2021 TOWSON LACROSSE Game Notes | Game 1 | Towson at #5/#6 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium | Charlottesville, Va. Game Information John C. Stark (O) 410-704-6258 • (C) 570-809-1946 • [email protected] Athletics Media Relations • 8000 York Road, Towson Center Room 353 Towson (0-0) at Towson, MD 21252-0001 • TowsonTigers.com • Twitter: @Towson_MLAX • Instagram: @Towson_MLax #5/#6 Virginia (0-0) Saturday, February 6 • 4 p.m. Opening Faceoff Scouting the No. 5/No. 6 Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, Va. When opening faceoff rolls around on Saturday, A top-five Virginia team returns from a short- Television: ACC Network it will be be 336 days, 2 hours and 7 minutes ened season after going 4-2 in the first month Play-by-Play: Anish Shroff since Towson men’s lacrosse last played in and a half of 2020. The Cavaliers are the reigning Analysts: Quint Kessenich a competitive game. Towson and #6 Virginia national champions after claiming the title in meet for the first time since 2010 to snap that 2019. Matt Moore (19g, 16a) returns for Virginia Internet Audio: Towson Sports Network drought. after leading the way last season. Sophomore Play-by-Play: Spiro Morekas Payton Cormier (12g, 7a) is the second leading Pregame Show: 3:45 p.m. In The National Rankings returner. Senior Jared Conners (10ct, 28gb) The Tigers recevied votes in the preseason returns on defense while junior faceoff specialist USILA Coaches’ Poll, but did not receives votes Petey LaSalla is back at the X (73-124, .589) after 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll Virginia is a 40 ground ball season. In net, senior Alex Rode FEB. 6 at #5/#6 Virginia ..........................4 p.m. ranked fifth in the USILA Coaches’ Poll and is likely to get the nod after a 79-save, .552 save 13 SAINT JOSEPH’S ...................1 P.M. sixth in the preseason Inside Lacrosse Media percentage season last spring. He allowed 64 20 DUKE ...................................... TBA Poll. goals in his 350 minutes, accounting for a 10.97 24 at Mount St. Mary’s...........................TBA 27 at Richmond .......................................TBA goals against average. MARCH 6 at Drexel * ...........................................TBA The Roadtrippin’ Tigers 13 HOFSTRA * ............................. TBA It has been a WHILE since Towson men’s Towson-Virginia History 20 at Delaware * ..................................Noon lacrosse played a game outside the Greater It’s been over a decade since the Tigers and 27 LOYOLA .................................. TBA Baltimore area. The Tigers’ last played outside Cavaliers clashed, dating back to March 21, APRIL 3 at Hofstra * .........................................TBA the state of Maryland on May 4, 2019 in the CAA 2010 at Johnny Unitas ® Stadium. Virginia won 10 FAIRFIELD * ......................... NOON Championships in Amherst, Massachusetts. 15-10 that afternoon, bringing its series record 17 at UMass * ........................................1 p.m. Towson returns five of its six top scorers, to 13-4. Towson is looking for its first win over 24 DELAWARE * ........................ NOON including Brody McLean (9g, 3a) and James the Cavaliers since the famed 1991 team topped MAY 1 DREXEL * ............................ NOON Avanzato (6g, 3a), who finished first and third, UVa 14-13 on May 15, 1991 in the first round of 6 CAA Semifinals ...............................# TBA respectively, in a COVID shortened-season. the NCAA Tournament. Virginia has won the 8 CAA Championship # .......................TBA Austin Stewart (1g, 8a) is the top returning last 10 meetings. The two programs met every 15-16 NCAA First Round ^ ..........................TBA feeder. Defensively, Towson returns Preseason season from 2001 to 2010. 22-23 NCAA Quarterfinals $ .......................TBA All-American Koby Smith (2g, 3a) at close 29 NCAA Semifinals ! .............................TBA 31 NCAA Championship @ ....................TBA defense, who add three caused turnovers and Towson-Virginia By the Numbers 11 ground balls. Juniors Garrett Zungailia and All-Time Series Record ......................Virginia 13-4 at Towson .................................................Virginia 7-1 All times EST Mo Sillah caused seven turnovers apiece last at Virginia .................................................Virginia 6-3 All rankings are from the USILA and Inside Lacrosse . spring, while also grabbing 12 ground balls at Neutral Sites ...................................................... n/a Polls at time of game each. Between the pipes is redshirt junior at Unknown Sites .................................................. n/a RV = Receiving votes Shane Brennan. The New Yorker made 50 saves First Meeting . April 29, 1972 (UVa 15, Towson 9) Home games in BOLD CAPS last year with a .510 save percentage. At the Last Meeting .....................................March 21, 2010 ....................................#1 Virginia 15, Towson 10 * - Colonial Athletic Association games X, another Shane, this one a Santora, will lead Streak......................................................... Towson -10 # - CAA Tournament | Hempstead, N.Y. Towson on Saturday. He went 21-of-46 with five ^ - Campus Sites ground balls. Throwback style midfielder Jake $ - NCAA Quarterfinals McLean will play a two-way role while Bran- ! - NCAA Semifinals | Rentschler Field (East Hartford, Conn.) don Hund will get a heavy dose at defensive @ - NCAA Championship | Rentschler Field (East Hartford, Conn.) midfield. 2020 Returning Statistics Leaders 2020 Returning Statistics Leaders Points Brody McLean 12 Points Matt Moore 35 Goals Brody McLean 9 Goals Matt Moore 19 Assists Austin Stewart 8 Assists Matt Moore 16 EMG James Avanzato 1 EMG Matt Moore 3 GBs Mo Sillah, Garrett Zungailia 12 GBs Petey LaSalla 40 Shots Brody McLean 33 Shots Matt Moore 63 NCAA Championship Weekend Rentschler Field Goalkeeping Leaders Goalkeeping Leaders East Hartford, Conn. Saves Shane Brennan 50 Saves Alex Rode 79 GAA Jake Stout 9.55 GAA Alex Rode 10.97 May 29-31, 2021 Sv% Shane Brennan .510 Sv% Alex Rode .552 1 2021 TOWSON LACROSSE Game Notes | Game 1 | Towson at #5/#6 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium | Charlottesville, Va. 2021 Honors USILA/Warrior and New Balance INDIVIDUAL Coach Nadelen’s Coaches Poll Koby Smith Weekly Availability: Week 2 Preseason | as of February 1, 2021 Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America First Team USILA Preseason All-America Second Team Monday - February 8 Preseason CAA Defensive Player of the Year Rank Team Record Pts. (1st) CAA Preseason All-Conference Team Practice - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 1 Duke 0-0 280 (14) Staff t2 Maryland 0-0 254 Tuesday - February 9 t2 Syracuse 0-0 254 TEAM Practice - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 4 North Carolina 0-0 228 Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 5 Virginia 0-0 209 Ranked in Polls 6 Penn State 0-0 207 USILA - rv (2/1) Media - Wednesday - February 10 7 Denver 0-0 190 US Lacrosse - Practice - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 8 Notre Dame 0-0 183 Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 9 Georgetown 0-0 147 10 Ohio State 0-0 129 Thursday - February 11 11 Yale 0-0 116 Practice - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 12 Loyola 0-0 111 Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 13 Cornell 0-0 102 14 UMass 0-0 90 Friday - February 12 Practice - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 15 Penn 0-0 64 Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 16 Lehigh 0-0 52 17 Villanova 0-0 49 Saturday - February 13 18 Rutgers 0-0 48 Game vs. Saint Joseph’s | 1 p.m. 19 Richmond 0-0 40 Postgame Press Conference 20 Johns Hopkins 0-0 35 Also Receiving Votes: UAlbany, Navy, Princ- Sunday - February 14 eton, Bucknell, Air Force, Marist, Providence, Off Day - Go Fall in Love. Towson, Robert Morris, Bryant Inside Lacrosse Media Poll Preseason | as of February 1, 2021 Media Procedures Rank Team Record Pts. (1st) 1 Duke 0-0 n/a - Towson game notes will be made available to the 2 Maryland 0-0 n/a media and the public 24 hours prior to a Towson 3 Syracuse 0-0 n/a men’s lacrosse game. 4 North Carolina 0-0 n/a 5 Denver 1-0 n/a - Members of the Towson Athletics Media Relations 6 Virginia 0-0 n/a staff will escort media representatives to the appropriate areas following the conclusion of the 7 Penn State 0-0 n/a game. For the foreseeable future, all postgame 8 Notre Dame 0-0 n/a interviews will be conducted via Zoom. 9 Yale 0-0 n/a 10 Georgetown 0-0 n/a - The Towson locker room, home and away, is 11 Cornell 0-0 n/a closed to the media at all times. 12 Ohio State 0-0 n/a 13 Loyola 0-0 n/a - Coach Nadelen and selected Tiger players will be brought to the designated interview area. At home 14 UMass 0-0 n/a games, that area is the Field View Room on the top 15 Army West Point 0-0 n/a floor of the Field House. 16 Lehigh 0-0 n/a 17 Penn 0-0 n/a - After a 10-minute cooling off period, the visiting 18 Johns Hopkins 0-0 n/a team coaches and selected players will appear 19 Villanova 0-0 n/a in the interview room. After the visiting team 20 Richmond 0-0 n/a finishes, Coach Nadelen and selected players will Also Receiving Votes: n/a appear in the interview room. - We ask the media to please say what outlet they BOLD - 2021 Opponent are with before asking questions. - At the midway point of the fourth quarter, inter- view requests will be collected. - Interviews after games on the road will be conducted based on the post-game policy of that institution. 2 2021 TOWSON LACROSSE Game Notes | Game 1 | Towson at #5/#6 Virginia | Klöckner Stadium | Charlottesville, Va. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School (Prev.) 0 Austin Stewart A/M 6-0 180 Jr. Arlington, Va./St.