While the Massachusetts men’s lacrosse team approaches Saturday’s game against Delaware with a plus-three margin of victory, its inability to successfully shut out some of the nation’s top scorers is cause for concern.
In each of No. 12 UMass’ three games against top 10 Division I scoring threats, the Minutemen gave up five goals and two assists to their opponent’s leading scorer.
The Minutemen’s hyper-focus on covering the lead scorers opens a large amount of scoring opportunities for other players, as well.
In a 20-10 win against Hartford (3-8), UMass (7-3. 2-1 CAA) gave up two goals to the nation’s No. 2 scorer Aidan Genik (31 goals), but also allowed Jared Frenze (17) to come off the bench and score four goals for the Hawks.
The physicality in that game led to 15 penalties between the two teams.
Against No. 16 Yale (8-2), UMass gave up two goals and one assist to the nation’s No. 8 scorer in Brian Douglass (26), and the coverage on Douglass opened up the field for Matt Gibson (22) to score five on the Minutemen, along with two assists.
Defenders Diogo Godoi and Tom Celentani each had three caused turnovers for UMass, but it’s difficult for two players to cover four players with multi-point games.
The other top-scorer UMass has faced was Hofstra’s Jamie Lincoln (29), who the Minutemen held to one goal, one assist. However, Kevin Ford notched a hat trick to go along with an assist for the Pride (7-3, 1-2 CAA).
The Minutemen had seven penalties in that game, leading to four man-up goals by Hofstra.
Stopping the No. 2 goal-scorer in the nation in the Blue Hen’s Curtis Dickson (42 goals, 12 assists) won’t be easy for UMass, either.
Dickson had goals in all of Delaware’s 11 games this season, including six games of at least four goals. Only two teams held Dickson to one goal in that span.
Dickson is also a ball hawk, grabbing 31 ground balls this season, second only to faceoff man Dan Cooney’s 39. However his stick-handling is a weak point. His team-leading 24 turnovers is a statistic UMass should look to exploit as one of the top defensive teams in the
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The Minutemen lead the CAA with over 10 caused turnovers per game.
Dickson is also active on the defensive side of the ball. His 11 turnovers are a team-high along with defender Tim Langmaid.
If UMass contains Dickson on the attack line, All-American midfielder Martin Cahill has 25 goals this season for the Blue Hens. Cahill’s goal total is higher than anyone on the Minutemen.
Doubtful defense
While Delaware has a potent offensive attack, the Blue Hens give up nearly as many goals per game as they score.
Opponents average just under 10.5 goals per-game, including 20 goals on the man advantage.
The 20 man-up goals come from a conference-high 57 penalties this season, including a combined 15 between defenders Pat Dowling and Matt Stefurak.
The penalty total bodes well for freshman Kyle Smith, who leads UMass with five man-up goals.
Offensive Woes
The Minutemen come into this weekend’s game having scored 10 goals per game in their two games without Art Kell. Before his injury, UMass averaged nearly 14.
Attackmen Will Manny and Anthony Biscardi remained consistent throughout the last two games, combining for nine goals, three assists.
Mike Gillmeister can be reached at [email protected].