MEDIA INFORMATION Date Wednesday, May 2 | 7:00 p.m. Location Amherst, Mass. | Garber Field Live Video Click Here Audio WNST-AM 1570 | Listen Online Live Stats Click Here Game Notes Towson Blog TowsonTigers.com Twitter @Towson_MLAX TOWSON TIGERS Record 7-7, 2-4 CAA Ranking n/a (USILA), n/a (Inside Lacrosse) Last Game April 28 - at Saint Joseph's (L, 6-3) Head Coach Shawn Nadelen (Johns Hopkins, 2001) UMASS MINUTEMEN Record 13-0, 6-0 CAA Ranking No. 1 (USILA), No. 1 (Inside Lacrosse) Last Game April 27 - at Delaware (W, 17-6) Head Coach Greg Cannella (UMass, 1988)

Opening Face-Off Looking to snap a four-game losing streak, the Towson men's lacrosse team travels to top-seeded and No. 1-ranked UMass on Wednesday for the opening round of the CAA Tournament. The Tigers (7-7, 2-4 CAA), who will be competing in their eighth CAA Tournament and first since 2010, are the No. 4 seed. Towson met UMass in the CAA Tournament semifinals in 2010, topping the Minutemen13-6 at home. Opening faceoff is set for 7 p.m. and all the action can be heard live on WNST-AM 1570 with Spiro Morekas and Hunter Lochte calling the action.

Updating the Tigers
After winning five consecutive games to become nationally-ranked, the Tigers have dropped four straight to even their record at 7-7. Towson still qualified for the CAA Tournament though by virtue of their head-to-head win at Hofstra, which also had a 2-4 mark in CAA action. Towson's leading goal scorer during the regular season was Sean Maguire, who posted 19 goals to go along with six assists. Sophomore Thomas DeNapoli leads the Tigers in points with 27 on 15 goals and a team-high 12 assists. Faceoff specialist Ian Mills has won 88 of 157 (56 percent) matchups in the 'X' this year and he's also posted a team-high 47 groundballs. In the cage for the Tigers is junior Andrew Wascavage, who has a 9.53 goals-against-average and has saved 56.7 percent of shots face this season. Wascavage is just two games removed from stopping a career-high 21 shots against No. 19 Drexel.

Scouting the Minutemen
UMass is ranked No. 1 in both the Nike/InsideLacrosse Media Poll and the USILA Coaches Poll. At 13-0, the Minutemen are the only remaining unbeaten team in the country. UMass posted its first perfect regular-season since 1969 by winning at Delaware on Friday. The Minutemen are led by Tewaaraton nominee Will Manny, who leads the team in points (65), goals (39) and assists (26).

Towson-UMass Series History
Wednesday's game will be just the sixth all-time meeting between Towson and UMass. The programs met in 1963, but then did not play again until 2010. The squads will be playing for the fifth time since 2010 when they battle on Wednesday. UMass leads the all-time series 3-2 after defeating the Tigers at home this season, 14-3, on April 7. Towson won the only other meeting at Garber Field, 10-9, on April 10, 2010. The Minutemen have won two straight against the Tigers.


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