2008 Woodie Awards
Men's Lacrosse: Tigers can't find net, lose big on road to Jays
Pete Lorenz
Sports | 4/24/08
After suffering a crucial loss to Villanova that ended conference play and eliminated the team from tournament contention, Towson lost, 16-7, to Johns Hopkins Wednesday night at Homewood Field. Despite four points from senior attackman Jonathan Engelke and two from junior Randall Cooper, the Tigers simply could not keep up with Johns Hopkins senior midfielders Stephen Peyser and Paul Rabil, who each had three goals and an assist to lead the offensive charge.
"We didn't hit the cage," head coach Tony Seaman said. "I have never seen a goal in my life scored by a ball that was not on the cage. We have got to make that goalie make saves. We can't help him out by missing shots. It was why we didn't score on a man up. It was why we didn't score regular."
For the 13th time in 14 games, the Tigers allowed the first goal of the game. Rabil beat senior goaltender Matt Antol just 43 seconds into the game, but Adam Hagelin countered with a goal just 1:21 into the first period. Engelke gave the Tigers their first and only lead with 9:30 remaining off an Eric Boyle assist, and the Blue Jays scored four in a row to close out the quarter and make it 5-2.
Engelke took a pass from Timmy Andre with 13:35 left in the second quarter for his second goal of the game, but Peyser and Rabil scored the only other goals of the half, which ended with Johns Hopkins leading, 7-3.
The Blue Jays tallied the first three goals of the second half before Mitchell Rosensweig, the Towson faceoff specialist who fueled the team's success in the possession battle, scored his second goal of the season with 12:06 to go in the third quarter. Rosensweig's only other score of the season came March 2 when he notched the game winner against Denver with 18 seconds left in the game.
Bill McCutcheon and Tim Stratton scored the next two for Towson, which made it three consecutive goals for the Tigers and closed the scoring margin to four, but the Blue Jays got the next six goals to take control of the game, 16-6.
Cooper scored with 31 seconds remaining in the game, but Johns Hopkins' large lead was never challenged late in the game.Seaman said that while the team has work to do and things to fix, the loss had little to do with a lingering effect of the defeat against Villanova.
"This team practices well," Seaman said. "This team plays well. This team forgets about the past."
"We didn't hit the cage," head coach Tony Seaman said. "I have never seen a goal in my life scored by a ball that was not on the cage. We have got to make that goalie make saves. We can't help him out by missing shots. It was why we didn't score on a man up. It was why we didn't score regular."
For the 13th time in 14 games, the Tigers allowed the first goal of the game. Rabil beat senior goaltender Matt Antol just 43 seconds into the game, but Adam Hagelin countered with a goal just 1:21 into the first period. Engelke gave the Tigers their first and only lead with 9:30 remaining off an Eric Boyle assist, and the Blue Jays scored four in a row to close out the quarter and make it 5-2.
Engelke took a pass from Timmy Andre with 13:35 left in the second quarter for his second goal of the game, but Peyser and Rabil scored the only other goals of the half, which ended with Johns Hopkins leading, 7-3.
The Blue Jays tallied the first three goals of the second half before Mitchell Rosensweig, the Towson faceoff specialist who fueled the team's success in the possession battle, scored his second goal of the season with 12:06 to go in the third quarter. Rosensweig's only other score of the season came March 2 when he notched the game winner against Denver with 18 seconds left in the game.
Bill McCutcheon and Tim Stratton scored the next two for Towson, which made it three consecutive goals for the Tigers and closed the scoring margin to four, but the Blue Jays got the next six goals to take control of the game, 16-6.
Cooper scored with 31 seconds remaining in the game, but Johns Hopkins' large lead was never challenged late in the game.Seaman said that while the team has work to do and things to fix, the loss had little to do with a lingering effect of the defeat against Villanova.
"This team practices well," Seaman said. "This team plays well. This team forgets about the past."
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