PHILADELPHIA – The Towson University men's lacrosse team, tied with Drexel with 7:43 left in the fourth, rolled off four goals in a span of 2:17 to surge past the Dragons 12-8 and improve to 3-0 in Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) play.
 
Towson (4-5, 3-0 CAA) saw Chuck Matusek and Mikey Weisshaar put together the 4-0 fourth quarter run against Drexel (4-6, 1-2 CAA) as the two combined for 10 of the team's 12 goals in the game.
 
With the win, Towson stands tied with Hofstra for first place in the CAA at 3-0.
 
Key Stats:

• Towson won several head-to-head stats with Drexel, including outshooting the Dragons 41-31, grabbing 39 ground balls to Drexel's 26 and winning 15-of-24 faceoffs.
• Mikey Weisshaar tied a career-high with six goals for his third consecutive 5+ goal game.  He added an assist for seven points and three ground balls.  Chuck Matusek racked up five points off four goals and one assist, all career-highs.
• Luke Downs notched the win in goal, having eight saves and as many goals allowed.  Joe Petro forced three turnovers and grabbed four ground balls.
• On the faceoff-X, Matt Constantinides was 6-for-12, with Kai Lopez taking over for the majority of the second half and going 9-for-12 with five ground balls and an assist.
• For Drexel, Max Semple had three goals, all in the first half, adding an assist.  Brendan Donnelly had the loss in goal with 10 saves and 12 goals allowed.

How It Happened:

• Towson got on the board in the opening minute as Mikey Weisshaar picked up a ground ball from a saved shot and threw it back into the net from the hip.
• Working off a man-up, Drexel scored to tie the game, then added another in less than a minute off a Towson failed clear and a second goal off a laser from Max Semple.
• Towson's 10-man ride gave Drexel all sorts of difficulty, forcing a pair of failed clears to stay on offense.  The next possession, Towson forced a shot clock violation, not allowing a Drexel shot on the chance, nearly having another shot clock violation on the next chance.  But, Towson failed to clear, and Drexel second on a second chance effort on Semple's three goal to lead 3-1 with 4:05 left in the first.
• Towards the end of the quarter, Towson held off Drexel's physical play as Weisshaar rolled from behind the cage to score low.  Towson trailed 3-2 after one.
• Drexel scored in the opening minute of the second quarter off a close range shot by Will Crawford.  Towson got the goal back on the next chance as Chop Gallagher hit a high to low shot inside the left post. 
• Each defense held the other for several minutes, despite Towson having a man-up chance on a two-minute Drexel cross-check penalty.  Towson broke the deadlock as Weisshaar passed from behind cage to Chuck Matusek for a shot and score inside the right post to tie the game at 4-4 with 3:54 left in the second.  The Tigers held off a final 2+ minute possession with a Luke Downs save in the corner to keep the game tied going into halftime.
• Into the third, Drexel again scored off a faceoff win and the ensuing possession.  Weisshaar had some more magic as he came from around the cage and scored on a low bouncer close range for the hat trick. 
• With 8:56 to go in the third, Matusek scored another on a bouncing ball that hit just under the crossbar into the net to give Towson the lead.  In the span of 13 seconds, Michael Katz found Weisshaar for the high-to-low laser in the lower left of cage, then Drexel responded with a goal off the faceoff win.  Towson led 7-6 with 3:52 to go in the third, with the Tigers keeping that lead going into the fourth.
• For the third straight quarter, Drexel began the period with a goal on a won faceoff to tie the game.  As the sides exchanged possessions, Towson nearly took the lead while man-up after Ronan Fitzpatrick's shot slammed the post at the 10-minute mark.
• With 7:42 left, Matusek buried a high shot on the run to return Towson to the lead.  He was not done, hitting another off a pass from Alex Roussel just 39 seconds left.  From there, Weisshaar helped seal it, hitting a perfect shot inside the corner, then scoring again off a faceoff win from Kai Lopez to complete a 4-0 run in 2:17 to send the Tigers up 11-7 with 5:25 left.
• Conor Spagnolli scooped two ground balls in the closing minutes to help seal the Towson win.  Caden Zadell scored in the final minute, countered by a Towson goal by Fitzpatrick, for the 12-8 Towson win.

Inside the Numbers:

• With his third 5+ goal game in a row, Mikey Weisshaar has 17 goals combined in his last three games.
• Chuck Matusek entered today with two career goals in a Towson uniform.
• This was Towson's 50^th win all-time against Drexel.  Towson is 50-13 all-time against the Dragons.
• Towson has won 14 consecutive CAA regular season games dating back to 2023.

Next Game:

• Towson has another game in the north next Saturday, April 4, playing at Monmouth at noon.