Not to be outdone by Towson’s latest news, UMBC (1-6) is planning to start an entirely new defense and goalkeeper against the Tigers (2-5) Wednesday night at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson.

In are sophomores Tim Shaeffer and Aaron Verardi and freshman Lucas Wood. Of the three, only Verardi has played this season, scooping up one groundball and causing one turnover in six games.

Out are seniors Bobby Atwell, Matt Kresse and Lance Ophof. That trio has combined for 28 groundballs and 17 caused turnovers in 21 games, 19 of which were starts.

Also, the Retrievers are going back to freshman Adam Cohen in the net. Cohen, who started in two games and was the starter in the team’s lone win this season, has a better goals-against average (8.20) than senior Kevin Kohri (11.69), who has started three games including last Saturday’s 14-11 loss to then-No. 18 Stony Brook.