Larry Maurer

Box Score

Hofstra HOFSTRA 4-7, 1-3 CAA

Towson TOWSON 8-3, 4-0 CAA

Hofstra HOFSTRA

4-7, 1-3 CAA

Final

Apr. 06, 2024

Towson TOWSON

8-3, 4-0 CAA

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Hofstra HOFSTRA	3	0	4	4	11
Towson TOWSON	4	8	3	0	15

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | 4.6.2024 | David Vatz

No. 20/18 Towson Men’s Lacrosse 10-0 First Half Run Leads to Victory vs. Hofstra

TOWSON, Md. – The No. 20/18 Towson University men's lacrosse team scored 10 straight goals in the first half en route to a 15-11 victory vs. Hofstra to move to 4-0 in Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) play.

Down 3-2 in the first quarter, Towson (8-3, 4-0 CAA) scored the next 10 goals, including outscoring Hofstra (4-7, 1-3 CAA) 8-0 in the second period. Towson held off the Pride enough in the second half to pick up the win.

Towson stays tied for first place in the CAA along with Delaware.

Key Stats:

In the pivotal second quarter, Towson put 12 of 19 shots on goal, scoring eight of 12.
Stats were near even across the board: Towson had a slight edge in shots 39-38 while Hofstra was 15-of-28 on faceoffs and had one fewer turnover with 16 to Towson's 17.
Towson's defense held on extra-man chances, allowing just one goal on six opportunities for the Pride. The Tigers scored on each extra-man offensive possession they had.
Chop Gallagher earned a career-high six points off three goals and three assists, adding two groundballs. Mikey Weisshaar led Towson with four goals, adding an assist, while Joaquin Villagomez finished with three goals and two assists.
On defense, Luke Downs got the win in goal with 13 saves to 11 goals allowed. Colby Barsz notched three caused turnovers and two ground balls.
Matt Constantinides was 11-for-21 on faceoffs, adding six ground balls and an assist, while Rocco Mareno was 2-for-7 with a ground ball.
For Hofstra, John Madsen finished with four goals, an assist and a caused turnover while Griffin Turner tallied two goals, four assists and a caused turnover. Sean Henderson had the defeat in goal on 11 saves and 15 goals allowed.

How It Happened:

Towson had to break out of its defensive end after a forced turnover on the ride, but Colby Barsz notched a caused turnover and got the Tigers to offense. Chop Gallagher found Bode Maurer near the goal circle for the turn and shoot goal to put Towson on the board. After a Hofstra won faceoff then a Dan Reilly caused turnover, Gallagher got a lane for the 12-yard shot and score to push Towson up 2-0 in the opening 4:34.
Two quick goals in a span of 47 seconds for Hofstra tied the game. With 5:30 left in the first, Trevor Natalie picked up the ball off a scrum and scored close range to push the visitors up 3-2.
Holding against a one-minute man-down scenario, Towson cleared and scored on the catch an shoot to Mikey Weisshaar. Towson forced turnovers twice in the coming minutes, then in the closing seconds, Nick DeMaio found Jamison Gaskins for the catch and shoot goal on the second midfield's first shift of the day to give Towson a 4-3 lead after one.
With 11:39 left in the second, Hofstra got a two-minute unreleasable penalty. Towson took the advantage, with Weisshaar scoring on a laser to the cage then Gallagher scoring on the doorstep a minute later.
Towson kept on the attack as Gallagher found Josh Webber for the score just as the first midfield came on the field. Seven seconds later, Matt Constantinides won the faceoff and found Bode Maurer on the doorstep for the goal. 1:05 later, Gallagher added another from Weisshaar as Towson led 9-3 with 7:18 left in the second.
Joaquin Villagomez started to feel it in the coming minutes as Towson closed out the half in strong fashion. Starting with a goal with 6:26 to go in the second, Villagomez scored three straight goals for the Tigers, including a perfect shot on the run inside the right post and a laser into the right corner, to complete the 10-0 run and give Towson a 12-3 lead at the break.
Hofstra broke Towson's run 97 seconds into the second half, but Towson kept on the pressure. Quickly after a clear, DeMaio scored off a long pass from Reece Potter off a clear, then minutes later, Weisshaar added another to make it 14-4 Towson.
Hofstra got a goal back, the Towson responded 29 seconds later on a goal from Weisshaar. Towson led 15-5 with 7:10 to go in the third quarter.
Pushing into the final quarter, Hofstra put pressure on Towson with five straight goals to pull within five with 7:44 to play. Towson buckled down and held on defense, including on a one-minute man-down situation. Hofstra scored with three seconds left, but Towson held for the win 15-11.

Inside the Numbers:

At 8-3, Towson has earned its winningest season since 2019, when the Tigers went 11-5. Towson is 4-0 in the CAA for the first time since 2010.
With 11 wins today, Matt Constantinides is three away from 500 career faceoff victories at Towson. Only two Tigers, Alex Woodall (583, 2017-19) and Justin Berry (1998-01) have over 500 career faceoff victories in Towson history.
With his 31^st assist of the season, Nick DeMaio has tied for 10^th in assists Towson single-season history with Spencer Ford, who had 31 assists in 1998.
Chop Gallagher set new career-highs in points and assists and tied a career-high in goals.
Mikey Weisshaar earned his fifth 5+ point day of the season while Joaquin Villagomez earned his second.
This is the first time Towson or Hofstra have won back-to-back games against the other since the Tigers defeated the Pride 8-7 on April 30, 2016 and 10-8 on April 29, 2017.