TOWSON, Md. – Shawn Nadelen earned his 100^th career victory at Towson University head coach as the Tigers defeated Hampton 20-1 in a weather-shortened game on Saturday afternoon.
 
The game was called with 14:21 left in the fourth quarter due to inclement weather in the area. 
 
Towson (4-8, 3-2 CAA) shut out Hampton (2-10, 0-5 CAA) in the first half to earn its second Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) victory in a row.  16 different Tigers had at least one point while Evan Long and John Kiracofe combined to hold Hampton to one goal.
 
In a pregame ceremony, Towson honored 11 members of its senior class for Senior Day.
 
Key Stats:

• Towson outshot Hampton 54-10 in the game, scoring on 20 out of 30 shots on goal.
• On the defensive side, Towson caused 12 turnovers and saved four of five of Hampton's shot on cage.
• Nick DeMaio earned a seven-point game on two goals and five assists, adding three ground balls and two caused turnovers.  Andrew Milani scored four goals, all in the third quarter, and grabbed three ground balls while Ryan Schrier had a hat trick.  Joaquin Villagomez dished out four assists.
• Matt Constantinides went 8-for-12 from the faceoff-X, grabbing five ground balls, while Shane Santora was 4-for-12 with three ground balls and a caused turnover.
• The win in goal went to Evan Long, who saved all three shots on goal in the first half.  John Kiracofe made his Towson debut in the second half, having a save, a goal allowed and a caused turnover in 15:39 of play.
• For Hampton, Kai Telly scored Hampton's lone goal in the third quarter.  Ian Groom went 11-for-18 on faceoffs, getting eight ground balls and two caused turnovers, with Paxtin Powell having the loss in goal with 10 saves and 20 goals allowed.

How It Happened:

• Towson's defense helped force a pair of failed clears for Hampton to begin the game.  Austin Ducommun got a pass from behind the cage and scored on the high-to-low shot to put Towson on the board with 12:21 left in the first.
• The Tigers forced another pair of failed clears as the action keep up in the following minutes.  On an unsettled situation, Mikey Weisshaar got the feed from Nick DeMaio for a long range fire and score.
• Following a pair of turnovers, Towson ran a possession with four shots, connecting on the final one with Kyle Berkeley getting around his defender and scoring close range.  Towson added another in the next minute after a pass that was knocked down was retrieved by Ryan Schrier and scored on the doorstep.
• Towards the end of the quarter, Josh Webber took a sprint to the cage and scored on a shot between the keeper's feet.  Towson led 5-0 after one.
• After forcing a Hampton shot clock violation to begin the second quarter, Towson rolled off a pair of quick goals, Berkeley spinning off a defender and then DeMaio pulling a double team to free Jonathan Bender for the right-to-left shot and score.  Towson kept the pressure on as Austin Stewart scored on a laser under the crossbar and Schrier added a goal on the doorstep in transition for a 9-0 Towson lead with 9:24 left in the second.
• Towson picked up a second chance possession on an Elijah Smith caused turnover on the ride.  Joaquin Villagomez ran past the goal circle for a drop off to Webber for the goal on the circle.  A minute-and-a-half later, Schrier scored again from Villagomez as Towson led 11-0, the eventual halftime score.
• Towson's reserves started to file in for the second half as the Tigers kept on the pressure.  DeMaio scored in an unsettled situation, then on Towson's next two possessions, Andrew Milani scored on the catch and shoot from DeMaio then Colby Barsz scored in transition from Garrett Zungailia for a 14-0 Towson lead.
• Another pair of goals in a minute's span for Towson, each by Milani on a low laser then a jumping shot, made it 16-0 Towson.  Hampton scored on its next possession on a low shot from Kai Telly with 7:08 left in the third.
• Bode Maurer got a pass through the defense from DeMaio to score close range with 5:44 left in the third.
• Towson finished the third in strong fashion, with Milani scoring a fourth goal off a ground ball from a save, then DeMaio scoring in the closing seconds of the quarter to give Towson a 19-1 lead.
• Maurer added another goal off a pass from Devon Rasmus in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter.  Due to inclement weather, play was suspended with 14:21 left to play.  The decision was made to stop the game, giving Towson a 20-1 victory.

Inside the Numbers:

• Shawn Nadelen is the second Towson head men's lacrosse coach to earn 100 career victories.  He has been the Towson head coach the last 12 seasons.  Carl Runk earned 262 victories at the helm of Towson from 1968-98.
• This is Towson's first 20-goal game since April 3, 2004 when Towson defeated Villanova 20-11, making today the first 20-goal game for the Tigers under Nadelen.  The last time Towson scored over 20 goals was March 2, 2002 when the Tigers won 23-7 vs. Lehigh.
• Towson holds an opponent to one goal for the first time since a 9-1 victory vs. Mount St. Mary's on Mar. 1, 2014. 
• Colby Barsz earned his first career goal while Bode Maurer and Austin Ducommun earned their first goals of the season.
• Ryan Schrier earned his fourth hat trick in six career games played.
• Nick DeMaio came up one point shy of his career-high of eight points from Feb. 26, 2022.

Next Game:

• Towson heads north next weekend for a matchup at Monmouth on Saturday, April 22 at 2:30 p.m. in New Jersey.

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