just a woes are surely becoming to get on base, hit for power couple weeks away, the UMBC 1,690 First year baseball coach more limited as starters and and get RBIs from young and baseball team would like Bob Mumma and his team bullpen pitchers are learning veteran players. nothing more than the pitching Career points for women’s took on the Navy Midshipmen from mistakes. Max Himmelstein has and hitting to start clicking senior Michelle this past weekend, where “This is still a very young proven to be able to hit together on a consistent Kurowski who sits second on they came out on top in one of group of kids and they’re kind consistently and has recorded basis. The first America East the all-time scoring list but first three games played. of in on-the-job training,” a couple multi-hit games. matchup will be a true test The 15-6 victory on Friday Mumma said about his He held onto a five game hit in a four game series against on the Division One scoring consisted of an all around pitchers. “[The pitching staff] streak going into Saturday’s defending champs Maine. list. team effort. Eight UMBC has been steadily improving, game where he came out hit- “I’m really impressed in the starters recorded hits adding throwing more strikes, and less, but his middle of the way this group has bounced up to a total of fifteen, with attacking hitters a little bit lineup power will continue back [from last season],” six of them being for extra more.” to prevail down the road. Mumma said. “I think the bases. The pitching staff also Freshman pitcher Jon Cobo Freshman Jake Barnes is also team has shown up every 40 allowed only one hit after started on the mound Friday making corrections at the ball game. If we pitch, play the fourth inning. Saturday’s and struggled in the initial plate and came out with a big defense and have the offense Strikeouts by softball senior score skewed the other way innings allowing six runs to performance on Friday going come together we will have a pitcher Katie Ferguson this as the Retrievers fell 15-2 and be scored on nine hits. But the 3-4 with 3 RBI’s. chance to be competitive.” season including four in a Sunday UMBC fell 6-1 after real success came from the “I was just trying to settle loss to Seton Hall on Sunday Navy rallied in the seventh bullpen, which had previously down [at the plate],” Barnes [email protected] afternoon. Athlete of the Week: Phil Poe By pat kropkowski took a shot and scored. This put 2 Assistant Sports Editor UMBC in a perfect position to percentage of .552 with 58 wins take the lead and win the game. ground-balls.and 47 losses. He has a face-off Top-10 finishes for track & field The sophomore earned the The DeMatha High School freshman Mercedes Jackson at Phil Poe helped UMBC men’s spot as UMBC’s primary face- graduate was captain of the the ECAC Championship’s lacrosseSophomore defeat face-off fourth specialist ranked DeMatha Stags varsity lacrosse Maryland in a fourth quarter March after participating in all 13 team in 2009 and 2010. In comeback, winning 15 of 19 off specialist last season in late both his junior and senior year on the team in ground-balls with he was named First-Team All- Poe also scored a goal in the games.30 for the He season. also finished second WCAC. Poe also competed on face-offslast ten minutes against tothe tie Terps. the game. the 2010 Maryland All-Star 11 shooting percentage of .125 and Team and ranked number 26 by oneLast goal. season, Having Poe already finished tripled with a Inside Lacrosse for upcoming Double plays already turned this Hean open won the man. face-off Finding and nobody went last year’s statistic with three Courtesy Athletic Communications year for the baseball team. They downavailable, the Poe field put searching the game for on goals so far, Poe’s percentage is Poe and the men’s lacrosse to help his team get a win to also turned one triple play in a at 1.0. midfielders.team host Loyola at 7 p.m. on rebound. loss to Towson. dodged to the goal passing This season, Poe has scored Mar. 24. After a recent 12-5 loss hisseveral shoulders. Maryland The defenders,midfielder three goals and scooped up 22 to Johns Hopkins, Poe will want [email protected]