University of Delaware Athletics
Blue Hens Looking to Knock Off No. 7 Towson Saturday in CAA Action
4/15/2016 12:50:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Delaware (4-8, 1-1 CAA) vs. #7/6 Towson (6-4, 0-1 CAA)
📅 DATE: Saturday, April 16, 2016
🕕 TIME: 12 noon
📍 LOCATION: Johnny Unitas Stadium, Towson, Md.
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STORY LINE
Two longtime rivals will go at it again Saturday when the Blue Hens look to pull off the upset and down #7 Towson Saturday at Unitas Stadium. The teams will meet for the 57thtime since 1961 and will square off for the 41st straight season since 1976. Delaware is looking to bounce back from a 13-7 setback at Hofstra last Saturday and move back into the thick of the CAA standings and put themselves in a position for a postseason playoff berth. Defending CAA champion Towson (10-1, 2-0 CAA) has won five straight, including an 11-8 win over UMass last Saturday. The Tigers are 7-0 at home and have won eight straight at Unitas Stadium since the 2015 season.
LAST TIME OUT
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (Apr. 9, 2016) -- A slow start doomed the Blue Hens in their Colonial Athletic Association battle at Hofstra as Delaware fell behind 8-1 in the first half and could never catch up as part of a 13-7 setback at Shuart Stadium.
Delaware (4-8, 1-1 CAA), coming off a 9-7 win over Massachusetts in their league opener the previous week, could not keep that momentum going as the Blue Hens fell behind quickly, pulled to within five goals early in the final stanza, but could never get closer. The Hens fell to Hofstra for the sixth straight time since a win in the 2011 CAA semifinals.
Blue Hen redshirt freshman Andrew Romagnoli led the Hens with two goals and an assist while sophomore Dean DiSimone, the reigning CAA Player of the Week, added two goals, Steve DeLargy contributed a goal and an assist, and Connor Frisina tallied one goal. Goalkeeper Parker Ferrigan also contributed 11 saves in goal.
HEN SCRATCHINGS
• Delaware has gone 4-4 since opening the season with an 0-4 mark (outscored 42-24).
• The Hens are 1-1 vs. USILA Top 20 teams this season with a 5-1 loss at No. 16 Navy on Feb. 21 and a 9-7 win over No. 19 Massachusetts on Apr. 2. A victory by Delaware over Towson this week would mark UD's first win over a USILA Top 10 team since defeating then No. 8 Villanova in 2012. Delaware has not defeated a team ranked as high as No. 7 since a 7-6 victory over then No. 4 Hofstra in 2011.
• Sophomore Dean DiSimone was named the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week after scoring three goals in the win over Massachusetts on Apr. 2.
• DiSimone, who scored just two goals over the first nine games of the season, recorded his second straight hat trick vs. UMass after notching three goals and three assists in the 15-11 loss at Rutgers on Mar. 26. He became the first UD player since Grant Kaleikau (“clay-cow”) in 2013 to score 10 points in a two-game stretch and the first to record back-to-back hat tricks since Dan Keane scored three or more goals in three straight games in 2014.
• Delaware currently ranks No. 25 in the NCAA in caused turnovers (7.5), No. 34 in groundballs per game (28.1), and No. 37 in faceoff winning pct. (.509)
• Individually, Sam Walsh ranks No. 37 in faceoffs (.523)
• Delaware freshman longstick midfielder Austin Haynes ranks No. 8 among all freshmen nationally in groundballs (3.7) and No. 4 among all freshmen in caused turnovers (1.2)
• Delaware senior co-captain and midfielder Steve DeLargy has scored a point in team-leading eighth straight games
• Junior attack Paul Major, the team's leading goal-scorer, has notched three hat tricks this season, including a career-high five vs. Rutgers on Mar. 25
• Senior shortstick middle John O'Connor ranks No. 6 all-time at Delaware in career caused turnovers with 38 (three shy of No. 5)
• Redshirt freshman Andrew Romagnoli, a first-year transfer from Marquette, netted six goals in a 14-6 win over VMI on Mar. 1. His six goals tied the UD single game freshman record of six set by Tom Ervin vs. Hofstra in 1986
• Delaware GK Parker Ferrigan scored a goal in the first half of the 12-11 overtime win over Binghamton on Mar. 12. He became the first UD goalkeeper to score since Jamie Blalock tallied a goal vs. Penn State in 1993
• Delaware is 30-50 all-time in CAA play (.375) and is looking for its first league championship since the 2011 season. The Hens also won CAA titles in 2005 (regular season), 2007 (tournament; NCAA Final Four); and 2010 (tournament).
DELAWARE LEADERS
Scoring: Paul Major (19 goals-8 assists); Andrew Romagnoli (17-7); Steve DeLargy (12-6); Dean DiSimone (10-4); Anthony Disanzo (7-3); Joe Eisele (7-3)
Goalkeeping: Parker Ferrigan (12 games, 11 starts, 118 goals, 10.99 GAA, 98 saves, .454 pct., 4-7 W-L)
Faceoffs: Jake Hervada (47 of 87, .540); Sam Walsh (79 of 151, .523)
Groundballs: Austin Haynes - 40; John O'Connor - 29
Caused Turnovers: Austin Haynes - 13; John O'Connor - 12
SERIES INFORMATION
Delaware and Towson meet for the 57th time since 1961 on Saturday with the Tigers holding a 39-17 advantage, including four straight victories. The teams have played every season since the 1976 campaign. Towson won 12-7 last year at Delaware Stadium as the Tigers jumped out to a 6-1 lead after the one quarter and moved on from there. Joe Seider scored four goals for Towson while Tom Holland, Jeff Heath, and Brian Kormondy each scored twice for Delaware. Delaware's last win in the series was an 8-7 victory in 2011 at Delaware Stadium. The Hens have lost four straight at Towson since a 10-7 win in the 2007 CAA Tournament championship game.
• Shawn Nadelen (Johns Hopkins '01) is 47-30 in his 5th year at Towson. He has led Towson to CAA titles and NCAA Tournament berths in 2013 and 2015.
TOWSON LEADERS
Scoring: Ryan Drenner (19-17); Joe Seider (23-3); Spencer Parks (14-11); Ben McCarty (14-6); Mike Lynch (9-7)
Goalkeeper: Tyler White (11 games, 11 starts, 69 goals, 6.56 goals against average, 85 saves, .552 save pct., 10-1 W-L); Matt Hoy (5 games, 0 starts, 8 goals, 15.93 GAA, 0 saves, .000 save pct., 0-0 W-L)
Faceoffs: Alec Burckley (100 or 182, .549, 48 GB); Steve Stillwell (15 of 32, .469, 6 GB)
Groundballs: Alec Burckley - 48; Zach Goodrich - 28
Caused Turnovers: Tyler Mayes - 14; Mike Lowe- 11
