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No. 2 UMass Hosts Harvard Under The Garber Lights
• It's primetime lacrosse as No. 2 Massachusetts host Harvard on Tuesday night (7 PM) under the lights of Garber Field. The Minutemen are looking to stay undefeated on the season, while the Crimson have won a pair of tough Ivy League contests entering Tuesday's non-conference finale for UMass.
• The game will feature a pair of the nation's top attackmen in Harvard's Jeff Cohen (t-1st, 4.0 gpg) and UMass' Will Manny (t-6th, 3.0 gpg). For Cohen and the Crimson, however, they will have to get past the UMass defense ranked 4th nationally and goalie Tim McCormack who ranks 5th in the country in goals-against-average and save percentage.
• The game will be televised in Western Mass on CBS3 Now with Adam Frenier and Norm Smith calling the action.
• A live video stream of home games and select road games will be available during the year through UMass All-Access which is a subscription based service. The streaming video works best on a high-speed internet connection. Monthly packages begin at $9.95 which includes all games from sponsored CBS College Sports-affiliated schools.
Last Time Out: Win At No. 14 Penn State
• Mike Fetterly scored 68 seconds into overtime to keep the No. 3 UMass men's lacrosse team undefeated with a 9-8 win at No. 14 Penn State on Saturday afternoon. The Minutemen trailed Penn State 7-5 going into the fourth quarter, but rallied with three straight goals to end up forcing overtime. The game was the third consecutive to be decided by one goal and the second to go to OT. Fetterly added an assist to finish the game with three points. Will Many led UMass with three goals, while Kyle Smith and Art Kell each added two goals. Tim McCormack was solid in goal once again making 13 saves including five in the fourth quarter.
Up Next: Vs. Saint Joseph's (Saturday)
• The Minutemen return to Garber Field this Saturday as the second of a three-game homestand with CAA foe Saint Joseph's visiting. The opening face-off is set for 1 PM and the game will be televised on CBS3 Now.
Last Meeting vs. Harvard
• Dean Gibbons scored with 2:30 left in the fourth quarter to cap Harvard's 11-9 comeback win over No. 14 UMass at a frigid Harvard Stadium last March. Harvard (6-2) scored five goals in a row bridging the third and fourth quarters to rally from an 8-4 deficit. Gibbons had given Harvard its first lead of the game with 8:19 left in the fourth. UMass (5-3 overall) tied the game on a Ryan Hantverk goal with 4:57 left to tie the game at 9-9.
• Harvard came back from an 8-4 deficit in the third quarter as the Crimson scored the final four goals of the third quarter to tie the game at 8-8.
Minutemen Garner Highest Ranking Ever
• At No. 2 in the USILA Coaches Poll, the UMass men's lacrosse program has achieved its highest national ranking ever. This season, in 2003 and in 2001, the Minutemen were ranked No. 3 marking the previous high for a national rank. At 7-0, UMass is one of just three teams to remain undefeated this year.
Manny Added To Tewaraaton Watch List
• After a blazing start to the season, Will Manny was one of three players to be added to the Tewaraaton Watch List in March. Statisically one of the top offensive players in the country, Manny leads the Minutemen in goals and assists showing his ability to set up others just as often as his own ability to score.
Biscardi Named To Tewaraaton Watch List
• Anthony Biscardi was named one of 73 players on the 2012 Tewaraaton Watch List which was announced in mid-February. This is the second straight year the midfielder has been on the Watch List for college lacrosse's highest honor.
Minutemen Picked 2nd In CAA
• On the heels of a 10-5 season in 2011 which saw the Minutemen advance to the CAA Championship game, UMass was picked to finish 2nd in the CAA Preseason Coaches Poll - just one point behind favorite Delware which won the league title last season. Hofstra was picked third - just one point behind UMass in what could shape up to be a terrific CAA season.
Manny Picked As CAA Preseason Co-Player Of The Year
• Junior attack Will Manny was named the CAA Preseason Co-Player of the Year alongside Penn State goalie Austin Kaut. Manny is UMass' top returning scorer from last season where he earned All-CAA Second Team and NEILA All-New England First-Team honors.
Biscardi, Celentani Haul In Preseason Accolades
• Entering the season, Anthony Biscardi and Tom Celentani have both been in the forefront of preseason accolades from various outlets. The duo were both named to the CAA Preseason All-Conference Team alongside Will Manny. Both were also named to the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Team. In the Major League Lacrosse Draft, Biscardi was taken by the Ohio Machine in the 2nd round, while Celentani was picked up by the Denver Outlaws in the 4th round.
• Biscardi was UMass' third leading scorer a year ago with 20 goals and 10 assists. Of those 20 scores, three served as game-winners, while four came in man-up situations.
• A close defenseman, Celentani started all 15 games last year causing 22 turnovers while picking up 34 groundballs. As one of the top defensive players in the CAA, he earned second team honors.
Offensive Firepower
• Junior Will Manny has points in 35 of his 36 career games and cracked the 100-point barrier with his three-goal, four-assist effort against Bucknell this season. Manny enters the Brown game with 70 career goals and 53 career assists in 36 games. He had scored in the first 25 games of his career to mark the longest streak on UMass among all active players before the streak was ended vs. Hofstra (4/23/11) in the ESPNU Warrior Classic.
• Junior Kyle Smith scored a career-high four goals in the win at Army including a pair of critical fourth quarter goals to seal the win. He had another great game against Bucknell with 3 goals and an assist. In 2011, he had at least one goal in eight of the last nine games -- that includes his two game-winners in overtime. He finished with 11 goals and 4 assists in his second college season.
• Senior Art Kell has been on fire lately with 11 goals and 6 assists over his last four games after starting the year with 1 goal and 3 assists.
• Junior Anthony Biscardi had points in 12 of 15 games last year with 10 multiple point games. Biscardi was third on the team in points with 30 on 20 goals and 10 assists. He had eight games with at least two goals in 2011.
Tough Defense
• After posting a stout 8.33 goals-against-average last season, fifth-year senior Tim McCormack is backstopping the UMass defense to another outstanding campaign. In seven games, the Minutemen have yet to yield double-figure goals to opponents and have forced more turnovers in every game but two. For the year, UMass is forcing opponents into an average of 15.3 turnovers per game.
• Fellow close defenders Tom Celentani (12 groundballs, 10 caused turnovers) and Greg Anderson (13 groundballs, 1 caused turnovers) and Jake Smith (9 groundballs, 4 caused turnovers) anchor the nation's 4th-best ranked defensive unit.
• UMass' man-down defense was strong in 2011, allowing just 21.2 percent on the year. Opponents had just 11 goals on 52 opportunities. That ranked 10th in the NCAA. UMass ranks 16th this year (tied with Harvard) allowing opponents to go 7-for-25 (72.0) on man-up advantages.
Face-Off Aces
• UMass' tag-team duo of seniors Greg Rushing and Anthony Toresco were stellar on face-offs in 2011 winning 51.7 percent of of its draws to rank 21st in the NCAA. The pair continues to be successful for the Minutemen in 2012. Toresco leads UMass going 50-of-82 (61.0%) with 29 groundballs. Rushing is 19-of-36 (52.8%) on faceoffs with a team-best 33 groundballs.
• Toresco leads the CAA in faceoff win percentage and 12th nationally. As a team, UMass ranks 14th in the NCAA in faceoff win percentage (56.2%).
Lucky Numbers 10, 11, 13
• UMass has won 75 of its last 76 games when scoring 13 goals (98.6 win percentage), with three wins last season -- all on the road: 16-9 at Saint Joseph's (4/2), 14-6 at Providence (3/15) and 14-10 at Hartford (2/19). UMass was 3-1 in 2010 year when tallying 13 or more.
• When scoring 11 goals or more, UMass has won 61 of its last 63 games, a 96.9 win percentage. Last season, UMass had six games with 11-plus goals, all wins. The Minutemen had at least 11 goals in the first eight games of the 2010 season with a 6-2 record.
• UMass had won 45 games in a row when scoring 11 or more goals until falling at Yale, 13-12 on March 5, 2010. The Minutemen also lost to Harvard, 14-13 last season on March 13, marking the most goals UMass scored in a loss since a 16-15 defeat to Delaware on April 15, 1995. UMass had won 67 games in a row when scoring 13 or more goals.
• UMass is 52-3 in its last 55 games when scoring double-figures, (94.3 win percentage). UMass was a perfect 7-0 last year when reaching 10, with wins over Hartford, Ohio State, Providence, Saint Joseph's, Drexel, Delaware and Penn State. In 2010, UMass posted an 8-2 record when scoring 10 or more. UMass had won 29 games in a row when scoring 10 or more goals, but that streak was snapped with a 11-10 loss to Hofstra on Feb. 21, 2009. The Minutemen were 29-0 when scoring 10 or more goals from 2004-09. Prior to the loss at Hofstra, the last loss when scoring 10 goals came on May 1, 2004, a 17-10 loss at Syracuse.).
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