BALTIMORE – A slow start in the first quarter, marred by five turnovers, put the No. 14 Towson University men's lacrosse team in a deficit it could not surmount, falling to No. 11 Johns Hopkins 14-6 Saturday night.
 
Towson (0-1) fell into an 11-2 halftime deficit, but gained composure at halftime, out-scoring the Blue Jays (1-0) 4-3 in the second half.
 
How it Happened

• Five first quarter turnovers and three penalties set Hopkins up for a 5-0 quarter.
• Five different players scored for the hosts as Patrick Foley, Patrick Fraser, Joel Tinney, Alex Concannon and Robert Kuhn all scored. Fraser and Tinney scored extra-man tallies.
• Towson got its first goal of the season with 12:29 to play in the second quarter as Jon Mazza shook off his defender and scored a skipping shot on the wet turf at Homewood Field.
• Tinney and Kyle Marr scored back-to-back goals shortly after the Mazza tally.
• Coming down the field in transition, starting close defenseman Chad Patterson looked for options for a pass and could not find one. He charged down the middle of the Hopkins defense and scored his first career goal on his first career shot with 6:51 to play in the half.
• Hopkins went on a four-goal run over the final six and a half minutes of the quarter to take an 11-2 lead at the break. Marr scored three straight before faceoff specialist scored after winning the draw following Marr's third.
• The Blue Jays scored their lone goal of the third quarter 90 seconds into the fresh half on Concannon's second of the night.
• Towson scored back-to-back goals as Brendan Sunday and Jean-Luc Chetner notched their first goals of the season. Mazza had the assist on Chetner's first goal since May 7, 2016 when he was playing for the University of Richmond.
• The two teams traded goals in the fourth quarter. Hopkins' Cole Williams scored the first of the frame before Tiger Grant Maloof got the first goal of his career with 5:09 to play.
• Shack Stanwick logged his first goal of the year before Towson's Johnny Giuffreda got his first as a Tiger.
• Giuffreda got a rebound off the crosse of Hopkins' goalie Brock Turnbaugh and scored a behind-the-back goal, falling away from the crease.

 
Behind the Numbers

• Towson got its six goals from six different sources. Mazza led the Tigers with two points on one goal and one assist.
• Marr finished with a game-high six points on four goals and two assists. Stack had one goal and two helpers while Tinney logged two goals and two assists.
• Turnbaugh (1-0) went the distance for Johns Hopkins, making 13 saves.
• The Tigers split time in goal, with redshirt freshman Shane Brennan getting the first start of his career. He suffered the loss and made four saves.
• Senior keeper Josh Miller played the entire second half, making five saves and allowing three goals.
• Towson was flagged four times for two and a half minutes. Hopkins was called for three penalties, amounting to the same amount of time.
• After playing through injury late last season, junior faceoff specialist Alex Woodall returned to form, winning 16 of his 24 draws. He lost just one of his nine second-half faceoffs and grabbed five ground balls during the season opener.
• Both teams failed to clear just twice, with Towson going 11-of-13 while Hopkins went 21-of-23.

 
Up Next for Towson

• The Tigers will have a chance to bounce back next Saturday, hosting in-state foe Mount St. Mary's.
• Game time for the home opener is set for noon at Johnny Unitas ® Stadium.
• Towson owns an all-time record of 12-1 against the Mount.

 
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