Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Hosts Drexel Friday Night In Regular Season Finale

University of Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Game Notes & Information

Game 13	Massachusetts (7-5, 2-2 CAA) vs. Drexel (6-6, 2-2 CAA)
Date \| Time	Friday, April 29, 2022 \| 6 PM
Location	Garber Field \| Amherst, Mass.
Live Statistics	Sidearm
Watch	Lax Sports Network
Series History	Massachusetts leads, 8-7 Last: Drexel 13, Massachusetts 8 Shuart Stadium \| Hempstead, N.Y.. \| May 6, 2021
Twitter	@UMassAthletics \| @UMassMLacrosse
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Against Drexel

- Massachusetts is 8-7 all-time against Drexel since 2010. UMass faced the Dragons three times in 2021, winning the first meeting in Amherst, 13-7 on March 20, but falling 12-11 at Drexel on April 3 and again in the CAA Tournament, 13-8.

To Quickly Recap

- Massachusetts built a 3-0 advantage and never trailed en route to a 13-9 road victory over Hofstra at James M. Shuart Stadium last Saturday.
- Kevin Tobin registered a team-high five points with a hat trick and two assists, while contributing three groundballs. With his first assist of the day he became the highest scoring midfielder in UMass history, passing Jeff Trainor (2017-21) with his 148th career point. Logan Liljeberg chipped in four points, logging a hat trick for a second straight game and dishing an assist. Aidan Kaminska also added three tallies on the day for his first collegiate hat trick.
- Goals from Liljeberg, Kaminska and Gabriel Procyk put the Gorillas up 3-0 through one quarter of play. Hofstra responded with the first two goals of the second quarter to pull within one before UMass countered with another three-goal run to push its lead to four. The Pride went on to score three goals in 1 minute and 18 seconds to close out the half and make it a 6-5 margin at the break.
- The teams traded goals twice in the third quarter before Tobin's tally at the 2:05 mark began a stretch of four straight tallies for Massachusetts that helped secure the win. Carter Castillo opened the fourth with his first career goal, followed by a pair from Kaminska that helped the Gorillas build their largest lead of the day, five, at 12-7 with 8:29 to play.
- Hofstra netted two then Tobin completed his hat trick with 1:42 left to cap the scoring.
- The Pride edged UMass in shots, 38-37, while shots on goal were even at 24 apiece. The Gorillas corralled 34 groundballs to Hofstra's 25, led by Caleb Hammett's nine as he also won 16 of 25 faceoffs for the Maroon & White. Goalkeeper Matt Knote made 15 saves for Massachusetts.

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 leads the CAA in points per-game with 40 over nine contests for a 4.00 average. He is second in the CAA in assists per-game (1.80) and ranks seventh in goals per-game at 2.20. Logan Liljeberg ranks tied for sixth in assists per-game with 1.50 per contest.
- Matt Knote leads the CAA in save percentage (.539) and is second in goals against average (10.84) and saves per-game (12.67).
- Caleb Hammett has won 150 of 246 faceoffs for a .610 winning percentage over 12 games to lead the CAA and also leads the conference in groundballs per-game with 8.33. He is eighth in the country in faceoff percentage and groundballs per-game.
- Kevin Tobin is third in the CAA in man-up goals with six, while Grant Breyo and Gabriel Procyk are tied for fourth with five apiece.

Milestone Watch

- Sam Eisenstadt has 36 career caused turnovers (tied 13^th all-time) and is one shy of moving in to a tie for 12^th on the list.
- Matt Knote has 358 career saves to date, recently breaking into the top-15 all time in program history and is currently 13^th all-time, 56 behind Sean Sconone (2016-19) for 12^th.

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 12 games. Liljeberg is third on the squad with 18 goals, while Breyo follows with 15 and O'Leary and Mike Tobin have 13 apiece.
- Mike Tobin has doubled 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 nine of 12 games.

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 and junior Carter Castillo collected his first collegiate tally at Hofstra on April 23.

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 22 on the season through 12 contests and sits third on the team with 29 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 36 points in 12 games on 18 goals and 18 assists. He ranks second on the team in points, is tied for first in assists and is 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, came 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, returned 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 141 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)
John Martin (1972-75) and Paul Martin (1975-76, '78)
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

- If UMass defeats Drexel on Friday, the Gorillas will secure a CAA Tournament berth. The Dragons will host the 2022 CAA Tournament with semifinal games being played on Thursday, May 5, and the championship on Saturday, May 7.

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Massachusetts Men's Lacrosse Hosts Drexel Friday Night In Regular Season Finale

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Tyler Bluse

Mason Bregman

Grant Breyo

James Caddigan

Matt Caddigan

Carter Castillo

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

Sean Sconone

Anthony Sericolo

Jack Siebert

Ben Spencer

Devin Spencer

Kevin Tobin

Mike Tobin

Jeff Trainor

Coltrane Tyson

Jack Wittmaack

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