The Game: No. 17 Towson (8-3, 4-0 CAA) @ Fairfield (4-8, 1-3 CAA)
When: Sat., April 18 – 12 p.m.
Where: Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium – Fairfield, Conn.
Broadcast: YouTube Live
--Broadcasters: J.J. Duke (PxP), Brinley Anderson (analyst)
 
TOWSON, Md. – The No. 17 Towson University men's lacrosse team plays its last CAA regular season road game of the year on Saturday, April 18 at noon, taking on Fairfield.
 
The game will be broadcast live on YouTube Live with J.J. Duke and Brinley Anderson will have the call live from Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium.
 
Towson has won six straight games, coming off a 21-5 victory at Hampton, to stand alone in first place in the CAA at 4-0 and 8-3 overall.  Fairfield is looking to snap a four-game losing streak, falling in a non-league tilt to Holy Cross 13-12 on Saturday to be 4-8 overall and 1-3 in CAA play.
 
Towson has been in the top-20 of the polls the last six weeks, being at #17 in each the USILA Coaches Poll and in the Inside Lacrosse Media poll.  Fairfield is not ranked in either poll.
 
Towson is 10-1 all-time vs. Fairfield with all games coming since the Stags joined the CAA in 2015.  The Tigers have won the last seven games, including 14-9 on April 19, 2025 in Towson.  Fairfield's lone win vs. Towson came on a 9-8 win in Connecticut on April 22, 2017.
 
A Towson victory would secure a share of the CAA regular season title and hosting rights to the upcoming CAA Tournament.
 
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.
 
22 STRAIGHT CAA REGULAR SEASON WINS
Towson has been dominant in league play, winning the last 22 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.
 
In addition, Towson has a 22-game winning streak against conference opponents including league tournaments, the eighth-longest streak in DI history.
Current League Regular Season Winning Streaks
1. Towson, CAA - 22 (started: Apr. 8, 2023)
2. Siena, MAAC - 13 (started: Mar. 22, 2025)
 
TOWSON -  RANKED IN NATIONAL POLLS
Towson has been in the national rankings the last six weeks, standing at #17 in each the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll after entering the season ranked #15 and #16 in each poll respectively.  Towson has finished the past two seasons ranked nationally in the top-15.  Towson is also the lone top-20 ranked team in the CAA.
 
The Tigers defeated now-#11/8 Virginia on March 7.  Other Towson opponents either ranked or receiving votes in the polls include Drexel, Johns Hopkins, Loyola, Saint Joseph's and Villanova.
 
WEISSHAAR TAKEN SECOND OVERALL IN 2026 PLL DRAFT
Mikey Weisshaar was taken second overall in the 2026 PLL Draft on April 14.
 
Weisshaar becomes the fifth Tiger to be drafted into the PLL since the outdoor league was founded in 2019 and the highest Towson player to be taken in the PLL Draft.  He is the fourth Tiger to be drafted in the top-five, with only Towson, Cornell, Duke and Virginia being able to claim that feat.  Weisshaar will join fellow Towson players Ryan Drenner and Zach Goodrich on the Boston Cannons for the upcoming 2026 season.
 
HIGH-POWERED TIGER OFFENSE
Towson, which has the top scoring offense in the CAA with 13.3 goals per game, has three of the top four players in the league in points per game.
Mikey Weisshaar - 4.82 PPG (1st in CAA): 33G, 20A, 53P
Alex Roussel - 3.82 PPG (2nd in CAA): 28G, 14A, 42P
Joaquin Villagomez - 3.73 PPG (4th in CAA): 28G, 13A, 41P
 
ROUSSEL - USA LACROSSE MAGAZINE DI MEN'S PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Alex Roussel's historic day in the win at Virginia on March 9 earned him USA Lacrosse Magazine DI Player of the Week.  The senior attack had a hand in nine of Towson's 13 scores, earning career-highs of nine points, five goals and four assists in the road victory.
 
WEISSHAAR APPROACHING TOWSON RECORDS
Mikey Weisshaar is in position to place himself high in the Towson record books.  He currently stands second in Towson history with 140 goals and with 211 points.  With 211 points in 57 career games played, he is averaging 3.70 points per game.
 
He currently stands with two of the top-eight single season records in goals in Towson history plus his 72 points in 2025 was seventh in Towson single season history.
 
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
 
ACTIVE POINT STREAKS (FIVE GAMES OR LONGER)
Player                         Games (Points During Streak)
Mikey Weisshaar       50 (203P - 134G, 69A)
--Started: Mar. 25, 2023 vs. Fairfield (did not play Feb. 22, 2025)
Ronan Fitzpatrick      18 (60P - 49G, 11A)
--Started: Feb. 4, 2025 vs. Johns Hopkins
Alex Roussel             11 (42P - 28G, 14A)
--Started: Feb. 10, 2026 at Johns Hopkins
Joaquin Villagomez  10 (41P - 28G, 13A)
--Started: Feb. 14, 2026 vs. Navy
 
VILLAGOMEZ EARNS CAA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR THIRD TIME
Joaquin Villagomez was selected as the CAA Offensive Player of the Week after earning three goals and two assists in Towson's win over Monmouth on April 4.  Towson has notched six CAA Offensive Player of the Week awards this season, including three by Villagomez.
 
SCOUTING FAIRFIELD:
Fairfield has been a participant in the last two CAA Tournaments.
 
The leading goal-scorer for a Fairfield team that is third in the CAA with 12.17 goals per game is sophomore attack Devin Lampron with 25 goals.  Senior attack Jake Gilbert is the leader in points with 35, off 21 goals and 14 assists, and has 120 career points with the Stags.
 
Fairfield has run primarily through two goalkeepers this season, with junior Landon Whitney getting the last two starts and standing with a 45.4% save rate and 12.43 goals allowed average.  2025 CAA Defensive Player of the Year junior Julian Radossich is the league leader with 34 caused turnovers, adding 46 ground balls.
 
Over 62% of the team's faceoffs have been taken by junior Daniel Davis, who has won 54.9% with 56 ground balls.
 
SERIES HISTORY - vs. FAIRFIELD
Series record: Towson leads 10-1
    --Streak: Towson has won last seven
    --in Towson: Towson leads 6-0
    --in Fairfield, Conn.: Towson leads 4-1
    --Neutral Sites: N/A
 
First Meeting: April 11, 2015 - Towson, Md.
Towson 8-7
 
Last 10 Meetings (latest to earliest):
Date                Location                      Result                      
4/19/25            Towson, Md.               W, 14-9
3/23/24            Fairfield, Conn.           W, 12-10
3/25/23            Towson, Md.               W, 11-7
4/23/22            Fairfield, Conn.           W, 12-8
4/10/21            Towson, Md.               W, 12-11
4/6/19              Fairfield, Conn.           W, 14-7
4/28/18            Towson, Md.               W, 8-7
4/22/17            Fairfield, Conn.           L, 8-9
5/7/16              Towson, Md.               W, 4-2
4/23/16            Towson, Md.               W, 18-11
 
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)
--87 ground balls, 28 caused turnovers in 44 career games.  CB30 badge recipient, presented annually to an outstanding lacrosse player and teammate with a demonstrated desire to help others.
Ryan Schrier (R-Jr. A)
--2025 CSC Academic All-District® Team, 49 points in 35 career games
 
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