Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Set To Host Fairfield Saturday

University of Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Game Notes & Information

Game 11	Massachusetts (6-4, 1-1 CAA) vs. Fairfield (6-5, 1-1 CAA)
Date \| Time	Saturday, April 16, 2022 \| 3:30 PM
Location	Garber Field \| Amherst, Mass.
Live Statistics	Sidearm
Watch	UMass Sports Network
Series History	Massachusetts leads, 13-4 Last: Massachusetts 21, Fairfield 14 Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium \| Fairfield, Conn. \| April 24, 2021
Twitter	@UMassAthletics \| @UMassMLacrosse
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Against Fairfield

- Massachusetts is 13-4 since the series began in 1997. The Gorillas have won the past five straight meetings with the Stags as Fairfield's last victory against UMass came in 2017. Massachusetts won last year's meeting in Fairfield, Connecticut, 21-14.

To Quickly Recap

- Massachusetts tied the score at 1-1 with 9:25 remaining in the first quarter, but that would be as close as the squad would come as Towson never trailed in the contest to hand UMass a 12-9 setback on April 9.
- Mike Tobin had a team-high four points on the day for UMass on a goal and three assists while collecting four groundballs. Kevin Tobin contributed two goals and an assist and Logan Liljeberg added three points on a goal and two assists and recorded three groundballs. Gabriel Procyk scored twice for his second straight 20-goal season and third of his career, while also corralling five groundballs. Caleb Hammett won 13 of 23 faceoffs and had a team-high nine groundballs in the contest.
- Austin Stewart opened the scoring for Towson at the 12:09 mark of the first quarter with Matt Weigand responding with the equalizer for the Gorillas from Kevin Tobin at 9:25.\
- The Tigers then followed up by scoring the next three straight to build a 4-1 lead before the teams traded goals for the remainder of the half. Liljeberg scored with 4 seconds left before the intermission to bring UMass within two of Towson at the break.
- After the Tigers killed off a penalty to begin the second half, Kyle Berkley expanded their lead back out to three at 7-4. Kevin Tobin scored twice in a span of 1 minute, 18 seconds to make it a one-goal game, but Towson went on to net the next four to build a five-goal cushion at 11-6 to help cement the win.
- The Tigers out-shot UMass 45-39, with the Gorillas leading in shots on goal, 25-24. Towson went 2-for-4 in extra man situations, while limiting Massachusetts to a 0-for-5 day. Goalkeeper Matt Knote registered 12 saves for the Gorillas.

Knote Earns Weekly Honor

- Junior goalkeeper Matt Knote was selected as the CAA Player of the Week on April 4 after playing a pivotal role in the Gorillas' 11-10 overtime victory over Delaware on April 2.
- The Speonk, New York native made a season-high 20 saves against the Blue Hens, including 12 in the second half and overtime, limiting Delaware to one goal over the final 32:59 as UMass rallied from a five-goal deficit.

Gorillas Among The CAA and NCAA Leaders

- Kevin Tobin is second in the CAA in assists per-game with 15 over eight contests for a 1.88 average, while Logan Liljeberg is eighth (1.40 a/gm). Tobin also ranks sixth in points per-game at 3.62 with 29 over eight games.
- Matt Knote leads the CAA in goals against average (10.50), is second in save percentage (.533) and third in saves per-game (12.00). He is 16^th nationally in GAA.
- Caleb Hammett has won 113 of 191 faceoffs for a .592 winning percentage over 10 games to lead the CAA and ranks 13^th in the nation in faceoff percentage. He is 13^th nationally in groundballs per-game (7.60) and second in the CAA. Teammate Zack Hochman (25-for-59, .431) sits ninth in the conference.
- Gabriel Procyk is tied for third in the conference in man-up goals with five on the season and is tied for 20^th nationally.

Milestone Watch

- Kevin Tobin currently has 141 career points and is seven 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 326 career saves to date, recently breaking into the top-15 all time in program history and is nine 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.
- Sophomore Aidan Kaminska netted his first career goal at Towson on April 9.

Next Man Up Mentality

- With Chris Connolly and Kevin Tobin both missing time with injuries this season, several Gorillas stepped up to contribute offensively as Grant Breyo, Mike Tobin, Logan Liljeberg and Shane O'Leary all have double digit goal totals through nine games. The four are tied for third on the team in goals with 12 apiece.
- Mike Tobin 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 seven of 10 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 Matthew 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 returned 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.
- Procyk has posted his second straight 20-goal campaign as he currently has 20 on the season through 10 contests and sits second on the team with 26 points.

Adding Experience

- UMass added three transfers in attack Logan Liljeberg from Sacred Heart, midfielder Anthony Sericolo from Hartford and midfielder James Caddigan from Colgate heading into 2022.
- 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.
- Liljeberg has bolstered the UMass offense thus far this year with 26 points in nine games on 12 goals and 14 assists. He ranks third on the team in points, second in assists and tied for third in goals.

Reloading The Bench

- Head coach Greg Cannella, who is in his 28^th season at the helm and 30^th overall on the bench for Massachusetts has 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 137 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 play their final road game of the regular season at Hofstra on Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m. UMass will then host Drexel on Friday, April 29, under the lights at Garber Field at 6 p.m. on Lax Sports Network to close out the regular season.

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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

Zack Hochman

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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