No. 2-Seeded Men's Lacrosse Falls to Top-Seeded Towson in CAA Championship, 15-6

Saturday, May 4

Towson, Md.

3:30 PM

University of Delaware

9-5

Towson University

13-3

Delaware

Towson

Photo by: Mikey Reeves

No. 2-Seeded Men's Lacrosse Falls to Top-Seeded Towson in CAA Championship, 15-6

5/4/2024 6:25:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

TOWSON, Md. – The University of Delaware men's lacrosse team fell to top-seeded Towson 15-6 in the 2024 CAA Championship, Saturday afternoon at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

HENS HIGHLIGHTS

Freshman Tyler Owings tallied two goals on the day.
JP Ward had three points on two assists and one goal.
Mike Robinson, John McCurry, and Cam Acchione each had a goal.
Kevin Ellington recorded 12 saves, his sixth straight game with double figure saves.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After about seven minutes of scoreless action in the first quarter, Towson took a 2-0 lead on back-to-back goals from Chop Gallagher and Bode Maurer. Maurer added one more before McCurry answered for the Hens to cut the deficit to two, 3-1, with 3:26 left. The Tigers added a fourth goal with 12 seconds left to take a 4-1 lead into the second quarter.
In the second, Cam Acchione found nylon at the 13:34 mark on an assist from Ward to cut the Towson lead to 4-2. The Tigers outscored the Hens 5-1 before the break with UD's third goal of the game coming from Owings who found the top left corner of the Towson net. The Tigers took a 9-3 lead into the locker room.
In the third, the Tigers held the Hens to just one goal and tallied five goals for the second quarter in a row, outscoring Delaware 10-3 between the second and third quarters.
Robinson led off the fourth with his 40th goal of the year to cut it to a nine-goal deficit at 14-5. Despite Owings's second goal of the contest at the 2:30 mark, Delaware dropped its second straight game to the Tigers.

GAME NOTES

Robinson, Ellington, and Hank D'Ambrogi were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Delaware's three first half goals were the fewest goals scored in the first half this season.
UD's six goals scored were tied for the fewest goals scored in a game this season.

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