No. 2-Seeded Men's Lacrosse Takes on Top-Seeded Towson for CAA Championship

Saturday, May 4

Towson, Md.

3:30 PM

University of Delaware

Towson University

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No. 2-Seeded Men's Lacrosse Takes on Top-Seeded Towson for CAA Championship

5/3/2024 2:17:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware men's lacrosse team is set for its third consecutive CAA Championship game appearance as the No. 2-seeded Blue Hens square off against top-seeded Towson on Saturday, May 4. Game time is set for 3:30 p.m. at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

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The Blue Hens look to become the first CAA three-peat champions since Towson won back-to-back-to-back championships from 2015 to 2017.

ABOUT THE HENS

Delaware finished the regular season with an 8-4 overall record, going 6-1 in CAA action with the Blue Hens' only loss being to Towson.
The Hens went 3-2 at home and 5-1 on the road this season.
UD comes off a 13-12 win in overtime against Fairfield in which Mike Robinson sent Delaware to its third straight CAA Championship game with the game-winner
UD leads the nation in least amount of turnovers per game at 12.92.
The Blue Hens are ranked third in both man-up offense scoring percentage (.559) and scoring defense (9.00).
Delaware is ranked 10th in scoring margin at 4.15 and seventh in saves per game at 13.85.
Senior goaltender Kevin Ellington leads the country in save percentage (.603) and was named the 2024 CAA Defensive Player of the Year.
Ellington is second in the CAA in goals against average (9.17), but leads in save percentage.
The Hens had eight All-CAA players in total, the most of any CAA team.
JP Ward joined Ellington on the First Team while Mike Robinson, Aidan Fritz, Reed Kurtz, and Matt Mongomery were all named Second Team.
Freshmen Louie Atkinson and John McCurry were named to the All-Rookie team.

ABOUT THE TIGERS

Towson finished the regular season with a 7-0 record in CAA play, the first team to ever go undefeated in CAA action.
The Tigers defeated Drexel 18-8 on Thursday, May 2 in the first semifinal matchup to advance to the championship.
The Tigers rank in the top-10 in 10 national team rankings.
Towson ranks first in scoring defense, averaging 8.60 goals allowed to opponents.
They are ranked second behind Notre Dame in scoring margin at +5.87 and are eighth in scoring margin.
They are the only CAA team in the top-10 in both scoring defense and scoring offense.
The Tigers had seven players named to the All-CAA team including the Offensive Player of the Year in Nick DeMaio and the Coach of the Year in Shawn Nadelen.

SERIES HISTORY

This will be the 70th matchup all-time between the two rivals.
Towson took the last contest 11-10 back on April 26 in Delaware Stadium.
Delaware defeated Towson last season in the CAA Semifinals after falling to the Tigers in the regular season.

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