Stratton Lifts Towson to Second Straight Win
from press release
TOWSON, Md. -- Junior attackman Tim Stratton
scored a season-high three goals and added an assist to lead the
Tigers (3-5) to their second straight win, a 10-7 non-conference
victory over UMBC (1-7) at Johnny Unitas® Stadium on Wednesday
evening.
The Tigers also snapped a three-game losing streak against the
Retrievers and improved to 27-14 all-time against their local
rivals.
"This was a great win for us, especially since we had not beaten
UMBC in three years," Towson Coach Tony Seaman said. "I thought our
defense played well again tonight and Travis (Love) was terrific in
the goal for us. We have won two in a row, but now, we have a huge
game against UMass on Saturday."
Led by a goal and an assist from Stratton, the Tigers jumped out to
a 3-0 lead over the Retrievers in the opening ten minutes of the
first quarter. However, sophomore attackman Shane Ryznar responded
for the Retrievers by scoring back-to-back goals in a 74-second
span to narrow the deficit to 3-2.
The Tigers extended their advantage to 5-2 with 8:48 remaining in
the second quarter on a pair of goals from senior midfielder Will
Harrington and freshman attackman Matt Hughes. But, freshman
attackman Scott Jones scored an extra-man goal with 7:12 left in
the stanza, cutting the UMBC deficit to 5-3.
After the teams traded goals in the first four minutes of the third
quarter, the Tigers upped their advantage to 8-4 with 6:50
remaining in the period. Sophomore attackman Matt Lamon scored an
unassisted goal to give Towson a 7-4 edge before junior midfielder
Pat Britton scored his sixth goal of the year off an assist from
Harrington.
But, the Retrievers responded by scoring three straight goals to
close the margin to 8-7 with 8:51 left in the fourth quarter.
Senior midfielder Kyle Wimer scored two goals during the spurt
while freshman midfielder Nick Doub added the first goal of his
college career off an assist from freshman attackman Joe
Lustgarten.
But, Stratton secured the victory for the Tigers by scoring
back-to-back goals for a three-goal advantage with 2:36
remaining.
While Stratton led the Tigers with three goals and an assist,
Harrington contributed a goal with two assists. Junior goalkeeper
Travis Love made 11 saves for the Tigers, including seven in the
second half.
Wimer scored two goals with two assists to lead the Retrievers in a
losing effort while Ryznar contributed two goals. Freshman
goalkeeper Adam Cohen made a season-high 12 saves for UMBC, which
was outshot by a 37-27 margin. Cohen had eight of his 12 saves in
the first half.
The Tigers will return to their Colonial Athletic Association
schedule on Saturday afternoon when they travel to the University
of Massachusetts for a 1 p.m. game against the seventh-ranked
Minutemen. Meanwhile, UMBC will travel to Binghamton on Saturday to
face the Bearcats at 7 p.m.
College Men's Lacrosse: Towson University 10, UMBC 7
UMBC (1-7) 2-1-3-1 / 7
Towson (3-5) 3-2-3-2 / 10
Goals: UMBC - Kyle Wimer 2, Shane Ryznar 2, Matt Latham 1, Scott
Jones 1, Nick Doub 1; TOW - Tim Stratton 3, Pat Britton 2, Will
Harrington 1, Christian Pastirik 1, Matt Hughes 1, Matt Lamon 1,
Kevin Lalley 1. Assists: UMBC - Joe Lustgarten 2, Kyle Wimer 2; TOW
- Will Harrington 2, Brock Armour 1, Christian Pastirik 1, Tim
Stratton 1. Saves: UMBC - Adam Cohen 12 (60:00, 10 goals allowed);
TOW - Travis Love 11 (60:00, 7 goals allowed). Shots: UMBC - 27;
TOW - 37. Extra-Man Opportunities: UMBC - 2 for 4; TOW - 2 for 3.
Attendance: 2,850.
Post-Game Notes:
- The Tigers have won three of their last four home games ... They
are 3-2 at Unitas Stadium this season ... In addition, they are 6-6
at home since the start of last season.
- Ryznar's goal with 1:42 left in the quarter ended a scoreless
streak of 42 minutes, 17 seconds by the Tigers' opponents ... The
Tigers held Delaware without a goal for the final 28:59 en route to
a 9-7 victory on Saturday.
- The Tigers improved to 3-3 this season when scoring first ... It
also marked the first time this season they led after the first
quarter.
- The Tigers have now held their opponents to just seven goals in
each of the last three games.
- After being limited to three extra-man goals in 23 opportunities
from Mar. 13 to Mar. 27, the Tigers have converted five of their
last eight extra-man chances ... They were 2 for 3 with the
extra-man advantage against the Retrievers on Wednesday night.
- Harrington recorded the 13th multi-point game of his career ...
It also marked the first time he has posted a multi-assist game in
his college career.
- Harrington and graduate student Christian Pastirik have scored a
goal in each of the Tigers' eight games this season.
- Stratton posted the 25th multi-point game of his career on
Wednesday night ... He also had a season-high four points in the
win over UMBC.
- Britton tallied his sixth career multi-goal game on Wednesday ...
It was his seventh career multi-point effort.
- All of Britton's eight points this season have come in the second
half ... In addition, five of his six goals have been scored in the
third quarter.
- Since becoming the Tigers' goalkeeper prior to their win over
Navy, Love has made 66 saves and posted a .595 save percentage ...
He has made at least ten saves in each of his five starts.
- The Retrievers were limited to seven goals or less for the fifth
time this season.
- Jones and Doub each scored the first goal of their college
careers for the Retrievers on Wednesday ... In addition, Lustgarten
tallied the first points of his career with two assists.
