VESTAL, N.Y. -- Sophomore attackman Matt Latham scored a career-high five goals to lead No. 12 UMBC (7-3, 2-0 AE) Binghamton (2-5, 0-2 AE) in an America East Conference men's lacrosse game Saturday night at the Bearcats Sports Complex. The loss is the Bearcats' fourth straight and fourth against a nationally-ranked opponent this season.

Senior midfielder Terry Kimener added three goals and sophomore attackman Chris Jones added three assists to lead the Retrievers. Sophomore midfielder Steve Carlson (Penn Yan, N.Y.) had two goals and sophomore Chris Welch (Skaneateles, N.Y.) had a goal and an assist to lead Binghamton. Sophomore Andy Cook (Vestal, N.Y.) and senior Stephen Smith (Canandaigua, N.Y) added a goal apiece to round out the scoring for the Bearcats.

UMBC led 2-1 after the first quarter. The Retrievers got out to a 2-0 lead, before Carlson put Binghamton on the board at the 9:01 mark on an assist from Welch. Latham scored twice in the 1:56 of the second quarter as UMBC shutout the host Bearcats 3-0 and forged ahead 5-1 headed into halftime. The visiting Retrievers outshot BU 21-9 in the first half of play.

The Retrievers stretched their lead to 6-1 at the 13:38 mark of the third on Latham's fourth score of the evening off the assist from Jones. Carlson, the 2007 America East Rookie of the Year, stemmed the UMBC run with a score just 44 seconds later and ignited a 3-0 Bearcat run to end the third.

Welch and Cook added scores to cut the deficit to 6-4 as the Binghamton momentum grew headed into the final 15 minutes of action.

The visiting Retrievers, however, quickly collected themselves scoring three times in the first 5:26 of the quarter and using a 4-0 spurt to put the game out of reach. UMBC's two-time All American, Kimener, solved the nation's 14th-ranked defense with three unassisted tallies in the final period.

Junior goalie Larry Kline (Beverly, Mass.) turned in a solid performance in between the pipes for BU finishing with eight saves to his credit. Kline's counterpart, junior Retriever goalie Jeremy Blevins, delivered a strong effort as well with nine saves for his seventh win of the season.

Binghamton hosts Colgate on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in its final non-conference game of the season.

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Vestal, N.Y.-Sophomore attackman Matt Latham scored a career-best five goals and senior midfielder Terry Kimener added three fourth quarter goals as the visiting UMBC Retrievers (7-3, 2-0 America East) won its sixth straight game, a 10-5 win over Binghamton (2-5, 0-2) in the first night lacrosse game played at BU's Sports Complex.

The six-game streak matches UMBC's streaks in each of the last two seasons. The five goal margin of victory is the Retrievers' largest of the season.

The 12th-ranked Retrievers never trailed, building a 5-1 lead in the first half. Freshman midfielder Jamie Kimbles opened the scoring with an unassisted score 3:18 into the game and Latham converted a Chris Jones feed to give the visitors a 2-0 lead just 62 seconds later. Binghamton's Steve Carlson completed the first quarter scoring with a score at the 9:01 mark, but UMBC junior attackman Ryan Smith got that goal back just 25 seconds in the second quarter.

Latham finished the hat trick with two goals in a 46-second span late in the second quarter. He scored his third straight goal to open the third quarter, but the Bearcats would then make their best run of the game. Carlson opened a 3-0 run with his second goal of the game and the hosts got to within 6-4 on a score by Andy Cook with 2:56 to play in the third.

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