BALTIMORE – After the first game of the year was canceled, the No. 17 Towson University men's lacrosse team now starts the 2026 campaign against rival No. 16/15 Johns Hopkins in Baltimore on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 4 p.m.
 
After Week 1, Towson stands at #17 in each the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.  Johns Hopkins is at #16 and #15 in each poll.
 
The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU, with Mike Corey and Quint Kessenich on the call live from Homewood Field.  In addition, Spiro Morekas and Glenn Smith will have the radio call on Towsontigers.com.
 
Towson earned its way into the 2025 NCAA Tournament as the CAA Tournament champion, finishing last year at 11-6 overall and 7-0 in the CAA.  Johns Hopkins, which opened the year with a 17-2 home win over Robert Morris on Feb. 2, being 6-8 overall and 0-5 in the Big Ten last season.
 
All-time, the Blue Jays lead the series 45-6, including holding off a final shot attempt by Towson in an 11-10 win at Unitas on Feb. 4, 2025 for the fourth straight victory against the Tigers.  Towson's last win in the series came in a 17-8 victory at home on Feb. 9, 2019.  Johns Hopkins is the alma mater of Towson head coach Shawn Nadelen, graduating in 2000.
 
TOWSON - BACK-TO-BACK CAA CHAMPIONS
Towson enters 2026 as the two-time reigning CAA champion, including two undefeated regular seasons and wins in the CAA Tournament, leading to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances.
 
Towson has won 10 CAA championships, all coming since 2003.  Its back-to-back titles are the first for Towson since winning three straight from 2015-17. 
 
Towson's 10 conference tournament titles, since the establishment of men's lacrosse as a sport in the CAA, are the most in the league.  Second is Delaware, which won five before leaving the league in 2025.
 
18 STRAIGHT CAA REGULAR SEASON WINS
Towson has been dominant in league play, winning the last 18 regular season CAA games dating back to the 2023 season.  This includes 7-0 undefeated CAA regular season records in each 2024 and 2025.  It is the longest consecutive conference win streak in program history and the longest currently in Division I.
 
Current League Regular Season Winning Streaks
1. Towson, CAA - 18 (started: Apr. 8, 2023)
2. Cornell, Ivy League - 9 (started: Apr. 6, 2024)
t3. Siena, MAAC - 7 (started: Mar. 22, 2025)
t3. Sacred Heart, MAAC - 7 (started: Mar. 15, 2025)
 
TOWSON - NATIONALLY RANKED
Towson enters the season ranked No. 15 in the USILA Coaches Poll and No. 16 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.  Towson has finished the past two seasons ranked nationally in the top-15.
 
Towson is the only preseason ranked CAA team in the top-20.  The Tigers are set to play three teams ranked in the top-20 during non-conference play: North Carolina, Johns Hopkins and Virginia.
 
WEISSHAAR - INSIDE LACROSSE, USA LACROSSE PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN
Mikey Weisshaar was selected as a 2026 Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American Second Team, the second straight year the publications have honored him as a preseason All-American.
 
The reigning CAA Offensive Player of the Year was the league leader in goals and points per game, earning 48 goals and 24 assists for 72 points, averaging 4.5 points per game.  Starting 16 games at attack, he also tallied 40 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers.
 
ACTIVE POINT STREAKS (FIVE GAMES OR LONGER)
Player                     Games (Points)
Mikey Weisshaar   39 (150P - 101G, 49A)
--Started: Mar. 25, 2023 vs. Fairfield
          (did not play Feb. 22, 2025)
Ronan Fitzpatrick  16 (54P - 43G, 11A)
--Started: Feb. 4, 2025 vs. Johns Hopkins
          (did not play Feb. 22, 2025)
 
HELP WANTED
Towson will need to replace several key players from graduation last year.
          --Matt Constantinides: Towson's all-time leader in faceoff wins and ground balls
          --Luke Downs: two-year starting goalkeeper
          --Chop Gallagher: 2025 All-American midfielder
          --Ray Glass: SSDM, two-time team captain
          --Joe Petro: 2025 All-American close defenseman
          --Conor Spagnolli: 2025 All-CAA close defenseman
          --Josh Webber: midfielder, two-time team captain
 
FROM THE HOME STATE....
Of the 47-man Towson roster, 18 players reside in the home state of Maryland.  This includes seven players from Baltimore County: James Azbill (Catonsville), Jack Bowman (Towson), Matt Burnam (Nottingham), Roman Dodson (Cockeysville), Ben Ellis (Towson), Will Schoonmaker (Parkton) and Owen Scott (Sparks).
 
....AND FROM DIFFERENT TIME ZONES
Towson players are represented in three of four time zones of the contiguous United States.  Including Maryland, Towson has representatives from 13 different states and Canada.
--Central Time Zone: Elijah Smith (Nebraska)
--Mountain Time Zone: Berkley Horoba (Utah)
 
TIGERS IN THE PROS/NATIONAL TEAMS
Towson alumni made their mark in the professional/national lacrosse ranks in 2025.
NLL - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
PLL - Premier Lacrosse League (PLL)
--Colby Barsz '24 - Utah Archers, PLL
          --Signed by Boston Cannons for 2026 season
--Ryan Drenner '17 - Boston Cannons, PLL
       --2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 PLL All-Star
             --2024, 2025 Championship Series champion
             --Contracted with Boston Cannons through 2027
--Zach Goodrich '19 - Boston Cannons, PLL
             --2021 and 2023 PLL All-Star
             --2020 MLL Defensive Player of the Year
             --Contracted with Boston Cannons through 2026
--Koby Smith '22 - New York Atlas, PLL
          --Member of PLL champion Atlas
          --Retired from lacrosse after 2025 season
--Ethan Ticehurst '21 - Vancouver Warriors, NLL
          --Traded to Vancouver after three seasons in Calgary
--Shawn Nadelen - USA U20 Head Coach
--Led Team USA to silver medal finish in 2025 championship in South Korea along with Towson assistant coach Andy Shilling
 
TOP FLIGHT SCORERS
    Towson boasts two players who have over 50 career points and others who are close to that milestone.
Mikey Weisshaar (Sr. A/M)- 158 points (107G, 51A)
Joaquin Villagomez (R-Jr. A)- 82 points (60G, 22A)
Ronan Fitzpatrick (R-So. A)- 54 points (43G, 11A)
Alex Roussel (Sr. M/A)- 53 points (31G, 22A) 
Ryan Schrier (R-Jr. A)- 35 points (27G, 8A)
Alex Vieni (Sr. M)- 23 points (16G, 7A)
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
Johns Hopkins, a 2024 NCAA Quarterfinalist, has been predicted to finish fourth in the Big Ten preseason coaches poll.
 
The team returns its top two scorers from last season, led by Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American senior midfielder Matt Collison, who had 21 goals and 12 assists last year.  Junior attack Hunter Chauvette had 23 goals and eight assists in 2025.  These two combined for 11 games vs. Robert Morris.
 
True freshman Dash Lamitie got the first start in goal for the Blue Jays this year, saving four shots and allowing two goals in the first 45 minutes.  Two Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans play on defense: junior defenseman Quintan Kilrain had 28 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers last year while sophomore SSDM Reece DiCicco finished last year with 14 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers.
 
Sophomore Joe Hobot is now the primary faceoff man, winning 11-of-13 in the first game.
 
SERIES HISTORY - vs. JOHNS HOPKINS
Series record: Johns Hopkins leads 45-6
    --Streak: Johns Hopkins has won last four
    --in Towson: JHU leads 22-4
    --in Baltimore: JHU leads 23-2
    --Neutral Sites: No games
First Meeting: March 27, 1976 - Baltimore, Md.
--Johns Hopkins 15-8
 
Last 10 Meetings (latest to earliest):
Date              Location                 Result                     
2/4/25           Towson, Md.           L, 10-11
2/6/24           Baltimore, Md.         L, 5-13
2/11/22         Towson, Md.           L, 12-18
2/8/20           Baltimore, Md.         L, 7-15
2/9/19           Towson, Md.           W, 17-8
2/10/18         Baltimore, Md.        L, 6-14
3/11/17         Towson, Md.           W, 13-8
3/12/16         Baltimore, Md.         L, 8-14
2/10/15         Towson, Md.           W, 7-5
2/15/14         Baltimore, Md.        L, 8-15
 
NADELEN NAMED HEAD COACH OF U20 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM
Towson head coach Shawn Nadelen was selected as the head coach of the United States Men's U20 National Team.  Nadelen coached the U.S. U20 Team to a silver medal finish in 2025 World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship in South Korea this past summer.  Towson assistant coach Andy Shilling also served in the same role for the U.S. U20 Team.
 
Nadelen is the second Towson men's lacrosse head coach to lead one of the U.S. National Teams.  Tony Seaman, Towson head coach from 1999 to 2011, was the head coach of the U.S. Men's Senior National Team for the 1994 World Lacrosse Championship.
 
TWO TIGERS SELECTED AS CAPTAINS
Towson has picked two captains for the 2026 season, each serving as a captain for the first time.
Joe Meidling (Sr. SSDM)
--64 ground balls, 21 caused turnovers in 33 career games
Ryan Schrier (R-Jr. A)
--2025 CSC Academic All-District® Team, 35 points in 24 career games
 
WEISSHAAR, SMITH HONORED IN CAA PRESEASON AWARDS
Two Towson players were honored in the CAA preseason awards.
 
Mikey Weisshaar, the reigning CAA Offensive Player of the Year, is the CAA Preseason Player of the Year for the second straight season.  He made the 2026 Preseason All-CAA Team along with Elijah Smith, who earns his first-ever preseason all-league honor.
 
TOWSON PREDICTED TO FINISH FIRST IN CAA IN 2026
          In the preseason coaches poll, reigning CAA Tournament champion Towson has been predicted to finish first in the CAA in 2026.  Towson was a unanimous first-place selection (coaches could not vote for their own team) with six first-place votes.
2026 CAA Preseason Predicted Order of Finish
1. Towson (6 first-place votes), 36 points
2. Fairfield (1), 30
3. Drexel, 25
4. Hofstra, 20
5. Stony Brook, 18
6. Monmouth, 12
7. Hampton, 6
 
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