2021 TOWSON LACROSSE Game Notes | Game 3 | rv Towson vs. #1/#1 Duke | Johnny Unitas ® Stadium | Towson, Md. 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 rv/rv Towson (1-1) vs. Towson, MD 21252-0001 • TowsonTigers.com • Twitter: @Towson_MLAX • Instagram: @Towson_MLax #1/#1 Duke (3-0) Saturday, February 20 • 4 p.m. Opening Faceoff Scouting the Top-Ranked Blue Devils Johnny Unitas ® Stadium • Towson, Md. The first pair of back-to-back games at Johnny The Blue Devils arrive at Johnny Unitas ® Internet Video: Lax Sports Network Unitas® Stadium concludes this weekend Stadium with the number one ranking in all Play-by-Play: Travis Eldridge as the Tigers play host to top-ranked Duke three college polls this week. The Blue Devils are Analyst: Davey Emala Saturday afternoon. Both teams are riding wins 3-0 following a 17-8 win over Mercer at Koski- entering Saturday for the CAA Game of the nen Stadium last weekend. Saturday’s game at Internet Audio: Towson Sports Network Week on Lax Sports Network. Johnny Unitas ® Stadium will be the Blue Devils’ Play-by-Play: Spiro Morekas first away from home in 2021. Princeton transfer Analyst: Glenn Smith In The National Rankings Michael Sowers (5g, 8a) has 13 points, with Pregame Show: 3:45 p.m. Towson continued to receive votes, picking up Nakeie Montgomery (4g, 4a) and Brennan O’Neill selections in both the USILA Coaches’ Poll and (4g, 4a) tied for second. Jake Naso (31-51, .608) the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. The Blue Devils is Duke’s top faceoff man, with Tyler Carpenter 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS are the top-ranked team across all three polls, (9ct) the go-to takeaway man on defense. Saint FEB. 6 at #5/#6 Virginia ........................L, 11-20 including the US Lacrosse Division I Top 20. Joseph’s transfer Mike Adler has played 77 13 SAINT JOSEPH’S .......... W, 8-7 (OT) minutes goal, making 15 saves (.517) while Turner 20 #1/#1 DUKE ........................ 4 P.M. 24 at Mount St. Mary’s.......................5 p.m. The Home Now, Road Trip Coming Tigers Uppgren has 69 minutes to his credit with 13 27 at Richmond .......................................TBA Saturday’s game concludes the first of two saves (.591). Adler started against Mercer last MARCH 6 at Drexel * ...........................................TBA back-to-back home game sets for the Tigers. weekend. 13 HOFSTRA * ............................. TBA Towson is coming off a thrilling 8-7 overtime 20 at Delaware * ..................................Noon win against Saint Joseph’s last weekend, Towson-Duke History 27 LOYOLA .................................. TBA weathering the storm (and freezing rain) after It’s a short but frenzied series between the APRIL 3 at Hofstra * .........................................TBA a 6-2 lead evaporated into a 7-7 tie after 60 Tigers and the Blue Devils. Towson leads the 10 FAIRFIELD * ......................... NOON minutes. Brody McLean (6g, 3a) has back- all-time series 7-4 dating back to a 1966, 14-7 17 at UMass * ........................................1 p.m. to-back hat tricks to open the season, with win in Towson. The Blue Devils have won the 24 DELAWARE * ........................ NOON Andrew Milani (4g) notching a pair in each most recent three matchups, including a 12-10 MAY 1 DREXEL * ............................ NOON contest early this season, including Saturday’s win in Durham in March 2019. Towson’s last 6 CAA Semifinals ...............................# TBA OT GWG. McLean has been efficient this season, victory over the Blue Devils came in the first 8 CAA Championship # .......................TBA scoring six goals on 12 total shots, 10 of which round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament, a 12-10 15-16 NCAA First Round ^ ..........................TBA have been on cage. A redshirt sophomore close decision. Each of the last two meetings have 22-23 NCAA Quarterfinals $ .......................TBA 29 NCAA Semifinals ! .............................TBA defenseman, the rangy Garrett Zungailia, leads been decided by two goals. 31 NCAA Championship @ ....................TBA with four caused turnovers along with a dozen ground balls. Mo Sillah made an immediate Towson-Duke By the Numbers impact in his first appearance of 2021, forcing All-Time Series Record ........................Towson 7-4 All times EST at Towson .................................................Towson 5-1 All rankings are from the USILA and Inside Lacrosse . three Hawk miscues at the LSM spot. Close at Duke ............................................................Duke 3-1 Polls at time of game defenseman Colby Barsz, the CAA Rookie of the at Neutral Sites ........................................Towson 1-0 RV = Receiving votes Week had two caused turnovers against Saint at Unknown Sites .................................................. n/a Home games in BOLD CAPS Joseph’s this weekend as well. In net, Shane First Meeting .............. May 6, 1966 (Towson 14-7) * - Colonial Athletic Association games Brennan made 11 saves in his first victory of Last Meeting .....................................March 16, 2019 # - CAA Tournament | Hempstead, N.Y. ..................................#2 Duke 12, #5 Towson 10 2021, paired with another dozen at Virginia Streak ...........................................................Towson -3 ^ - Campus Sites for 23 on the season. Towson’s riding game $ - NCAA Quarterfinals has been strong, limiting opponents to a .657 ! - NCAA Semifinals | Rentschler Field (East Hartford, Conn.) percentage through two games. @ - NCAA Championship | Rentschler Field (East Hartford, Conn.) 2021 Statistics Leaders 2021 Statistics Leaders Points Brody McLean 9 Points Michael Sowers 13 Goals Brody McLean 6 Goals Dyson Williams 6 Assists Brody McLean 3 Assists Michael Sowers 8 EMG Greg Ey, Andrew Milani 1 EMG Four Players 1 GBs Garrett Zungailia 12 GBs Jake Naso 16 Shots Brody McLean 12 Shots Dyson Williams 20 NCAA Championship Weekend Rentschler Field Goalkeeping Leaders Goalkeeping Leaders East Hartford, Conn. Saves Shane Brennan 23 Saves Mike Adler 15 GAA Shane Brennan 13.77 GAA Turner Upgren 7.83 May 29-31, 2021 Sv% Shane Brennan .460 Sv% Turner Upgren .591 1 2021 TOWSON LACROSSE Game Notes | Game 3 | rv Towson vs. #1/#1 Duke | Johnny Unitas ® Stadium | Towson, Md. 2021 Honors USILA/Dynamic Coaches Poll INDIVIDUAL Coach Nadelen’s Week 2 | as of Feb. 15, 2021 Colby Barsz Weekly Availability: Week 4 CAA Rookie of the Week (Feb. 16) Rank Team Record Pts. (1st) Monday - February 22 1 Duke 3-0 420 (10) Koby Smith Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America First Team Practice - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2 North Carolina 2-0 415 (6) USILA Preseason All-America Second Team Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 3 Virginia 2-0 399 (5) Preseason CAA Defensive Player of the Year CAA Preseason All-Conference Team 4 Syracuse 0-0 366 (1) Tuesday - February 23 5 Maryland 0-0 356 Staff Practice - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 6 Penn State 0-0 329 Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 7 Notre Dame 0-0 300 TEAM 8 Georgetown 0-0 245 Wednesday - February 24 9 Denver 2-2 233 Ranked in Polls Game vs. Mount St. Mary’s | 5 p.m. USILA - rv (2/1), rv (2/9), rv (2/15) Postgame Press Conference 10 Ohio State 0-0 222 Media - rv (2/15) 11 Loyola 1-0 218 US Lacrosse - Thursday - February 25 12 Army West Point 0-1 174 Practice - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 13 UMass 0-0 140 Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 14 Cornell 0-0 102 15 Lehigh 0-0 97 Friday - February 26 16 Villanova 0-0 87 Practice - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 17 Rutgers 0-0 86 Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 18 Richmond 0-1 84 19 Penn 0-0 82 Saturday - February 27 20 Johns Hopkins 0-0 64 Game at Richmond | 4 p.m. Also Receiving Votes: High Point, Stony Postgame Press Conference Brook, Yale, Princeton, Bryant, Bucknell, Navy, UAlbany, Robert Morris, Towson, Michigan, Sunday - February 28 UMBC, Drexel, Utah, Air Force, Saint Joseph’s, Off Day Hofstra Inside Lacrosse Media Poll Week 1 | Records as of Feb. 9, 2021 Media Procedures Rank Team Record Pts. (1st) 1 Duke 3-0 355 (6) - Towson game notes will be made available to the 2 North Carolina 2-0 352 (3) media and the public 24 hours prior to a Towson 3 Virginia 2-0 349 (7) men’s lacrosse game. 4 Syracuse 0-0 337 - Members of the Towson Athletics Media Relations 5 Maryland 0-0 312 staff will escort media representatives to the 6 Penn State 0-0 268 appropriate areas following the conclusion of the 7 Notre Dame 0-0 251 game. For the foreseeable future, all postgame 8 Ohio State 0-0 223 interviews will be conducted via Zoom. 9 Georgetown 0-0 221 10 Denver 2-2 203 - The Towson locker room, home and away, is 11 Loyola 1-0 197 closed to the media at all times. 12 UMass 0-0 170 - Coach Nadelen and selected Tiger players will be 13 Army West Point 0-1 143 brought to the designated interview area. At home 14 Lehigh 0-0 91 games, that area is the Field View Room on the top 15 High Point 1-0 89 floor of the Field House. 16 Richmond 0-1 85 17 Rutgers 0-0 72 - After a 10-minute cooling off period, the visiting team coaches and selected players will appear 18 Villanova 0-0 70 in the interview room. After the visiting team 19 Johns Hopkins 0-0 69 finishes, Coach Nadelen and selected players will 20 Stony Brook 1-0 28 appear in the interview room. Also Receiving Votes: Cornell, Penn, Dela- ware, UAlbany, Princeton, St. John’s, Bucknell, - We ask the media to please say what outlet they Jacksonville, Towson, Michigan, Hobart, Bry- are with before asking questions.