TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's lacrosse team took care of business on Saturday with a 25-3 victory over Hampton to move to 5-0 in Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) play on Senior Day. Towson has won its last six games.
Towson (7-5, 5-0 CAA) never trailed, scoring the first 10 goals of the game through the opening 22 minutes vs. Hampton (0-13, 0-5 CAA). 12 different Tigers scored at least one goal in the contest.
In a pregame ceremony, Towson honored the senior class for Senior Day. 10 Tigers were recognized in the pregame ceremony.
Key Stats:
- Towson dominated on the offensive end, outshooting Hampton 78-23, including putting 49 shots on goals, and winning 24 of 32 faceoffs. Hampton held on defense with 24 saves.
- Matt Burnam had a career day, tallying six goals, an assist and five ground balls while Michael Katz notched four goals and three ground balls. Bode Maurer earned six points on three goals and three assists.
- All three Towson faceoff specialists won at least 63% on Saturday. Matt Constantinides won six of the first seven faceoffs for five ground balls. Myles Quandt won 11-of-14 with six ground balls while Kai Lopez was 7-for-11 with seven ground balls.
- Towson played three goalies who combined for six saves and three goals allowed. The win went to Luke Downs, who had a flawless first quarter with three saves. The defense caused 15 turnovers, led by Logan Meighan having four.
- For Hampton, Sebastian West finished with a goal, an assist and two ground balls. Ben Kieu got the loss in goal with 17 saves and 17 goals allowed in 38:56 of play.
How It Happened:
- Play started back-and-forth in the early minutes as Ben Kieu made four saves in the first six minutes for Hampton, countered by a couple of caused turnovers by the Towson defense. Towson opened the flood gates with six goals in a span of 3:03, beginning with three in less than a minute: Ronan Fitzpatrick scored back-to-back goals, then Mikey Weisshaar added another off a faceoff win. Shortly after, Dan Reilly got free for his first career goal, then Towson added two more quickly from Weisshaar and Chuck Matusek for a 6-0 lead with 5:39 left in the first. Towson's defense locked down the rest of the quarter to hold the six-goal advantage.
- Matt Nilan entered in goal as Towson's reserves peppered the goal. Michael Katz scored back-to-back as Towson continued the run. The Tigers added to the run with scores from Matt Burnam and Connor Slein to complete the 10-0 run with 8:16 left in the second.
- Hampton got on the board with a goal from Sebastian West with 7:44 left in the second. Towson continued the offensive dominance, adding a Bode Maurer score and two more Katz goals as the home team led 13-1 at the half.
- Quickly into the third, Ben Ellis hit his shot 10 seconds into the period. Following a Hampton goal, Maurer added another off a Myles Quandt faceoff win for a 15-2 Towson lead.
- Towson kept control, slowing adding to its lead. Maurer's earlier goal began an 8-0 run through the remainder of the quarter, including the first goal of the season for Brody Morgan, to lead 22-2 after three.
- With Ashby Shepherd in goal, Towson used the shot clock into the fourth quarter. Hampton scored the first goal of the fourth from Reed Shaw. The Tigers scored the final three, two more from Burnam and the first of the season for Andrew Goldt, to take the win 25-3.
Inside the Numbers:
- With two goals today, Mikey Weisshaar moves into the top-10 in Towson history in career goals, standing tenth with 93. He surpasses each Ryan Drenner (2014-17) and Brad Reppert (1998, 2000-02), who each had 92 career goals.
- Five different Tigers had their first career collegiate goal today: Ben Ellis, Andrew Goldt, Michael Katz, Brody Morgan and Dan Reilly.
- Mikey Weisshaar extended his point-scoring streak to 34 games. Chop Gallagher extended his to 30 games with an assist while Ronan Fitzpatrick has a point in his last 11 games off two goals and an assist today.
- Towson's 78 shots today is just four off the program single game record. The Tigers had 82 shots in a 21-7 win vs. C.W. Post on March 17, 1979.
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