Towson’s 1971 men’s lacrosse squad posted a 13-1 record, the second-best record in program history, losing only to the Maryland Terrapins who were national runners up after losing to Cornell in the title game. Under the direction of Carl Runk, Towson was still a USILA College Division team but nonetheless competed against a number of other University Division programs, defeating North Carolina, Duke and Georgetown that year in addition to local opponents Morgan State, UMBC, University of Baltimore and Loyola. Other victories came against Hobart, MIT, Albany (NY) State, Drexel, Delaware and Washington College. Hobart was poised to win the USILA’s first College Division national championship the following year. It was the 13
th year for men’s lacrosse at Towson. Those Tigers scored a program record 175 goals (12.5 average). There were a number of college division All-Americans on the team including Ron Cardorette (M), Tim Mahoney (A), John Sothoron (G), Angie Geppi (D), Wendell Thomas (D), Craig Saxon (A) and Mike Jarrell (M).
