Lucrative Fourth Quarter Propels Dragons Past UMBC, 15-8

Friday, February 13

Baltimore, Md.

5 p.m.

Drexel University

2-0

UMBC

0-1

Drexel

UMBC

Lucrative Fourth Quarter Propels Dragons Past UMBC, 15-8

2/13/2026 10:51:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Drexel men's lacrosse team received another career-high four goals from Owen Knight, and a hat trick from Witt Crawford to defeat the UMBC Retrievers on the road in Baltimore on Friday evening, 15-8.

It is the second straight game that Knight has notched a career-high goal mark. The sophomore also set a career high with five points, after dishing out one assist.

Crawford scored the first hat trick of his season on Friday evening and also picked up an assist to total four points.

Jack Joyner put up a four-point performance with two goals and two assists in the effort.

Brendan Donnelly started in the cage for Drexel and made nine stops.

Drexel was the first to strike. Crawford received a pass from Alec Tulio in front of the UMBC net and found the back of it after a spin move. UMBC answered with two goals to take the lead for about 40 seconds. Joyner found a wide open Crawford with 9:09 left in the corner, who buried the shot in the upper-right corner and tied the game at two. Less than two minutes later, Gavin Kelly put Drexel ahead with a shot from 15-yards out. Kammar ended Drexel's three-goal run with a transition goal with 7:28 remaining.

UMBC finally broke up the Drexel onslaught with 5:19 left, but Knight converted on a man-up goal with 3:21 remaining to put Drexel ahead by two heading into the second quarter.

The second quarter was a defensive battle, UMBC pulled within one with 14:12 remaining and then the game went without a goal until just under six minutes remaining. Knight scored his second goal of the game. With 4:07 remaining, Tulio and Joyner teamed up to put Drexel ahead by three at the half.

Drexel held UMBC scoreless for about 17 minutes before the Retrievers could get back on the board. Caden Zadell scored a goal 1:15 into the quarter, before UMBC scored three goals to climb back into the game. Drexel and UMBC entered the final quarter separated by one goal, 8-7 in favor of Drexel.

The fourth quarter was dominated by Drexel. The Dragons held UMBC to just one goal and found the back of the net seven times on the other end of the field. Joyner opened the frame with an unassisted goal at 12:35. UMBC fired back two minutes later to pull back within one. The Retrievers unraveled from there. Drexel scored two goals eight seconds apart from one another at the nine-minute mark. Crawford and Zadell checked in with a goal at 9:26, while Knight and Crawford teamed up for a goal at 9:17. A minute later, Ty Gougler and Connor McVicker put Drexel ahead by four.

Drexel ended the game with three straight unassisted goals from Knight, Joyner and Gougler, respectively.

Drexel returns to action on Tuesday, February 17 against the Lafayette Leopards in Easton, Pa. action from Fisher Stadium is slated for 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+