March 12, 2016
BALTIMORE – In a back-and-forth game that featured great defense on both ends and teams taking advantage of miscues, the No. 6 Towson men’s lacrosse team was topped 14-6 at No. 11 Johns Hopkins Saturday afternoon.
The setback at Homewood Field was the first of the year for Towson, which sits at 5-1 overall, while the Blue Jays improved to 3-2.
How It Happened
• Johns Hopkins jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead as Drew Supinski and Shack Stanwick scored in the first three minutes. Wilkins Dismuke had the assist on Supinski’s goal.
• Towson responded with back-to-back goals of its own. Off the ensuing faceoff from the Stanwick goal, Pat Conroy kicked the ball to open space, picked it up and drove right to the crease for his third career goal. Redshirt freshman Dylan Kinnear knotted the game at 2-2 with 4:38 left in the first quarter.
• The Blue Jays regained the lead on a pass from Stanwick to Ryan Brown with just under three minutes left in the first quarter.
• Once again, Towson tied the game as Brian Bolewicki dodged the right alley and stuffed home a shot low and away.
• Towson’s defense flexed its muscle for the next six minutes, including stand-up man defense from defensive midfielder Jack Adams, who shut down Hopkins’ top threat, Brown.
• Hopkins scored back-to-back goals from Stanwick and Cody Radziewicz just 45 seconds apart, with Supinski hitting for the assist on Stanwick’s goal. They were the final two goals of the first half, with the second coming at 5:43.
• The Tigers were uncharacteristically sloppy in the first half with seven turnovers, including one on the only man-up chance of the half.
• Opening the second half, Johns Hopkins struck 90 seconds into the new quarter on Bryan’s second of the day. But Towson cut the lead to one as Ben McCarty scored back-to-back goals with 13:11 and 7:37 left in the period. Both goals came unassisted.
• The Blue Jays got the lead back to two on a Kieran Eissler goal with Holden Cattoni on the assist to end the third quarter.
• Once again, it was McCarty who cut the lead to one as he logged his second-straight hat trick with 13:52 left in regulation. The Jays scored back-to-back goals from Brown and Stanwick within 90 seconds of each other.
• Midfielder Tyler Young broke up the Jays’ run with his fourth of the year, capitalizing on a questionable call by the officials at the midfield. A Towson defender appeared to push a Jay over midfield, but the officials called a loose-ball push against Hopkins, awarding the ball to Towson.
• The Blue Jays scored once on the extra-man following a slashing penalty against Towson’s Andrew Cordes. Wilkins Dismuke extended the lead to four, 11-7, with 6:53. Towson got its only assist of the game from Spencer Parks on a feed to Joe Seider.
• Johns Hopkins scored three empty-net goals in the final three minutes from Supinski, Stanwick and Brown. That combination also logged the assists in that stretch.
By The Numbers
• The Tigers got seven saves from starting goalkeeper Tyler White, who logged 56 minutes of play. Junior Matt Hoy spelled the starter for the final 4:17 of the game.
• Towson was limited to just 26 shots, but scored on eight of those chances. The Tigers put 14 shots on goal as Brock Turnbaugh made six saves.
• Faceoffs were a crucial point in the game. The Tigers won 11 of the 25 draws while Johns Hopkins won 14. Alec Burckley won six of his 18 chances. After violating on his first attempt, Conroy won four of his six faceoffs, snaring three groundballs.
• The Tigers overcame sloppy play in the first half, committing just six turnovers in the final 30 minutes, with only two in the third quarter. Hopkins committed 12 turnovers, eight of which were caused.
• Saturday’s loss was the first time the Tigers allowed double-digit goals this season.
• The Tigers are now 3-1 against Maryland schools, beating Mount St. Mary’s (9-5), No. 5 Loyola (10-8) and UMBC (14-6).
• Johns Hopkins improved to 40-4 all-time against the Tigers.
Up Next for Towson
• It will be a quick turn around for the Tigers as Towson heads to Columbus, Ohio to face its second-straight Big 10 opponent, Ohio State. • Game time is set for 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Ohio Stadium.
• Tuesday’s game will be carried on the Big Ten Network with Mike Wolf and Greg Bice on the call.