NORFOLK, Va. -- The forecasted 90% chance of rain held off for all but a few minutes of game time giving the Lady Monarchs time to win their third straight game to start the 2008 season. ODU (3-0) dropped UMBC (2-4) by a score of 9-5 at home on Saturday as the Lady Monarchs added a 19th win in 20 all-time games against the Retrievers. Senior Kelly Kimener led the way for ODU with five points.

ODU controlled the game from the opening draw, scoring six of the first seven goals. Kimener opened the game with an unassisted score in the third minute of play for her fourth goal of the season. She'd have a hat trick by the end of the day and add two assists.

The Lady Monarchs scored nine times in the game with four different players entering their names into the scorebook. Junior Jessica Noone added three goals to take over the team lead with seven on the season. Seniors Sigrid Paulus and Kaelyn Schival added two and one goal respectively.

The defensive line of Lindsey Belle, Jordan McKeon and Erica Erb silenced the Retriever attack for much of the game. They only allowed 11 total shots in the game and two of the UMBC goals came with under four minutes left in the game.

In goal, senior Sara Larson improved to 3-0 with five goals allowed and eight saves in the game. She also denied three free-position shots from the Retrievers.

UMBC leader in scoring Ali Levendusky continued to be a premier scorer for the Retrievers, as she found the net for three of the five UMBC goals. All three were unassisted scores. Kelly Burgoyne and Carrie Paris both also scored unassisted goals for UMBC.

Old Dominion is off for over two weeks with their next game scheduled for March 24 against Rutgers. Game time at Foreman Field is set for 3:00 pm.

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NORFOLK, Va.-The UMBC women's lacrosse team (2-4) could not overcome a 6-2 halftime deficit, as the Retrievers fell to host Old Dominion (3-0) by a score of 9-5 Saturday afternoon at Foreman Field.

Senior attack Ali Levendusky posted her fifth hat trick of the season, scoring UMBC's first goal, as well as the last two tallies of the game.

The Lady Monarchs jumped out to a 6-1 lead, sparked by two goals each by attacks Jessica Noone and Kelly Kimener. UMBC sophomore midfielder Kelly Burgoyne added her second goal of the season to send the Retrievers to the locker room down by four.

Kimener scored just 34 seconds into the second half, and Old Dominion increased its lead to 9-3, as the Retrievers' only goal in the first 24 minutes of the period was freshman midfielder Carrie Paris's first of her career. Levendusky then tallied twice in the final four minutes for the 9-5 final.

Kimener led all scorers with five points on three goals and two assists, while Noone also posted a hat trick for ODU.

UMBC junior Susie Sweeney went the distance in goal for the Retrievers and recorded eight saves. Sara Larson also stopped eight shots while going the distance for the Lady Monarchs.

Old Dominion held a commanding 30-11 advantage on shots, including 20-5 in the first half. The Lady Monarchs also won 11 of 16 draw controls in the game, but UMBC won the ground ball battle, 17-12.

The Retrievers return to action Monday, March 10, when they travel to Delaware to face the Blue Hens at 5:00 p.m.

2008-03-08