The Game: Towson (0-0, 0-0 CAA) @ Mount St. Mary's (0-1, 0-0 MAAC)
When: Sat., Feb. 11, 3 p.m.
Where: Waldron Family Stadium – Emmitsburg, Md.
Online Broadcast: Mount All-Access
Radio/Online Broadcast: Towsontigers.com
----Broadcasters: Ben Rosenbaum (PxP), Glenn Smith (Analyst)
Series: Towson leads 16-2
 
EMMITTSBURG, Md. – The Towson University men's lacrosse team begins the 2023 campaign with a trip out to Frederick County, taking on Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, Feb. 11th at 3 p.m.  The team will play after the Towson women's team takes on the Mount at noon in Emmitsburg.
 
The game will be broadcast on Mount All-Access.  In addition, Ben Rosenbaum and Glenn Smith will have the radio call live from Waldron Family Stadium in Emmittsburg.  For those looking to attend the game, tickets are available through the Mount St. Mary's athletics website.
 
Towson is playing its season opener on Saturday, finishing last season at 7-9 overall and 3-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association.  Mount St. Mary's, in its first year in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, played its first game of the year last Saturday with a 13-7 defeat at Navy, coming off a 2022 season going 5-10 overall.
 
In a series which began in 1970, this is the 19th all-time meeting between Towson and Mount St. Mary's, including a game every year since 2011.  Towson has won the last two games, including a 13-8 home win on Feb. 15, 2022, to lead the series 16-2.  The last win for the Mount came on Feb. 15, 2020 in Towson, an 11-10 victory.
 
Neither team is receiving votes in the USILA Coaches or Inside Lacrosse Media Polls.
 
TOWSON - 2022 CAA REGULAR SEASON CO-CHAMPION
In 2022, Towson was one of three teams who earned a share of the CAA regular season title with a 3-2 league record.  The Tigers shared the regular season title with Delaware and UMass.
 
FOUR TIGERS EARN PRESEASON ALL-CAA
Four Tigers earned 2023 Preseason All-CAA recognition in the preseason coaches poll: Colby Barsz, Kyle Berkeley, Matt Constantinides and Garrett Zungailia.
 
Barsz, a First Team All-CAA LSM last season, finished with 25 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers, including three games with mulitple caused turnovers.
 
Berkeley earned Second Team All-CAA last year, leading all Towson midfielders in total points with 43 off 25 goals and 18 assists, adding 19 ground balls.
 
Constantinides was the lone faceoff man on the Preseason All-CAA Team.  Earning Second Team All-CAA and CAA All-Rookie Team last year, he had 147 faceoff victories and 86 ground balls in 2022.
 
A starter the past three seasons, Zungailia led all Towson non-faceoff players with 40 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers, being tied for fourth in the CAA in total caused turnovers last year.
 
NADELEN APPROACHING 100 VICTORIES
Towson head coach Shawn Nadelen is just four wins away from his 100th at the helm of the Tigers.  Currently in his 13th season, Nadelen has a 96-73 record as Towson head coach.
 
Nadelen is looking to become the second head coach in Towson history with 100 victories.
Head Coach                Record            Years at Towson
Carl Runk                    262-191           1968-98
Tony Seaman             99-93               1999-2011
Shawn Nadelen         96-73               2012-pres.
 
TOWSON PREDICTED TO FINISH SECOND IN CAA
Towson has been predicted to finish second in the CAA preseason coaches poll.  Towson received a first-place vote and 42 points overall, only trailing Delaware, the reigning league champion, with seven first-place votes and 49 total points.
2023 CAA Men's Lacrosse Preseason Poll
Team (1st)                  Points
1. Delaware (7)              49
2. Towson (1)                42
3. Drexel                        35
4. Stony Brook               32
5. Hofstra                       23
6. Fairfield                      22
7. Monmouth                  14
8. Hampton                     7
 
BATTLING IN THE NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Towson will have a difficult non-league slate this season, scheduled to play four non-CAA teams who are ranked in the top-20 of the preseason polls, including a rematch against Virginia, ranked #2 in the USILA Coaches Poll and #1 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.  In addition, Saint Joseph's, Denver and Richmond are all in the preseason top-20 of each poll.
 
PROGRAM APPROACHING 500TH VICTORY
Towson, which established varsity men's lacrosse in 1959, is just eight wins away from 500 as a program.  Since the establishment under coach Billy Hooper in 1959, Towson has a program record of 492-370.  The Tigers are 342-264 since beginning DI play in 1980.
 
ACTIVE SCORING STREAKS (THREE OR LONGER)
Player                                     Games (Points)
Kyle Berkeley                             8   (10G, 10A, 20P)
--Started: March 19, 2022 vs. Duke
Chop Gallagher                          5   (5G, 1A, 6P)
--Started: April 9, 2022 vs. UMass
Josh Webber                              4   (3G, 1A, 4P)
--Started: April 16, 2022 at Delaware
Nick DeMaio                               3   (6G, 3A, 9P)
--Started: April 23 at Fairfield
Jamison Gaskins                       3   (2G, 1A, 3P)
--Started: Feb. 20, 2021 vs. Duke
 
MCDONOUGH TO PLAY FOR TEAM AUSTRALIA
Connor McDonough will be competing for Australia in the 2023 World Lacrosse Men's Championship this summer in San Diego.  McDonough, a junior also formerly played for the U19 Australia Team.  His mother is from Perth while his grandparents still live in Perth.
 
Australia plays in the Blue Division along with Team USA, which will include Towson 2019 alum Zach Goodrich. The 2023 World Lacrosse Championship will be played from June 21 to July 1.
 
FOUR TIGERS SELECTED AS CAPTAINS
    Towson has picked four captains for the 2023 campaign.
Brandon Hund (Sr. A/M)
--Second-ever Tiger to be a three-time captain (Zach Goodrich '19)
Reagan McNemar (Sr. D)
--2022 Joseph Ferrante Memorial Scholarship recipient
Ryan Swain (Gr. M)
--2021 All-CAA First Team
Garrett Zungailia (Gr. D)
--2023 Preseason All-CAA Team
 
SIX TIGERS PLAYING AS GRADUATES
Six Tigers have their undergraduate degree entering the 2023 campaign, including five earning their degree at Towson.
Player                         Major
Kyle Berkeley            BS - Criminal Justice
John Kiracofe            BS - Communication & Media
     (degree earned at Michigan)
Alex Reid                   BS - Business Administration
Austin Stewart           BS - Communications Studies
Ryan Swain                BS - Business Administration
Garrett Zungailia       BS - Business Administration
 
As a team, Towson earned a 3.2 grade point average during the Fall 2022 semester.
 
BRINGING BACK BIG SCORERS
Two Tigers who earned at least 25 goals last season return to lead the offense in 2023. 
 
Nick DeMaio was Towson's leading goal scorer last year with 36, including scoring multiple goals in 10 of 16 games. 
 
Kyle Berkeley, Towson's leading scorer in the midfield, finished 2022 with 25 goals and 18 assists, having at least three points in nine games.
 
FROM THE HOME STATE....
Of the 52-man Towson roster, 24 players reside in the home state of Maryland.  This includes seven players from Baltimore County/City: James Azbill (Catonsville), Ray Glass (Perry Hall), Brian Hoskins (Baldwin), Andy Joerres (Reisterstown), Andrew Milani (Catonsville), Alex Reid (Baltimore) and Garrett Zungailia (Timonium).
 
....AND THE WEST COAST
    Four Towson players hail from the western side of North America, connecting a coastline from the Yukon Territory to Mexico.
--Austin Ducommun - New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
--Bode Maurer - Kirkland, Washington
--Chop Gallagher - Portland, Oregon
--Nick DeMaio - San Diego, California
 
TIGERS IN THE PROS
    Towson alumni have made their mark in the professional lacrosse ranks this past season.
PLL - Premier Lacrosse League (PLL)
NLL - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
MLL - Major League Lacrosse (MLL, now defunct)
--Ryan Drenner '17 - Cannons, PLL
       --2019, 2021 and 2022 PLL All-Star
--Zach Goodrich '19 - Cannons, PLL
       --2021 PLL All-Star, 2020 MLL Defensive Player of the Year
--Koby Smith '22 - Atlas, PLL | Philadelphia Wings, NLL
--Alex Woodall '19 - Cannons, PLL
       --2019 MLL Rookie of the Year, All-Star
 
OH BROTHER
Two Towson men's lacrosse players have siblings playing for the Towson women's lacrosse team.
 
Senior Nick DeMaio, Towson's top scorer from last season, is the brother of Lucy DeMaio, a freshman on the women's lacrosse team.  Both hail from San Diego.
 
More locally from Towson, junior Brian Hoskins is the brother of freshman Meghan Hoskins.
 
In addition, brothers Sam and Mikey Weisshaar, from Arnold, each play for the men's team.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
In its first season in the MAAC, Mount St. Mary's has been predicted to finish fourth in the preseason coaches poll.
 
On the offensive end, graduate student attack Jared McMahon, the leading scorer for the Mount in 2022, had two goals and two assists in the opener at Navy.
 
The team's two Preseason All-MAAC Team members each line up on defense: senior LSM Steven Schmitt and junior defender Mitchell Dunham help protect junior goalkeeper Griffin McGinley, who had a 45.8% save rate and 13 goals allowed in the opening game.
 
The Mount used two faceoff players vs. Navy, including senior Connor Beals, a Canisius transfer, was 9-for-14 on faceoffs in the opening game.
 
SERIES HISTORY - vs. MOUNT ST. MARY'S
Series record: Towson leads 16-2
    --Streak: Towson was won last two
    --at Towson: Towson leads 7-2
    --in Emmitsburg: Towson leads 9-0
 
First Meeting: May 8, 1970
--Towson 1-0 by forfeit
 
Last 10 Meetings (latest to earliest):
Date                Location                      Result             
2/15/22            Towson, Md.               W, 13-8
2/24/21            Emmitsburg, Md.        W, 11-5
2/15/20            Towson, Md.               L, 10-11
2/15/19            Emmitsburg, Md.        W, 12-7
2/17/18            Towson, Md.               W, 15-13
2/18/17            Emmitsburg, Md.        W, 13-5
2/20/16            Towson, Md.               W, 9-5
2/17/15            Emmitsburg, Md.        W, 7-4
3/1/14              Towson, Md.               W, 9-1
3/2/13              Emmitsburg, Md.        W, 13-5