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UMass Men's Lacrosse Heads Out To Hofstra
April 03, 2019 | Men's Lacrosse
Minutemen travel to Long Island for Sat., April 6 game at 1 p.m.
| University of Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Game Notes & Information | |
| Game 11 | Massachusetts (7-3, 1-0 CAA) vs. Hofstra (3-7, 0-1 CAA) |
| Date | Time | Saturday, April 6, 2019 | 1 p.m. |
| Location | James M. Shuart Stadium | Hempstead, N.Y. |
| Live Statistics | StatBroadcast |
| Watch | Hofstra All-Access |
| Series History | Massachusetts leads, 25-20 Last: #16 Massachusetts 10, Hofstra 6 CAA Tournament Semifinal • Amherst, Mass. • May 3, 2018 |
| Game Notes | Massachusetts | Hofstra | 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 213-145 overall (59.5 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.
Top Guns
UMass men's lacrosse ranks as the top-scoring offense in the CAA through March 30, 2019 with 20.9 points, 12.8 goals and 8.1 assists per game. The Minutemen also have the top-scoring individual player in sophomore attack Chris Connolly, who produces an average of 4.67 points per game.
When The Train Is On The Tracks...
Jeff Trainor approaches the 100-point mark entering play at Hofstra. Trainor sports 99 career points via 53 goals and 46 assists in 40 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 (92).
The Percentage Game
Senior faceoff specialist Tom Meyers won at least 60 percent of his draws in sevem of 10 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 140-for-218, a 64.2 percent win rate. He has already reset his single-season career highs for faceoffs won, faceoffs taken and groundballs (84).
The Rock
Senior goalie Sean Sconone leads the CAA in goals-against average (7.72) and save percentage (.630) and is second across the league with 12.60 saves per game. Sconone posted five or fewer goals allowed in four games: UMass Lowell (2), Utah (2), NJIT (4) and Brown (5) and also had a 70.0 percent or better save percentage against UMass Lowell (.818), Utah (.818), Brown (.762) and NJIT (.714).
