TOWSON, Md. — The quest to repeat as CAA champions remains to be alive after the Towson men’s lacrosse group escaped an overtime thriller towards Hofstra Thursday night.
It was a backwards and forwards recreation all through.
The Tigers began the fourth interval down 9-8. It wasn’t till Bode Maurer scored early within the interval knotting the sport up at 9.
Later within the interval, to take the lead, the Tigers leaned on CAA Offensive Player of the Year Mike Weisshaar to break the tie with a key purpose within the fourth interval. He had 5 objectives on the night.
Hofstra’s Drew Bogardus would rating a season-saving purpose late within the fourth, sending the sport to overtime.
In the additional interval, Towson shot 4 purpose makes an attempt, however none greater than Maurer’s game-winning purpose in OT, sending the Tigers to the title recreation this Saturday, the place they may play Fairfield at Johnny Unitas Stadium at 7:00 pm.
After the sport Maurer spoke concerning the recreation profitable shot and his group’s success in overtime durations.
“That’s a routine shot that, you already know, I take each single day. It’s simply one thing that ought to fall and it simply fell that point. We’ve had loads of overtime video games and we have been resilient all 12 months. I believe that simply caps it off, proper? We’ve been a extremely resilient group and to have one other overtime win to ship us to the CAA championship, I imply that simply embodies our group,” says Maurer.
