UMBC Men’s Club lacrosse team is compiled of about thirty players all attending the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
We practice three days a week and have at least one social event a week where the whole team comes together off the field. Towards the beginning of the season, we concentrate more on drills and stick work and in the Spring we play a competitive schedule in the National Collegiate Lacrosse League.
Contact Men’s Lacrosse Club: umbcmlacrosse@umbc.edu
Instagram: @umbcclax
President: Kevin Pak
Vice-President: Nathan Smtih
Treasurer: Justin Lee
Practice Times & Locations:
UMBC Stadium Turf: Monday and Wednesday, 6:00pm to 7:00pm
IN THE NEWS
(Bottom, left to right): Eugene Bosworth, Chris Borucki, Nathan Chen, Curtis Jones, Blake Hipsley, Jacob Brothers, Sawyer Frantz, Khalid Taylor.
UMBC Club Men’s Lacrosse Team Makes National Championships after Excelling at Regionals
Baltimore, MD., May 6, 2019
This past April, UMBC Men’s Club Lacrosse competed against the other top 4 teams in the DII Chesapeake Conference at their annual 2019 NCLL Regional Championship, which took place at Calverton School, MD, for an opportunity to compete for the DII NCLL National Championship in the first week of May.
Our Men’s Club Lacrosse team, led by Senior Brian Spiegel (President) had a very strong showing at the Regional Championship, despite bringing a total of 14 players – less than most of our competition this whole year.
UMBC’s first game was played against the Georgetown Hoyas, in which the Hoyas were able to hang in the game for the first 3 quarters until Sophomore Nathan Chen (Midfield) helped UMBC breakthrough to a 12-8 win with some hustle and sharpshooting.
UMBC met the George Mason Patriots in the finals of the Regional Championship, where they took an early lead in the first half due to some solid defending by Senior Blake Hipsley (Net-Minder) and an outstanding effort by Junior Jake Brothers (Midfield), who provided the team with a few key goals and assists while winning over 90% of his face-offs. Although George Mason’s offense started to pour in a few goals to catch up, Senior Devin Shields (Vice-President / Attack) led the counter-attack late in the second half, netting 3 total goals on the day, to clinch UMBC’s victory in the 2019 NCLL Regional Championship, with a 12-9 win.
UMBC competed at the 2019 DII NCLL National Championship this past weekend against the #1 seeded team, the Providence Friars, and played an extremely hard-fought game, leveling the score to 11-11 going into the last quarter, almost advancing to the Final Four. Brothers shined with another 95%+ face-off win rate and 3 goals on the day, while net-minders Blake Hipsley and Freshman Jacob Troy dealt with 35 shots in total, racking up a 50%+ save percentage. UMBC’s other scorers included Devin Shields, Senior Brad Armstrong, and Senior Nick Emelio. UMBC ended that match 11-18 falling to Providence, who ended up going on to win the National Championship.
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