Resurgent Towson Upsets No. 7 UMass
from press release
AMHERST, Mass. -- Towson's Carl Iacona scored
the game-winning goal with 8:17 left in the fourth quarter to lift
the Tigers to a 10-9 upset win at No. 7 UMass on a sun-plashed
Saturday at Garber Field. In a game that featured seven ties, the
Tigers (4-5, 2-0 CAA) were able to withstand UMass (7-3, 2-1) in
the final minutes and win their third game in a row. UMass junior
goalie Tim McCormack made a career-high 18 saves and Anthony
Biscardi had his second-career hat trick in the defeat.
UMass saw its four-game winning streak come to and end as the
Minutemen suffered their first-ever loss as a member of the
CAA.
Freshman Will Manny had two goals and an assist for three points.
Senior Bobby Hayes playing his final regular-season home game at
Garber Field had a pair of assists. Senior All-American defenseman
Diogo Godoi scored his first-career goal and played solid defense
all afternoon.
Will Harrington led Towson with three goals in addition to three
others with a pair: Iacona, Matt Lamon and Christian Pastirik.
UMass rallied from two-goal deficits twice in the second half to
tie the game at nine and seven. Biscardi scored UMass' second goal
in a span of 23 seconds to knot the game with 9:34 left in the
fourth. Ryan Hantverk brough the Minutemen within one on a tally
off a pass from Ryan Liebel with just under 10 minutes left in the
fourth.
The Minutemen seemed to have momentum heading to the fourth
quarter as Godoi scored on a full field rush and his bouncce shot
beat Towson's Travis Love with 1:25 left in the third. But Towson
came out in fire to start the fourth as Lamon and Harrington scored
in the first 3:10 for a 9-7 lead.
The game was back-and-fourth in the first half and stood tied
after the first quarter at 2-2 and at halftime at 5-5. The
Minutemen tied the game just prior to halftime on Kyle Smith's
team-leading fifth man-up goal of the season off a feed from
Hantverk with 40 seconds left in the first half.
Love made 10 saves for Towson, which outshot the Minutemen 35-30.
The Tigers also won the groundball war, 26-22. The Tigers didn't
turn the ball over in the first half, but finished with 11
miscues.
In addition to Godoi and Hayes, it was the final regular-season
home game for seniors captain Ryan Smith, Christian Hain, Will
Jeffery and Kevin Wright.
UMass returns to action next Saturday in another CAA battle at
Delaware. Action gets underway at 1 p.m.
