FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Fairfield University Men's Lacrosse was on the short end of a 12-5 loss to #17 Towson on Saturday on Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium.
Rob Moore paced the attack against the first-place Tigers with two goals and an assist.
With the loss, the Stags fall to 4-9 overall and 1-4 in the CAA. Towson clinched a share of the CAA Regular Season Championship at 9-3 overall and 5-0 in league play.
"Towson is a talented team and deserving of their national ranking and their place on top of the conference," said Head Coach
Andrew Baxter. "I thought we had very good stretches on both ends of the field, but we needed to play a much more consistent 60 minutes; a good team will turn your mistakes into scoring opportunities, and that's what Towson did."
Rob Moore was the lone Stag with multiple points on the day, posting two goals and an assist.
Devin Lampron,
Justin Brown, and
Jeremiah Wade each added one goal, with
Jake Gilbert and
Shane Elliott dishing one assist apiece.
Julian Radossich – the nation's leader in caused turnovers – added three more to his tally and picked up three ground balls to pace the defense.
Bryce Hrubiec added two caused turnovers from the LSM spot, and
Nate Livingston picked up three grounders on close defense.
In the cage,
Landon Whitney made 11 saves. He also ventured beyond midfield to start a transition opportunity, registering the unofficial "hockey assist" on a Lampron goal assisted by Elliott.
Towson's potent attack was headed by four goals from Alex Roussel and a hat trick by Mikey Weisshaar – the No. 2 pick in this past week's Premier Lacrosse League Draft. Matt Nilan made 14 saves in goal for the Tigers.
Fairfield Men's Lacrosse concludes the regular season next Saturday, April 25 at Monmouth. The Stags can remain in contention for a CAA postseason berth with a win over the Hawks.
"We approach every game like it's the only game on the schedule," said Baxter. "It just happens to potentially be true next week. We'll work hard and focus on being ready for opening faceoff with Monmouth and control what we can control in terms of extending our season beyond that game."
