Homestand Continues For Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Saturday Against LIU

University of Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Game Notes & Information

Game 6	Massachusetts (2-3) vs. LIU (3-3)
Date \| Time	Saturday, March 12, 2022 \| 12 PM
Location	Garber Field \| Amherst, Mass.
Live Statistics	Sidearm
Watch	UMass All-Access
Series History	UMass leads 4-0 Last: Masachusetts 14, LIU 10 Garber Field \| Amherst, Mass. \| March 20, 2020
Twitter	@UMassAthletics \| @UMassMLacrosse
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Parking For Home Games At Garber

- During campus hours of operation. M – F, 7:00am – 5:00pm, event parking for Garber Field is available in the Parking Garage, meters or ParkMobile locations. Outside of those days and times attendees may utilize any non-restricted, non-reserved space campus wide.

Against LIU

- Massachusetts Is 4-0 all-time against LIU (formerly C.W.) Post, including a thrilling comeback victory on Garber Field on March 10, 2020 in the teams' most recent meeting. The Gorillas out-scored the Sharks 6-1 in the fourth quarter to rally for a 14-10 victory.

To Quickly Recap

- Massachusetts trailed 2-0 to start the contest but rattled off the next five goals to defeat UAlbany 12-9 at Garber Field this past Tuesday.
- The Gorillas had eight scorers combine for the squad's 12 goals with no individual putting up more than two in a balanced effort. Senior Gabriel Procyk led the way with four points on two goals and two assists, while junior Mike Tobin contributed three points (2g, 1a) and sophomores Grant Breyo and Shane O'Leary had two goals apiece.
- Sophomore Caleb Hammett won 16 of 21 faceoffs and snagged 10 groundballs, senior Matt Weigand had a goal, an assist, five groundballs and a caused turnover and graduate student Sam Eisenstadt logged three groundballs and three caused turnovers.
Facing a 2-0 deficit, Breyo got UMass' offense rolling with his seventh of the season off a dish from Procyk at the 4:43 mark of the first quarter, extending his scoring streak to five straight games to start the year.
- Graduate student James' Caddigan's goal with 10 seconds remaining in the first capped the five-goal run for the Maroon & White, bringing the score to 5-2.
- Senior Anthony Sericolo gave the Gorillas' their largest advantage of the day, 10-5, to start off the scoring with 11:08 to go the third quarter.
- The Great Danes' made a push at a rally with a three-goal run to close the gap to two, but Tobin and Procyk helped preserve the win with scores at 4:08 and 2:00 of the fourth quarter before UAlbany closed things out with a man-down goal at 1:20.
- UMass out-shot UAlbany 33-26 and 30-22 in shots on goal and was successful on 18 of 19 clear attempts to the Great Danes' 19 for 23.
- Junior Matt Knote made 10 saves in between the pipes for the Gorillas.

Milestone Watch

- Kevin Tobin currently has 123 career points and is 25 points shy of passing Jeff Trainor (2017-21) to become the highest scoring midfielder in program history.
- Gabriel Procyk (97 points) is three points away from becoming the 44^th member of UMass' 100-point club.
- Sam Eisenstadt has 32 career caused turnovers (18^th all-time) and is four shy of cracking the top-15 in program history.
- Matt Knote has 261 career saves to date, three away from matching Tom Walters (1978-80) for 15^th on the all-time list.

First Of Many

- Massachusetts had five players net their first UMass goals in the season opener against Army as those five Gorillas accounted for 10 of the squad's 13 tallies in the contest.
- Transfers Logan Liljeberg and Anthony Sericolo combined for five goals against the Black Knights, with Liljeberg posting a hat trick.
- Sophomore Shane O'Leary posted his first career hat trick with his first three goals of his collegiate career, while classmate Grant Breyo collected his first career goal in his second season with the Maroon & White.
- Freshman John Krisch picked up his first career goal in his collegiate debut. Graduate transfer James Caddigan added an assist for his first UMass point. John Crehan and Jack Wittmaack also made their collegiate debuts at Army.

Next Man Up Mentality

- With Chris Connolly and Kevin Tobin sidelined with injuries, several Gorillas have been stepping up to contribute offensively as Mike Tobin, Shane O'Leary and Grant Breyo are all currently tied for second in goals on the squad through five games with eight apiece.
- Mike Tobin has already surpassed his career high of six goals in seven games in 2020.
- O'Leary and Breyo, both sophomores, came into the 2022 campaign with zero career goals between them. Both have hat tricks to their credit thus far this year and Breyo has scored at least one goal in all five games.

More First Timers

- In the 19-9 win over UMass Lowell on February 19, 12 individuals combined for Massachusetts' 19 tallies, including the first two goals of James Caddigan's UMass career and first collegiate goals for Mason Bregman, Jackson Cummings and Matt Hill.
- Bregman was one of 10 Gorillas who saw their first collegiate action in the victory, along with Sebo Birse, Tyler Bluse, Brady Hoff, Aidan Kaminska, Sam Mattson, Matthew Petitto, Owen Quinn, Zachary Relovsky and Coltrane Tyson
- Mike Tobin netted his first career hat trick at Yale on March 5.

Record Setting Man Up Day

- Massachusetts went 7-for-8 in extra-man opportunities against UMass Lowell on February 19, setting a new program single-game record for man up goals in a single game. UMass had six extra-man goals on two occasions prior since the stat has been tracked: May 21, 2005 against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Tournament and March 13, 1999 vs. Fairfield.

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 entered the year tied for fourth all-time in man-up goals with 15 in his career, and is now one 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.

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 127 career games to date for the Gorillas.

Band of Brothers

- The 2022 Massachusetts men's lacrosse roster features two pairs of siblings in Kevin Tobin and Mike Tobin and James Caddigan and Matt Caddigan. It marks the first time since 2001 that UMass has had two sets of brothers on its active roster. Other Gorilla brothers include...

Bret Caretsky (2005-06) and PJ Caretsky (2005-06)
Jim Connolly (2006-09) and Ryan Connolly (2002-05)
Chris Gabrielli (1998-2001) and Keith Gabrielli (1998-2001)
Brendan Hegarty (2014-16) and Tyler Hegarty (2012)
John Hutchen (1997, '99, 2000) and Paul Hutchen (1999, 2001, '02)
Derek Kunkel (2001-02) and Rich Kunkel (1998-2001)
Anthony Reale (2016-2019) and Joe Reale (2006-09)
Ben Spencer (2016-19) and Devin Spencer (2017-2021)
Gene Tundo (2002-06) and Matt Tundo (2004)

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

- UMass will wrap up its three-game homestand with a mid-week tilt against Vermont on Wednesday, March 16 at 1 p.m. The squad will then close out the non-conference slate at No. 16/19 Brown on Saturday, March 26 before opening CAA action at Delaware on Saturday, April 2.

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Players Mentioned

Dillon Arrant

Sebo Birse

Tyler Bluse

Mason Bregman

Grant Breyo

James Caddigan

Matt Caddigan

Chris Connolly

John Crehan

Jackson Cummings

Kevin Cutinella

Sam Eisenstadt

Corey Frydman

Caleb Hammett

Matthew Hill

Brady Hoff

Aidan Kaminska

Matt Knote

John Krisch

Logan Liljeberg

Sam Mattson

Shane O'Leary

Matthew Petitto

Gabriel Procyk

Owen Quinn

Anthony Reale

Zachary Relovsky

Anthony Sericolo

Jack Siebert

Ben Spencer

Devin Spencer

Kevin Tobin

Mike Tobin

Jeff Trainor

Coltrane Tyson

Matt Weigand

Jack Wittmaack

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