Men’s Lacrosse @ Towson Preview

Probable Starters:

UMBC (1-6):
A- Shane Ryznar (7 goals, 0 assists, 5 GB)
A- Matt Latham (12 goals, 0 assists, 12 GB)
A- Rob Grimm (6 goals, 5 assists, 8 GB)
M- Jamie Kimbles (8 goals, 7 assists, 7 GB)
M- Bobby Stockton (11 goals, 3 assists, 6 GB)
M- Kyle Wimer (8 goals, 12 assists, 13 GB)
LSM- Mike Camardo (1 goal, 1 assists, 30 GB, 25 CT)
D- Bobby Atwell (13 GB, 8 CT)
D- Matt Kresse (7 GB, 4 CT)
D- Lance Ophof (8 GB, 5 CT)
G- Kevin Kohri (38 GA, 25 saves, 39.7 save%)
FO- J.D. Harkey (61-62, 49.6 FO%, 19 GB)

Key Reserves:
A- Chris Jones (1 goal, 0 assists, 7 GB)
M- Maxx Davis (1 goal, 4 assists, 19 GB, 10 CT)
M- Scott Hopmann (1 goal, 9 assists, 0 GB)
M- Nick Doub (0 goals, 0 assists, 1 GB)
SSM- Jordan Pierce (10 GB, 5 CT)
D- Brian Schneider (1 GB, 0 CT)
D- Aaron Verardi (1 GB, 1 CT)

Key Wins: @ Rutgers (6-5)
Key Losses: vs. Delaware (11-10), vs. Stony Brook (14-11)

Towson (2-5)
A- Matt Lamon (3 goals, 1 assist, 2 GB)
A- Matt Hughes (6 goals, 3 assists, 10 GB)
A- Tim Stratton (7 goals, 8 assists, 20 GB)
M- Brock Armour (1 goal, 3 assists, 4 GB)
M- Will Harrington (14 goals, 2 assists, 5 GB)
M- Christian Pastirik (15 goals, 9 assists, 6 GB)
SSM- Peter Mezzanotte (24 GB, 13 CT)
D- Joe Wascavage (5 GB, 5 CT)
D- Marc Ingerman (5 GB, 2 CT)
D- Ben Strauss (13 GB, 7 CT)
G- Travis Love (47 GA, 67 saves, 58.8 save%)
FO- Matt Thomas (58-62, 48.3 FO%, 33 GB)

Key Reserves:
A- Stephen Norris (6 goals, 2 assists, 6 GB)
M- Pat Britton (4 goals, 2 assists, 3 GB)
M- Carl Iacona (2 goals, 1 assist, 12 GB)
D- Cameron Zook (10 GB, 2 CT)

Key Wins: vs. Navy (10-9), vs. Delaware (9-7)
Key Losses: vs. Bucknell (13-9), vs. Stony Brook (14-11)

The men’s lacrosse team not nearly as bad as their record indicated and their strength of schedule will show that. But the problem is Towson is the only team to play a tougher schedule. When looking at common games, Towson beat Delaware, both lost to Stony Brook by the same score, but Towson struggled a bit more against Maryland.

But the thing is, to be honest, UMBC should not lose another game the rest of the regular season. They have a lot of talent on the team but five straight nationally ranked opponents really hurt the team’s record. Assuming the losses have not caused the team to give up they have the talent to be a very good team.