2019 TOWSON LACROSSE Game Notes | Game 3 | #9/#7 Towson at #16/#18 Georgetown | Cooper Field | Washington, D.C. 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 #9/#7 Towson (2-0) at Towson, MD 21252-0001 • TowsonTigers.com • Twitter: @Towson_MLAX • Instagram: @Towson_MLax #16/#18 Georgetown (2-0) Saturday, February 23 • Noon Opening Faceoff Scouting the Untravelled Hoyas Cooper Field • Washington, D.C. It’s back-to-back road games for the No. 9 Saturday’s game rounds out a three-game Internet Video: Hoyavision Tigers as Towson makes its biannual trip to our homestand to open the season for No. 16 nation’s capital to take on No. 16 Georgetown. Georgetown (2-0). Daniel Bucaro (7g, 6a) leads Internet Audio: Towson Sports Network Towson will be out to avenge a 12-10 loss at the the Hoyas in nearly offensive category except Play-by-Play: Ben Rosenbaum hands of the eventual 2018 Big East Champion for shots, which is paced by 22 from Jake Car- Analyst: Glenn Smith Hoyas raway (6g, 5a). Bucaro has both of the Hoyas’ Pregame Show: 11:45 a.m. extra-man goals to date. Patrick Aslanian has In The National Rankings caused a team-best seven turnovers and has The Tigers moved up in two of the three polls snarred 11 ground balls. At the X, Georgetown 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS this week, occupying the nine spot on the has struggled, with James Reilly winning 18 of FEB. 9 #7/#7 JOHNS HOPKINS ......W, 17-8 USILA Coaches’ Poll and the eight slot in the his 37 draws (.486) with six ground balls. Three 15 at Mount St. Mary’s......................W, 12-7 US Lacrosse Top 20. The Tigers held firm at Hoyas have taken faceoffs so far in 2019. Owen 23 at #16/#18 Georgetown ................Noon seventh in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. McElroy has played all 120 minutes in goal, 27 LOYOLA ............................... 6 P.M. Likewise, Georgetown found itself in the polls, making 31 saves at a .596 percent rate. He enters MARCH 8 vs. Jacksonville .......................5:30 p.m. 10 vs. Cornell ........................................1 p.m. slotting in at 16th in the Coaches’ Poll and 18th Saturday’s showdown with a 10.50 goals against 16 at Duke ..............................................1 p.m. in the Media Poll. average have surrendered double-digit goals in 23 DENVER ............................... NOON two games this season. 30 HOFSTRA ............................. NOON The Road-Tripping x2 Tigers APRIL 6 at Fairfield ........................................1 p.m. Towson makes its second road trip of the Towson-Georgetown History 13 UMASS ................................ NOON season, taking a day trip to Washington, D.C. Saturday’s matchup with be the 10th meet- 20 at Delaware ......................................Noon Towson’s offense has been strong in the ing all-time between these DMV foes. Towson 27 at Drexel ...........................................Noon early going, averaging 14.50 goals per game. leads the all-time series at 7-2, dropping a 12-10 MAY 2 CAA Semifinals ...............................# TBA Towson’s offense is led by Brendan Sunday decision at home last season, snapping a four- 4 CAA Championship # .......................TBA (7g, 3a) and his 10 points, with Brody McLean game winning streak for the Tigers against 11/12 NCAA First Round ^ ..........................TBA (8g, 1a) nipping at his heels with nine. Timmy Georgetown. In Towson’s Division I Era (1980), 18/19 NCAA Quarterfinals $ .......................TBA Monahan (1g, 5a) has been Towson’s best the Tigers are 4-2 since a 2004 postseason 25 NCAA Semifinals ! .............................TBA feeder this year, with Sunday and defenseman game won by Georgetown 15-8. Saturday marks 27 NCAA Championship @ ....................TBA Koby Smith (2g, 3a) ranking second in assists. the seventh-straight season these competitors All times EST Luke Fromert (4g, 1a) turned in his first career will meet. Towson head coach Shawn Nadelen All rankings are from the USILA Poll at time of game hat trick last week at The Mount, including two is 4-1 all-time against the Hoyas. RV = Receiving votes extra-man tallies. Defensively, Towson has been Home games in BOLD CAPS in lockdown mode this season, forcing 20 oppo- Towson-Georgetown By the Numbers * - Colonial Athletic Association games nent miscues. Gray Bodden has had six of those All-Time Series Record .........................Towson 7-2 # - CAA Tournament | Highest Seed TBA caused turnovers, with Smith causing four. at Towson .................................................Towson 2-1 ^ - NCAA First Round | Campus Sites At the X, Towson has been a force, with Alex at Georgetown .........................................Towson 2-1 $ - NCAA Quarterfinals | Hempstead, N.Y. or East Hartford, Conn. Woodall (33-48) winning at a 68.8 percent clip, at Neutral Sites ..................................................... n/a ! - NCAA Semifinals | Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Pa.) overcoming a slow start at The Mount. He leads at Unknown Sites .................................. Towson 3-0 @ - NCAA Championship | Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Pa.) with 24 ground ball. In net, the Billerica Back- First Meeting .............April 10, 1963 (Towson 15-3) stop Tyler Canto has made 28 saves, including Last Meeting ....................................... Feb. 23, 2018 18 last week in Emmitsburg. He carries a 7.50 ....................Georgetown 12, rv/#19 Towson 10 goals against average and stops at a .651 rate. Streak ........................................................... Towson -1 2019 Statistics Leaders 2019 Statistics Leaders Points Brendan Sunday 10 Points Daniel Bucaro 13 Goals Brody McLean 8 Goals Daniel Bucaro 7 Assists Timmy Monahan 5 Assists Daniel Bucaro 6 EMG Luke Fromert 2 EMG Daniel Bucaro 2 GBs Alex Woodall 24 GBs Patrick Aslanian 11 Shots Brendan Sunday 18 Shots Jake Carraway 22 NCAA Championship Weekend Lincoln Financial Field Goalkeeping Leaders Goalkeeping Leaders Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Saves Tyler Canto 28 Saves Owen McElroy 31 GAA Tyler Canto 7.50 GAA Owen McElroy 10.50 May 25-27, 2018 Sv% Tyler Canto .651 Sv% Owen McElroy .596 1 2019 TOWSON LACROSSE Game Notes | Game 3 | #9/#7 Towson at #16/#18 Georgetown | Cooper Field | Washington, D.C. 2019 Honors Nike/USILA Coaches Poll INDIVIDUAL Coach Nadelen’s Week 2 | As of Feb. 18, 2019 Tyler Canto NewDay USA Male Student-Athlete of the Week Weekly Availability: Week 4 Rank Team Record Pts. (1st) Zach Goodrich Monday - Feb. 25 1 Loyola 2-0 378 (17) 2019 Team Captain 2019 CAA Co-Preseason Player of the Year Practice - 10 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. 2 Penn State 3-0 357 (2) Preseason Inside Lacrosse Media All-American (Defensive Midfielder) Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 3 Maryland 3-0 333 Preseason All-CAA Team (Midfield) CB30 Award Honoree 4 Cornell 0-0 284 Tuesday - Feb. 26 5 Duke 3-1 280 Koby Smith Practice - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 6 Notre Dame 1-0 266 Preseason All-CAA Team (LSM) Available - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. 7 Yale 0-1 258 Brendan Sunday 8 Denver 1-1 241 2019 Team Captain Wednesday - Feb. 27 - vs. Loyola - 6 p.m. 9 Towson 2-0 227 Jimmie Wilkerson Postgame Press Conference 10 North Carolina 3-0 186 2019 Team Captain 11 Ohio State 3-0 180 Alex Woodall Thursday - Feb. 28 2019 Team Captain TBA - Contact SID 12 Virginia 1-1 168 Preseason All-CAA Team (Faceoff) Preseason Inside Lacrosse Media All-American (Faceoff) 13 High Point 3-0 135 CAA Player of the Week (2/12) Friday - March 1 14 Villanova 1-1 124 USILA Team of the Week (2/11) TBA - Contact SID 15 Army West Point 2-0 102 Staff 16 Georgetown 2-0 92 Tony Seaman (Former Head Coach) Saturday - March 2 17 Colgate 2-0 86 2018 USILA Howdy Myers Man of the Year TBA - Contact SID 18 Rutgers 2-1 66 John Stark (Media Relations) 19 Princeton 1-0 65 2018 USILA Doyle Smith Sports Information/Media Award Sunday - March 3 20 Syracuse 1-1 55 TBA Contact SID TEAM Also Receiving Votes: Marquette, Navy, Ranked in Polls Johns Hopkins, Brown, Michigan, Penn, Hof- USILA - Preseason (rv), 2/11, 2/18 Media - Preseason (rv), 2/11, 2/18 stra, Albany, Richmond, UMass, Saint John’s, US Lacrosse - Preseason (rv), 2/11, 2/18 Saint Joseph’s NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Photo of the Week (Feb. 12) Inside Lacrosse Media Poll Week 2 | as of Feb. 18, 2019 Rank Team Record Pts. (1st) Media Procedures 1 Loyola 2-0 615 (26) 2 Penn State 3-0 588 (5) - Towson game notes will be made available to the 3 Maryland 4-0 556 media and the public 24 hours prior to a Towson 4 Cornell 0-0 524 men’s lacrosse game. 5 Duke 3-1 437 - Members of the Towson Athletics Media Relations 6 Yale 0-1 404 staff will escort media representatives to the 7 Towson 2-0 403 appropriate areas following the conclusion of the 8 Notre Dame 1-0 398 game. 9 Denver 1-1 366 10 Ohio State 3-0 302 - The Towson locker room, home and away, is 11 High Point 4-0 284 closed to the media at all times. 12 Virginia 1-2 282 - Coach Nadelen and selected Tiger players will be 13 Army West Point 3-0 222 brought to the designated interview area. At home 14 North Carolina 3-0 196 games, that area is the Field View Room on the top 15 Villanova 1-1 183 floor of the Field House. 16 Colgate 2-1 170 17 Syracuse 1-1 139 - After a 10-minute cooling off period, the visiting 18 Georgetown 2-0 122 team coaches and selected players will appear in the interview room. After the visiting team 19 Rutgers 2-1 104 finishes, Coach Nadelen and selected players will 20 Princeton 1-0 60 appear in the interview room.