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The UMBC Retrievers are the 24th DI program and first from the America East to release their 2022 men’s lacrosse schedule. The Retrievers are coming off a 2021 campaign in which they went 8-3 overall (7-2 America East) and saw their season come to an end in the conference semifinals against UAlbany.

Retrievers’ 2022 Schedule:

Date	Home	Away	Notes
2/5	Georgetown	UMBC	Scrimmage
2/12	Princeton	UMBC	Scrimmage
2/19	UMBC	Drexel
2/25	Mount St. Mary’s	UMBC
3/5	Towson	UMBC
3/11	UMBC	Utah
3/20	Richmond	UMBC
3/26	Binghamton	UMBC	America East
4/2	Vermont	UMBC	America East
4/9	UMBC	UAlbany	America East
4/16	UMass Lowell	UMBC	America East
4/23	UMBC	Stony Brook	America East
4/30	UMBC	NJIT	America East

New Opponents

Drexel, Richmond, Towson, Utah

Team’s Dropped

N/A

Key Games

2/19 vs Drexel: After two scrimmages against high-profile teams, UMBC opens up the regular season against defending CAA champion Drexel. The Dragons return all but a few of their key players from last season, as do the Retrievers. Facing eachother for the first time ever, this should be a very intriguing mid-major matchup as both teams look to be contenders once again within their respective conferences.

3/5 @ Towson:  When these two last met in 2020, UMBC took down the Tigers, 10-5, to put to bed their seven-year losing streak against their crosstown foes. After not playing last season, the Retrievers meet the Tigers once again in a battle that will feature two teams looking to reach the top of their respective conferences. This should be a very intruguing Maryland, mid-major matchup.

4/9 vs UAlbany: The Retrievers and Great Danes met twice last season. Once during regular season play and once during the America East semifinals. UAlbany won both meetings, beating UMBC 14-9 in mid-April in a contest where the Danes used a big second-half run to comeback from down 8-5, and 14-12 in a conference semifinals game that saw UAlbany sprint out to an early, 7-2 lead. This contest could be a preview of an America East Tournament game.