University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
Towson
Men's Lacrosse Returns To Garber Field On Saturday
April 11, 2018 | Men's Lacrosse
Minutemen play host to Towson Tigers at 1 p.m.
| University of Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Game Notes & Information | |
| Game 12 | [RV/RV] Massachusetts (7-4 overall, 2-0 CAA) vs. Towson (4-6, 1-1) |
| Date | Time | Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 1 p.m. |
| Location | Garber Field | Amherst, Mass. |
| Live Statistics | Statbroadcast |
| Watch | UMass All-Access (Free) |
| Series History | Towson leads, 9-4 Last: #12 Towson 9, Massachusetts 4 • May 4, 2017 Unitas Stadium • CAA Championship Game |
| Game Notes | Massachusetts | Towson | CAA |
| Team Records | Massachusetts | Towson |
| @UMassAthletics | @UMassMLacrosse | |
| UMass Men's Lacrosse | |
| Tickets | Available through the UMass Ticket Office |
Staying Power
Head coach Greg Cannella reached career win No. 200 in the midst of his 24th season at the helm of the Minuteman program, one of the longest tenured coaches active in Division I men's lacrosse. He is the second-longest tenured head coach at one institution and fifth nationally in terms of total years spent as a Division I head coach. Cannella began his time as the leader of the team ahead of the 1995 season and, since then, won 10 or more games during seven campaigns. He guided the Minutemen to eight NCAA Tournament appearances and currently stands at 201-141 overall (58.8Â win percentage).
When Cannella was hired, the following had not been invented yet...
• Nintendo 64 (1996)
• The DVD player (1996)
• Google (1998)
• The iPod (2001)
• MySpace (2003)
...and the following events were yet to happen:
• 2018 NFL Hall of Fame class members Brian Dawkins (1996), Ray Lewis (1996), Terrell Owens (1996), Randy Moss (1998) and Brian Urlacher (2000) debut in the league
• J.K. Rowling publishes the first Harry Potter book (1997)
• Tiger Woods wins his first major championship (1997)
• The International Space Station is launched (1998)
• SpongeBob Squarepants debuts on Nickelodeon (1999)
• George W. Bush is elected president, the first time (2000)
• Major League Lacrosse plays its inaugural game (2001)
Carr In The Driver's Seat
Senior attack/midfield Buddy Carr leads the team and ranks second in the CAA with 2.27 goals per game through 11 contests (25 total). Adding in his 1.64 assists per game (second-most), Carr stands second in the league with 3.91 points per game.
Carr's 43 points already puts the Exeter, New Hampshire, native 17 ahead of his prior single-season best of 26 earned as a sophomore in 2016.
His 25 goals best his prior high-mark of 20 in 2016, while his 18 assists are also greater than his previous one-year best (eight in 2016, '17).
Train-oring For This Moment
Sophomore midfielder Jeff Trainor earned promotion to the first-line midfield ahead of the contest against No. 11 Yale. Since then, over eight games, Trainor owns 27 points via 13 goals and 14 assists. He is the top-scoring midfielder on the team in 2018 and second only to Buddy Carr (30-20-10) in points over the last eight contests.
Goals From Longpoles
UMass men's lacrosse sports two multi-goal long-pole players on the active roster in close defenseman Isaac Paparo (5) and long-stick midfielder Shane Rinkus (6). Paparo leads all current Minutemen long-poles with 13 points via his five goals and eight assists. Rinkus is second with eight total points (six goals, two assists).
Get Yourself Middies Who Can Do Both
Two UMass short-stick defensive midfielders impact the game on offense and as part of the faceoff and clear and ride units in senior Jake Marino and redshirt sophomore Billy Philpott. Combined, Marino (1G, 2A) and Philpott (4G, 1A) own eight points this season via five goals and three assists. Additionally, the duo has 16 groundballs and 14 caused turnovers between them.
Paparo For The Course
Isaac Paparo recorded five groundballs and three caused turnovers at No. 16 Army. It was his third career game with five or more groundballs and his seventh with three or more caused turnovers. Paparo also recorded three caused turnovers each against Harvard and at Brown, the eighth and ninth-such games of his career.
His defensive success against the Black Knights reflected a continuation of his sophomore year output, which included 46 groundballs and a program-record 33 caused turnovers. He enters the game against Towson with the most caused turnovers among active Minutemen (58) and the second-most groundballs (104), behind only faceoff specialist Noah Rak (238).
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