Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Set To Open 2022 At #11/10 Army West Point

University of Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Game Notes & Information
Game 1	Massachusetts at #11/10 Army West Point
Date \| Time	Saturday, February 12, 2022 \| 12 PM
Location	Michie Stadium \| West Point, N.Y.
Live Statistics	Sidearm
Watch	ESPN+
Series History	Series tied 14-14 Last: Army 17, Massachusetts 4 Michie Stadium \| West Point, N.Y. \| February 8, 2020
Twitter	@UMassAthletics \| @UMassMLacrosse
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Against Army West Point

- Massachusetts is 14-14 all-time against Army West Point, having last faced the Black Knights on Feb. 8, 2020. UMass has played Army 10 times in the past 11 seasons entering 2022 with 2021 being the lone exception as the game was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols.
- The Black Knights, coming off a 7-4 campaign in 2021, begin 2022 ranked No. 11 in the USILA Coaches Poll and No. 10 in the Inside Lacrosse Media poll.

Back For More

- The Gorillas have five players on this year's roster entering their fifth seasons with the Maroon & White: attack/midfielder Jack Siebert, midfielder Kevin Tobin, attack Chris Connolly, defenseman Sam Eisenstadt and midfielder Kevin Cutinella.
- Tobin led UMass in scoring last season with 31 points.

20-20 Vision

- Massachusetts is returning two 20-goal scorers from 2021 in senior Gabriel Procyk and sophomore Dillon Arrant who put up 21 and 20 goals, respectively. Procyk enters the year tied for fourth all-time in man-up goals with 15 in his career, four shy of matching Ben Spencer (2016-19) for the program record.
- Arrant's 20-goal season as a rookie in 2021 tied for the 10^th most by a freshman in program history.

Connolly Back In Action

- After losing starting attackman Chris Connolly to injury just two games into the 2021 campaign, the fifth-year player is back healthy for UMass in 2022.
- Connolly enters his fifth season in the Maroon & White as the highest scoring active player on the roster as he ranks 21^st all-time with 139 career points. He is 11^th all-time in assists, as well, three shy of cracking the top-10 in program history.

Adding Experience

- UMass has added three transfers in attack Logan Liljeberg from Sacred Heart, midfielder Anthony Sericolo from Hartford and midfielder James Caddigan from Colgate
- Liljeberg put up 138 points (73 goals, 65 assists) over 49 games for the Pioneers with 108 groundballs and 24 caused turnovers. He served as team captain and earned All-NEC First-Team honors after finishing third in the conference at 4.09 points per-game. He was a USILA Scholar All-American and a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection.
- Sericolo played two seasons at Hartford and logged 22 points in 13 games on 15 goals and 7 assists with 15 groundballs.
- Caddigan captained Colgate's squad in 2021 and was a three-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member. He logged 66 points (43 goals,23 assists) with 48 groundballs and four caused turnovers.

Reloading The Bench

- Head coach Greg Cannella, who is entering his 28^th season at the helm and 30^th overall on the bench for Massachusetts will have three new faces joining him on the sidelines in 2022: Noah Fossner, Kyle Smith and Ron Hamwey.
- Fossner, a 2011 Delaware graduate and former goalkeeper, comes to UMass with a decade's worth of Division I coaching experience with previous stints at his alma mater as well as Harvard, Boston University and Rutgers.
- Smith a 2014 UMass graduate, returns to his alma mater following a seven-year stint with Merrimack where he helped the warriors to two national titles at the Division II level.

Welcome To The Troop

- Massachusetts has eight first-year players on its roster this season: Attack Coltrane Tyson (Burlington, Ontario), midfielders Sebo Birse (Salem, Mass.), Brady Hoff (Ipswich, Mass.), John Krisch (Huntington, N.Y.) and Sam Mattson (Wrentham, Mass.) and defensemen Corey Frydman (Boca Raton, Fla.), Matthew Petitto (Wakefield, Mass.) and Zachary Relovsky (Kinnelon, N.J.).

Leading The Way

- Graduate student Chris Connolly, graduate student Sam Eisenstadt and senior Matthew Hill will serve as the team's captains for the upcoming 2022 campaign.
- The trio has combined to play in 116 career games to date for the Gorillas.

Preseason Accolades

- Massachusetts had three individuals selected to the 2022 Preseason All-CAA Team. Midfielder Kevin Tobin, defenseman Sam Eisenstadt and goalkeeper Matt Knote represented UMass on the list of honorees.
- Tobin appeared in all 10 games in 2021 and made seven starts as a member of the first-line midfield or attack and was a 2021 Division 1 NEILA All New England Second Team honoree.
- Eisenstadt collected his second consecutive All-CAA Second Team accolade at close defense in 2021, as he also earned a spot in 2019. He registered the most groundballs among UMass defensemen (25) and caused seven turnovers as well.
- Knote is coming off a sophomore campaign that saw him post a 10.81 goals against average and a .536 save percentage over 10 games. The Speonk, N.Y., native also notched 14 groundballs and three caused turnovers in 2021, making 10 or more saves in eight games with 12+ in five outings. He was an All-CAA First Team and CAA All-Tournament Team selection last season while also earning a spot on the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.

Looking Ahead

- Coming off the season opener at Army this Saturday, UMass will play host to UMass Lowell next Saturday, February 19 at 1 p.m.
- The Gorillas will close out the opening month of the season at Boston University on Feb. 26.

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