5-04-2025 8:59pm

TIGERS RETURN

Hunt Valley Life Staff

10 Drexel 8-8

13 Winner Towson 11-5 Score By Periods

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Drexel	2	1	3	4	10
Towson	5	2	1	5	13

PERFECT 10 – Towson Men’s Lacrosse Wins 10th CAA Tournament Title, Back-to-Back CAA Tournament Championships

The No. 15/14 and 1-seed Towson University men's lacrosse team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament after defeating 3-seed Drexel 13-10 for the Tigers' tenth Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament title and second in a row.

Towson (11-5) used a 5-0 run to take command shortly into the second quarter against Drexel (8-8). Drexel pulled back to within one with 12 minutes to play, then the Tigers scored four straight to secure the championship.

The Tigers are 2025 CAA Champions, having won all nine games against league opponents. Towson also will enter the NCAA Tournament on a 10-game winning streak, its longest winning streak in the program's DI history. The NCAA selection show is set for Sunday, May 4 at 9:30 p.m.

Mikey Weisshaar earned CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, combining for seven goals and six assists in the two games. Joining him on the CAA All-Tournament Team is Ronan Fitzpatrick with a combined seven goals and two assists, Joe Petro with seven ground balls and four caused turnovers and Luke Downs with two wins in goal and 18 combined saves.

Key Stats:

Towson outshot Drexel 36-32, putting 25 on goal to Drexel's 19. Drexel had the edge in saves 12-9.
Ronan Fitzpatrick had another career day, earning five goals to lead all players. Mikey Weisshaar tallied up two goals and three assists while Chop Gallagher had two goals and two assists.
Luke Downs earned his 10th victory in goal this year, having nine saves and two ground balls. Joe Petro caused three turnovers, leading a Towson team which caused 11 turnovers, and four ground balls.
Matt Constantinides was 10-for-21 on the faceoff-X, adding three ground balls and a caused turnover.
For Drexel, Conor Hooley had three goals and an assist while Max Semple added a hat trick. Brendan Donnelly finished with 12 saves despite the loss.

How It Happened:

Early on, Towson peppered the goal, being stopped several times by Brendan Donnelly. Towson's kept control with the 10-man ride as Drexel shot long range at goal, missing twice. Ronan Fitzpatrick broke the early deadlock by emerging from around the cage and scoring on the bouncer close range four minutes in.
Drexel's aggressive defense led to the Dragons scoring twice in a span of just over two minutes. Towson tied the game on a second chance as Mikey Weisshaar hit a running shot under the crossbar to make it 2-2 with 6:55 left in the first.
As Drexel looked to clear the ball, Towson's ride pressured the Dragons to a bad pass. The ball was deflected off Drexel's pass off another Dragon and into the goal for a 3-2 Towson lead. Minutes later after a Towson timeout, the Tigers added two more on a catch and shoot by Josh Webber and another score on the doorstep for Fitzpatrick to give Towson a 5-2 lead after one.
Towson forced a couple of turnovers from Joe Petro and Josh Webber to keep the lead. After another forced turnover by Joe'll Spagnuolo, Fitzpatrick scored again the other way to complete a 5-0 run and give Towson a 6-2 lead with 10:53 to go in the second.
Conor Hooley scored just under two minutes later to stop Towson's run. Following another caused turnover, this one by Conor Spagnolli, Chop Gallagher swam through two defenders and scored close range to repair Towson's lead to four at 7-3.
Into the third, the sloppy play by both sides continued as Towson continued to pressure the Dragons. Drexel countered as Max Semple scored twice in a span of two minutes to pull within two. Drawing a penalty, Weisshaar found Gallagher open on the doorstep for the extra man goal and an 8-5 Towson lead.
Luke Downs turned away two Drexel shots during a long stretch without any goals. Semple added another on a one-on-one with the goalie with 2:29 left in the period as Towson had an 8-6 advantage after three.
Hooley scored on Drexel's first possession of the fourth quarter. Towson grabbed the goal back on a man-up situation next chance as Ryan Schrier scored on a bouncer from Weisshaar. The back-and-forth continued as Drexel scored again, then Towson scored twice, a dodge and dunk from Fitzpatrick and a man-up goal from Michael Katz as Towson led 11-8 with nine minutes to play.
Towson's defense continued to hold as the Tigers started to stall the clock. Down to 5:14 left, Towson added two more goals, another laser from Weisshaar and a catch and shoot goal for Fitzpatrick. Towson had a 13-8 lead with 4:23 left.
Drexel got one back in a comeback attempt as Towson followed with a couple of penalties. Drexel added one more in the final minute but Towson held to win 13-10.

Inside the Numbers:

This is Towson's 10th CAA Tournament title, all coming since 2003. It is Towson's first time winning back-to-back CAA Tournaments since winning three straight from 2015-17.
This is the seventh time, and second year in a row, where Towson has won the CAA Tournament title at home.
Towson, earning an automatic qualifier, will play in its 17th NCAA Tournament all-time.
Towson has won 10 straight games, surpassing last year's nine-game winning streak for the longest in the program's DI history.
This was Ronan Fitzpatrick's third 5+ goal game of the year, including five goals vs. Johns Hopkins on Feb. 4 and six goals vs. Delaware on Mar. 15.
With two goals today, Mikey Weisshaar is tied for seventh all-time in Towson history with 105 career goals. He also has 46 goals on the season, tying for the fourth-highest single season total in Towson history.
Joe Petro has 25 caused turnovers on the season, tying for sixth all-time in Towson single season history.