FINAL SCORE: UMBC 10, Vermont 7
BALTIMORE – Jack Knight had a four-point day on a hat trick plus an assist, but Vermont could not recover from a four-goal first quarter as the Catamounts fell 10-7 to UMBC on Saturday afternoon.
 
RELATED LINKS
Box Score
 
Out of the gate UMBC struck with a four-goal run to build early momentum in the first quarter. Knight finished a feed from Ben French late in the stanza to put the Catamounts on the board and wrap up the quarter with a 4-1 score. In the second quarter, Knight added a pair just under three minutes apart to lock in the hat trick.
 
In the second half Vermont used a pair of man-up goals as part of a deficit-trimming effort, but the Retrievers worked up their lead to as many as five and put the game out of reach. However, UVM did find the cage by way of Kyle Walsh and Luc LeBlanc late in regulation, wrapping up the day's scoring.
 
Cam Milligan added a pair of assists, feeding Knight's third tally and later setting up Ben French's team-high 26th goal in the fourth quarter while on an EMO. Although UMBC won the shots on goal battle (17-15) and had a slight edge in ground balls (26-25), the Green and Gold held a 10-5 advantage in caused turnovers, led by four from Warren Jeffrey.
 
Saturday's game also wrapped up the Catamount careers of seniors Ben Cox, Andrew Duffy, Luc LeBlanc, Jon Kaplan, Milligan, Alex Stanko, Walsh and Karl Weller.
 
Milligan's two assists bring his career stat line to 170 points on 84 goals and 86 assists. He logged a point in all but one of his 45 games as a Catamount and now ranks sixth in program history in career points as well as third in career assists.
 
UVM finishes the campaign 5-8 overall and 1-5 in America East play, while UMBC wraps up the regular season with a 6-7 mark (4-2 America East). Albany will host the America East Tournament next weekend.