University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
#4 Yale
Men's Lacrosse Squares Off With No. 4 Yale On Saturday
February 28, 2019 | Men's Lacrosse
Minutemen travel to Bulldogs for 3 p.m. tilt at Reese Stadium
| University of Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Game Notes & Information | |
| Game Four | Massachusetts (1-2) at #4/4 Yale (1-1) |
| Date | Time | Saturday, March 2, 2019 | 3:00 p.m. |
| Location | Reese Stadium | New Haven, Conn. | Directions |
| Live Statistics | Presto Sports |
| Watch | ESPNplus | Yale GameCentral |
| Series History | Massachusetts leads, 19-9 Last: #5 Yale 15, #15 Massachusetts 13 • Reese Stadium • New Haven, Conn. • May 12, 2018 |
| Game Notes | Massachusetts | Yale | CAA |
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Staying Power
Head coach Greg Cannella reached career win No. 200 in the midst of his 25th 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 207-144 overall (59.0 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) play their rookie seasons
• Spacecraft Pathfinder lands on Mars (1997)
• 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)
• Tom Brady is drafted by the New England Patriots (2000)
• Major League Lacrosse plays its inaugural game (2001)
The only current coach with a longer tenure at one institution is Notre Dame's Kevin Corrigan (31st season).
Mount St. Mary's head coach Tom Gravante was hired before the 1995 season, but missed all of 2005 due to illness and the team's official records attributes the 2005 season head coaching record to interim program leader Nick DeFelice. Due to that, 2018 tallies as Gravante's 23rd year with the Mount.
Wheeling & Dealing
Chris Connolly handed out a career-high-tying five assists and added a pair of goals for a single-game personal best seven points against Army on Feb. 9, 2019. Connolly is the only Minuteman in the last five-plus seasons with five or more assists in a single game (2014-present). It includes a five-assist outing at Fairfield in 2018. The last Minuteman with five or more assists in a game prior to Connolly was Will Manny (six at Hofstra, April 20, 2013).
Welcome To The Gorillas
Freshman attack Gabriel Procyk started and posted five points on four goals and one assist during the season-opener against Army, his first collegiate game. It is the most by a rookie in his UMass debut in at least the last 20 seasons. He is second on the team in points through two games with eight via seven goals and an assist.
Two-Way Play
Redshirt junior midfielder Billy Philpott starts on the team's top offensive midfield and also serves as the primary short-stick defensive midfielders in 2018, a role he adapted to over the final 12 games of the 2018 season. Philpott is the team's first two-way midfielder to start for the Minutemen since Brian Jacovina did so in 2005-07, during which Jacovina accumulated 78 of his 84 career points.
20-20 Vision
Senior goalie Sean Sconone posted a career-high-tying 20 saves against No. 13 Ohio State on Sat., Feb. 16. It marked Sconone's second career game with 20 stops as he previously hit the 2-0 mark at Fairfield on April 21, 2018.
