TOWSON, Md. – The No. 16/17 Towson University men's lacrosse team earned its third straight perfect Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) regular season with a decisive 20-3 victory over Hofstra, seeing Mikey Weisshaar become the program's all-time leader in points scored.
 
Towson (10-3, 6-0 CAA) dominated in every facet of the game, doubling up on shots on Hofstra (4-10, 2-4 CAA) and outscoring the Pride by multiple goals in every quarter.  Up 4-2 early in the second quarter, Towson bolted forward with the game's next 11 goals.  This is Towson's most lopsided win over Hofstra in a series which has 58 all-time meetings.
 
Weisshaar finished with six goals and an assist for seven points to stand with 222 career points, surpassing Bob Griebe, who had 221 points from 1972-75.  Weisshaar is also in striking distance of the all-time goals lead, having 149 in his career.  Glenn Smith stands with 154 goals from 1988-91.
 
With the win, Towson earned the outright CAA regular season title.  Towson, which had already clinched the 1-seed of the CAA Tournament, will play 4-seed Monmouth to kick off the semifinal round on Thursday, April 30 at 4 p.m.  The victor takes on the winner of 2-seed Drexel vs. 3-seed Stony Brook on Saturday, May 2 at 3:30 p.m. for the CAA title.
 
The Tigers win their eighth straight game plus Towson has won 24 consecutive games against league opponents (including league tournament wins), the eighth-longest streak in Division I history.
 
Postgame Quotes

• Shawn Nadelen: "We have not had complete games, this one offensively and defensively was as strong as we've had this year.  This is a good indication of where we are at right now."
• Shawn Nadelen: "I'm excited for Mikey, excited for our program.  For him to be able to do that, he's had a great supporting cast around him.  The past few weeks, as he kept getting closer, you could see the tension continuing to build, excited for him to earn that opportunity and his place in Towson lacrosse history."
• Mikey Weisshaar: "I just go out every game and play my hardest, I did not really know what would happen.  I was fortunate to break the record with [Bob Griebe] in attendance, and that means a lot to me."

Key Stats

• Towson outshot Hofstra 47-23 and won 21-of-27 faceoffs in the game, also having a 44-20 advantage on ground balls.
• Joaquin Villagomez earned a career day on 10 points off five goals and five assists, adding three ground balls and a caused turnover to complement Mikey Weisshaar's six goals and one assist.  Ryan Schrier had two goals and an assist.
• On the faceoff-X, Kai Lopez won 17-of-19, scooping up 13 ground balls.
• Matt Nilan earned the victory in goal with 10 saves and just three goals allowed.  Joe Meidling caused three turnovers and grabbed two ground balls.
• For Hofstra, Gus Langtry had a goal and two ground balls.  The loss went to starting goalkeeper Shea Kennedy with four saves and 13 goals allowed in the first half.

How it Happened

• Towson got off to a fast start as Joaquin Villagomez shook off a defender on the opening possession and scored 77 seconds in.  The Towson defense forced a couple of turnovers in the following minutes to keep the lead.
• Villagomez continued to get good looks on cage, scoring again off another dodge off a defender then just over a minute later off a catch and shoot from across the defense from Mikey Weisshaar to get an early hat trick less than 10 minutes into the game.  Towson led 3-0.
• Hofstra scored its first goal with 2:57 left in the first from Drew Bogardus.  Towson got the goal right back on a high bouncing shot from Ryan Schrier on the next possession.  Towson led 4-1 after the first quarter.
• Towson fended off a one-minute man-down penalty to start the second quarter, but Hofstra scored a goal on its second possession of the period.  Towson counterattacked with four goals in a span of just over two minutes: a Weisshaar catch and shoot from Villagomez, Trevor Phipps scoring on a clear out in the middle, Weisshaar scoring again with a shot through traffic from Schrier then Ronan Fitzpatrick scoring on a dodge from behind the cage.
• Kai Lopez's faceoff wins kept Towson's offense with plenty of possessions.  Another pass across the defense, this time from Mat Burnam to Evan Boswell, resulted in a goal with 7:01 left in the quarter.  Weisshaar added his fourth goal off a screen to push Towson into double digits on goals, followed by Villagomez scoring on a straight away heater on a man-up situation.  Myles Quandt's faceoff win and shot off the post went to Villagomez for another goal.  Towson wrapped up the quarter with another goal from Boswell on the left side as Towson led 13-2 at the break.
• The defenses dominated early with neither side scoring in the opening five minutes, helping by Joe'll Spagnuolo and James Azbill causing turnovers.  Burnam broke the quarter stalemate on a catch and shoot from Alex Roussel behind cage, followed by Weisshaar hitting the corner on a man-up chance to complete Towson's 11-0 run and make the score 15-2 with 7:57 left in the third.
• Hofstra broke the Towson run with a Joey DeYoung goal with 7:25 to go in the third.  Some back-and-forth concluded the quarter, with Fitzpatrick adding a highlight reel goal by dipping through two defenders to get free and scoring point blank, to make it 16-3 Tigers after three.
• Towson added two more quick goals to open the fourth as Roussel and Schrier added scores to give the home team a 18-3 lead minutes into the period.  Towson's defense continued to lock down combined with Matt Nilan saves and a Matthew Wolfington caused turnover.
• Towards the end, Weisshaar etched his name in the Towson record book with quick fires off passes from Villagomez, surpassing the all-time mark with 1:11 left.  Towson took the win 20-3.

Inside the Numbers

• Mikey Weisshaar's 222 points come off 149 career goals and 73 career assists.  In addition, Weisshaar has 42 goals so far this year, tied for eighth-most all-time in Towson single season history.
• Joaquin Villagomez earns Towson's first 10-point day since Thomas DeNapoli had 10 points vs. UMBC on March 19, 2013.  The record for points in a single game for a Towson player is held by Spencer Ford, who had 13 points off five goals and eight assists in a win vs. Vermont on March 13, 1999.
• With a goal and an assist, Alex Roussel surpassed the career 100-point mark, standing with 101 career points.
• Three goals ties the fewest amount of goals allowed in a game by Towson since a 25-2 victory at Hampton on April 13, 2024.
• Before today, Towson's biggest win over Hofstra came on April 13, 1991, a 20-8 win at home.  It is the biggest defeat for Hofstra since the Pride fell by 20 to Syracuse on April 6, 1991 (credit: Patrick Stevens).
• Towson has won five straight games against Hofstra.

Next Game

• Towson will prepare for the 2026 CAA Tournament here at Johnny Unitas® Stadium.  The Tigers will play 4-seed Monmouth on Thursday, April 30 at 4 p.m.
• Tickets for the tournament can be purchased here: https://am.ticketmaster.com/towson/buy/caamlaxchampionship