Men's Lacrosse Returns Home To Open CAA Play Against Delaware Saturday

University of Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Game Notes & Information

Game 9	Massachusetts (5-3) vs. Delaware (6-3)
Date \| Time	Saturday, April 2, 2022 \| 1 PM
Location	Garber Field \| Amherst, Mass.
Live Statistics	Sidearm
Watch	Lax Sports Network
Series History	UMass leads 14-8 Last: Delaware 9, UMass 6 Delaware Stadium \| Newark, Del. \| April 30, 2021
Twitter	@UMassAthletics \| @UMassMLacrosse
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Against Delaware

- Massachusetts is 14-8 all-time against Delaware since the series began in 1962. The Gorillas have won the last two meetings with the Blue Hens at Garber field but dropped the most recent road matchup between the squads last season on April 30, 9-6.

To Quickly Recap

- University of Massachusetts men's lacrosse set the tone by holding No. 17 Brown off the scoreboard in the first quarter and came away with a 10-7 victory over the Bears on the road on March 26 for the team's fourth straight win.
- Kevin Tobin led the charge for the Minutemen offensively with five points on four goals and an assist, while Gabriel Procyk followed with four points (3g, 1a) and Logan Liljeberg chipped in with three assists and a caused turnover. Over X, Caleb Hammett won 8 of 16 faceoffs and collected five groundballs.
- It took until the 6:19 mark of the first quarter, but Kevin Tobin opened the scoring and UMass led 1-0 through 15 minutes of play.
- Brown responded with a 3-0 run with three tallies in 2 minutes, 32 seconds before Procyk and and Kevin Tobin knotted the score back up at 3-3. The Bears added two more before Shane O'Leary made it a one-goal game at the break on a dish from Tobin.
- Kevin Tobin started off the second half with his third of the day before Griffin King gave Brown the lead one final time at the 13:26 mark, 6-5. UMass then proceeded to hold the Bears scoreless for the next 26 minutes while putting up five straight tallies before George Grell broke up the drought for the Bears with the final tally of the game with 2:25 to go in the fourth after the Gorillas had built a four-goal cushion with under three minutes to play.
-Brown out-shot UMass, 46-40, but the Gorillas led in shots on goal, 22-21 and grabbed 24 groundballs to the Bears' 21.
- Matt Knote finished the day with 14 saves. UMass converted 1-of-4 extra man opportunities, while holding the Bears to 0-for-2 on the afternoon.

Gorillas Among The CAA Leaders

- Gabriel Procyk's team-high 18 goals over eight games for a 2.25 average ranks him seventh in the CAA. He is tied for the conference lead in man-up goals with five on the seson.
- Kevin Tobin leads the CAA in assists per-game with 14 over six contests for a 2.33 average, while Logan Liljeberg is 10^th (1.25 a/gm). Tobin also ranks second in points per-game at 3.83 with 23 over six games.
- Matt Knote is second in the CAA in goals against average (10.44), second in save percentage (.515) and third in saves per-game (11.00).
- Caleb Hammett has won 79 of 144 faceoffs for a .549 winning percentage over eight games. He is second the CAA, while teammate Zack Hochman (25-for-58, .431) sits seventh in the conference. Hammett sits second in the conference in groundballs per-game at 6.50.

Milestone Watch

- Kevin Tobin currently has 135 career points and is 13 points shy of passing Jeff Trainor (2017-21) to become the highest scoring midfielder in program history.
- Sam Eisenstadt has 33 career caused turnovers (tied 16^th all-time) and is three shy of cracking the top-15 in program history.
- Matt Knote has 294 career saves to date, recently breaking into the top-15 all time in program history and is 11 away from matching Gerry Moreau (1981-85) for 14^th all-time.

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 both missing time with injuries early this season, several Gorillas stepped up to contribute offensively as Grant Breyo, Mike Tobin, Logan Liljeberg and Shane O'Leary have all reached double digits in goals through eight games with Mike Tobin and O'Leary currently tied for second in the team with 11 apiece, while Liljeberg and Breyo follow with 10 goals each.
- 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 six of eight 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 in 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 has surpassed Ben Spencer (2016-19) for the program record with 20 to his credit.
- 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 are serving as the team's captains this season.
- The trio has combined to play in 133 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

- The Gorillas will travel to their first CAA road game of the season on Saturday, April 9, at Towson at noon, before returning home to face Fairfield on Saturday, April 16 at 3:30 p.m. UMass will then play its final road game of the regular season at Hofstra on Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m.

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