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Men's Lacrosse League Play Begins With Drexel On Saturday
March 28, 2019 | Men's Lacrosse
Minutemen open CAA action against the Dragons on Garber Field at 1 p.m.
| University of Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Game Notes & Information | |
| Game 10 | #16/17 Massachusetts (6-3, 0-0 CAA) vs. Drexel (4-4, 0-0 CAA) |
| Date | Time | Saturday, March 30, 2019 | 1 p.m. |
| Location | Garber Field | Amherst, Mass. | Directions |
| Live Statistics | StatBroadcast |
| Watch | UMass All-Acces (Free) |
| Series History | Massachusetts leads, 6-4 |
| Game Notes | Massachusetts | Drexel | 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 212-145 overall (59.4 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.
When The Train Is On The Tracks...
p.p1 {margin: 1.4px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 8.0px 'Myriad Pro Condensed'} Jeff Trainor approaches the 100-point mark entering play against Drexel. Trainor sports 97 career points via 51 goals and 46 assists in 39 career games playing on the first- or second-line midfields.
There are currently 41 members of the UMass Men's Lacrosse 100-Point Club, including most-recently-added Buddy Carr, who eclipsed triple digits during the 2018 season.
Sophomore attack Chris Connolly is the next-closest Minuteman to the 100-point plateau (88).
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.
Procyk added a second five-point game at NJIT on as many goals scored, a career high through seven games with the team.
He is second on the team in points through nine games with 28 via 24 goals and four assists.
The Percentage Game
Senior faceoff specialist Tom Meyers won at least 60 percent of his draws in six of nine games this season, and more than 70 percent in five of those outings. That includes against Army (21-25; .840), at Harvard (16-25; .640), at UAlbany (19-26; .731), at NJIT (13-16; .813), against UMass Lowell (15-19; .789) and vs. Utah (14-17; .824).
On the year, Meyers in 125-for-195, a 64.1 percent win rate. He has already reset his single-season career highs for faceoffs won, faceoffs taken and groundballs (75).
Stifling On The Defense
The Massachusetts defense owns a combined 5.60 goals-against average and .699 save percentage over the last five games, during which UMass only allowed 28 goals while making 65 saves. Senior goalie Sean Sconone played 271:29 of a possible 300:00 minutes during the last five games (90.5 percent) and owns all five wins. Senior close defenseman Isaac Paparo paves the way in front of Sconone with 29 groundballs and 11 caused turnovers.
