University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass To Host Hobart in ECAC Matchup
April 09, 2008 | Men's Lacrosse
April 9, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. -
UMASS (4-5, 2-1) vs HOBART (5-4, 2-2)
Saturday, April 12, 2008 • 1 p.m.
Garber Field
Amherst, Mass.
Radio: WRNX 100.9 FM
UMass To Host Hobart in ECAC Matchup
• Coming off a 13-8 victory at St. John's last Saturday, the Minutemen will return home to continue conference play against Hobart this weekend. UMass found its offense in a huge way on Saturday as the Minutemen posted a season-high 13 goals. Junior Tim Balise scored a career-high six goals and added an assist for a career-best seven points in the victory. The Minutemen moved to 4-5 overall and 2-1 in the ECAC with their second win in a row.
• The Minutemen are currently in third place in the ECAC, with the Hobart Statesmen sitting in fourth place. UMass has three other conference match ups left this season including games against Georgetown, Fairfield, and Rutgers. UMass will look to earn their third straight win and increase their lead over Hobart in league standings.
• Saturday's game will aired on 100.9 FM WRNX in Western Massachusetts. Live streaming video, audio and Gametracker will be available on UMassAthletics.com.
Tim Balise Gains ECAC Honors
• Junior Tim Balise (Wilbraham, Mass.) was named the ECAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week as announced by the league office on Monday. Balise scored a career-high six goals and had a career-best seven points in a 13-8 win at St. John's. It was the most goals in a game by a UMass player since Jeff Zywicki had six vs. Syracuse in the NCAA tournament in 2005. Balise had four goals in the first half as UMass built a 10-3 halftime lead. It is the most goals scored by an ECAC player in a game this season. Balise shares the league honors with Hobart's Daryl Veltman.
ECAC Co-Offensive Players of the Week to Face Off Against Each Other
• Tim Balise shared the ECAC honors with Hobart's Daryl Veltman. Veltman, a senior attack, scored a game-high five goals to lead Hobart to an 8-6 ECAC victory over Penn State on Saturday. His fourth goal of the day--a back-to-the-goal, underhand shot--gave him 100th for his career. Veltman is just the 16th Statesman to reach that career milestone and the first to do so playing exclusively at the Division I level. Veltman leads the ECAC in goals per game (3.00) and points per game (4.33).
The Series With Hobart
• The rivalry between UMass and Hobart was restarted four years ago when the Statesmen joined the ECAC in 2005. That 2005 game marked the first time in 20 years UMass and Hobart matched up. UMass leads the all-time series 6-2 and is 3-1 at Garber Field.
• Saturday's game marks the ninth time these two teams have met. UMass leads the all-time series 6-2 and is 3-1 at Garber Field. Last season, UMass defeated Hobart 17-12 on the road.
• Last year, the Minutemen defeated the Statesmen at Hobart 17-12.
• The last time UMass lost to Hobart was on May 4, 1985 in Geneva, N.Y. Hobart won the first meeting, 13-2 in 1972 in the USILA Semifinals.
Last Season: UMass 17, Hobart 12
Game 10 • April 14, 2007 • McCooey Field, Geneva, N.Y.
GENEVA, N.Y. - Eleven different Minutemen scored as UMass busted out for its biggest offensive output of the season with a 17-12 win at Hobart's McCooey Field on Saturday. Jim Connolly tied his career high with five goals including an amazing over-the-head goal in the second quarter while sitting on the ground. Tim Balise added two goals and Brett Garber tallied a pair as well. Brian Jacovina and Rory Pedrick each handed out three assists and scored once for four points, apiece.
Despite allowing a season-high 12 goals, UMass' defense was solid in holding two of nation's leading scorers at bay most of the afternoon. Daryl Veltman, who came into the game fourth in the nation in goals per game, didn't score until the fourth quarter. Jamie Kirk, who was sixth in the nation in points coming into the game, had two goals and two assists.
Hobart made a late rally as they cut the lead to 14-9 before a pair of UMass players scored their first goals of the season. Sam Moody made it 15-9 with 8:15 followed by Fred Federico, who netted his first goal of the season to make it 16-10 with 6:48 left in regulation.
