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Towson Tops #7 UMass, 10-9, In CAA Lax Battle
April 10, 2010 | Men's Lacrosse
April 10, 2010
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AMHERST, Mass. - Towson's Carl Iacona scored the game-winning goal with 8:17 left in the fourth quarter to lift the Tigers to a 10-9 upset win at #7 UMass on a sun-splashed Saturday at Garber Field. In a game that featured seven ties, the Tigers (4-5, 2-0 CAA) were able to withstand UMass (7-3, 2-1) in the final minutes and win their third game in a row. UMass junior goalie Tim McCormack made a career-high 18 saves and Anthony Biscardi had his second-career hat trick in the defeat.
UMass saw its four-game winning streak come to and end as the Minutemen suffered their first-ever loss as a member of the CAA.
Freshman Will Manny had two goals and an assist for three points. Senior Bobby Hayes playing his final regular-season home game at Garber Field had a pair of assists. Senior All-American defenseman Diogo Godoi scored his first-career goal and played solid defense all afternoon.
Will Harrington led Towson with three goals in addition to three others with a pair: Iacona, Matt Lamon and Christian Pastirik.
UMass rallied from two-goal deficits twice in the second half to tie the game at nine and seven. Biscardi scored UMass' second goal in a span of 23 seconds to knot the game with 9:34 left in the fourth. Ryan Hantverk brought the Minutemen within one on a tally off a pass from Ryan Liebel with just under 10 minutes left in the fourth.
The Minutemen seemed to have momentum heading to the fourth quarter as Godoi scored on a full field rush and his bouncce shot beat Towson's Travis Love with 1:25 left in the third. But Towson came out in fire to start the fourth as Lamon and Harrington scored in the first 3:10 for a 9-7 lead.
The game was back-and-fourth in the first half and stood tied after the first quarter at 2-2 and at halftime at 5-5. The Minutemen tied the game just prior to halftime on Kyle Smith's team-leading fifth man-up goal of the season off a feed from Hantverk with 40 seconds left in the first half.
Love made 10 saves for Towson, which outshot the Minutemen 35-30. The Tigers also won the groundball war, 26-22. The Tigers didn't turn the ball over in the first half, but finished with 11 miscues.
In addition to Godoi and Hayes, it was the final regular-season home game for seniors captain Ryan Smith, 00.html" >Christian Hain, Will Jeffery and Kevin Wright.
UMass returns to action next Saturday in another CAA battle at Delaware. Action gets underway at 1 p.m.
