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Recaps: UMass Wins Senior Night Contest With Delaware, 16-8

By Cody Lahl on April 27, 2013 7:47 AM
UMass men's lacrosse defended Garber Field with the Blue Hens of Delaware in town on Friday night, putting together a complete performance to double-up the visitors, 16-8 in front of 1,623 fans. Kyle Smith earned a career-high nine points (6 goals, 3 assists) while classmate and fellow starting attackmen Will Manny earned seven more (4 goals, 3 assists) to pace the offense. On the other end of the field, seniors Ryan Hollenbaugh and Jake Smith combined for six groundballs and five caused turnovers to lead an even-paced UMass defense that did not allow Delaware more than two goals in any individual quarter.

With the win, UMass remains in contention for the final seed in the CAA Tournament, needing Penn State to defeat Hofstra and Towson to claim victory over Saint Joseph's on Saturday in order to secure a postseason berth. Below are a few recaps of the contest from members of the media present for competition:

Matt Vautour of the Daily Hampshire Gazette highlighted the connection between Smith and Manny on the field during the contest during his review of play.

Brian Foley with Inside Lacrosse provided game blog to give play-by-play action throughout the contest and caught up with a few of the Minutemen after for postgame interviews.

Nick Canelas of the Daily Collegian highlighted the overall success of the offense against the Delaware defensive effort.

Will Manny uses injury as learning experience as UMass career winds down

By Cody Lahl on April 12, 2013 4:39 PM
The Daily Collegian's Nick Canelas caught up with senior attack Will Manny of UMass men's lacrosse recently to discuss the all-American's career and the road back from a broken thumb suffered in the 2013 season-opener.

Will Manny is as comfortable as ever when he steps onto Garber Field for the Massachusetts men's lacrosse team.

He's energized, but he's relaxed. He's excited, but he's focused. Everything is the same as it ever was.

He sports his usual white jersey with the No. 1 stitched in maroon and has the No. 7 sketched in eye black facing in toward his nose under each eye.

He knows he can rely on his skills. He knows he can rely on his teammates. And he knows he can rely on the preparation of his coaches. Above all, he knows he can rely on his durability.

Manny had never suffered a serious injury in his entire athletic career and had never been kept off the lacrosse field for more than a week. He was always a fixture on the top UMass attack unit, even in the fall.

But that all changed on Feb. 10.

Read the entire article through the Daily Collegian website here. The Minutemen continue their season with a home game on Saturday, April 13 at 1 p.m.



Men's Lacrosse: Best Friends Manny, Fantoni Playing For Bragging Rights

By Cody Lahl on March 18, 2013 2:51 PM
Justin Lafleur contributed to Inside Lacrosse with a feature story on the lifelong friendship of UMass' Will Manny and Lehigh's Dante Fantoni, who will face each other for the first time on Wednesday after years of competing together through high school. The duo played at St. Anthony's High School and have developed into two of the strongest players in Division I college lacrosse, combining for 325 career points entering the upcoming contest, which will be featured as the ESPNU Game of the Week at 6 p.m. on March 20. You can also catch Manny and Fantoni in action through WatchESPN.com.

Below you will find the accompanying "Who Knows Who Better" challenge video related to the feature story.

Men's Lacrosse Has Three Drafted By MLL

By Cody Lahl on January 13, 2013 11:31 AM | No TrackBacks
In the annual Major League Lacrosse draft, a trio of UMass men's lacrosse standouts were taken during the eight-round event on Friday evening. 2012 Tewaraaton Award finalist Will Manny was taken by Boston in the second round (14th overall) before teammate Jake Smith was picked by the Cannons as well, going two rounds later (30th). Colin Fleming was the final Minuteman picked, with the Ohio Machine taking the 6-foot-6 senior attack in the seventh round (49th). Below are a few links related to the draft results:

Boston Cannons draft roundup
Ohio Machine draft roundup
Inside Lacrosse's team-by-team draft grades
BostonLax.com: Local flavor prevalent in MLL Draft
Daily Collegian: Three former Minutemen taken 2013 MLL Draft

The Minutemen start their 2013 campaign and CAA regular season and tournament defense at home on Garber Field against Army at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9.

Lacrosse Magazine's Offseason Top 15 Has UMass Ranked 12th

By John Sinnett on June 13, 2012 8:23 AM | 3 Comments | No TrackBacks

12. UMass (15-1)

2012 Final Regular-Season Rank: 1
2012 Preseason Rank: 12
Key Returnees: Will Manny (44g, 33a), Kyle Smith (33g, 19a), Colin Fleming (26g, 8a), Jake Smith (28gb, 11ct), Ryan Hollenbaugh (25gb, 12ct)
Key Losses: 11 seniors. Art Kell (33g, 20a), Anthony Biscardi (21g, 7a), Mike Fetterly (7g, 19a), Tom Celentani (32gb, 24ct), Greg Anderson (26gb, 5ct), Tim McCormack (7.09 GAA, 60.6%)

Three Questions:

  • Can the Minutemen repeat their magic? It would be tough for anyone to predict another 15-win, undefeated regular season, but this is especially the case with the Colonial Athletic Association's ever-increasing strength. Before UMass' NCAA tournament loss Penn State, Hofstra and Drexel gave the Minutemen a run for their money. Related: Will UMass consider beefing up its schedule with tough out-of-conference games? Despite ranking No. 2 in the RPI, UMass was given the 6-seed by the Selection Committee and drew Colgate in the first round; it didn't face its first tournament team until...the tournament.
  • How will UMass handle the loss of Art Kell and Anthony Biscardi? Tewaaraton Award finalist and Crafty lefty quarterback Will Manny and partner in crime Kyle Smith return, but fellow attackmen Kell and Biscardi combined for nearly 100 points last year. The nation's No. 3 offense will score, but defenses are going to pay more attention to Manny.
  • Who will replace Tim McCormack? The fifth-year senior and leader of the defense started 28 games over the last two seasons, and he saved 55.3 percent of shots in 2012. The heir apparent is Zachary Oliveri, a U.S. U-19 team member and highly regarded recruit. He's an outspoken, active goalie who will command the unit. Top cover defenseman Jake Smith, who went toe-to-toe with Peter Baum, will anchor the defense after losing multi-year starters Greg Anderson and Tom Celentani.

InsideLacrosse.com: Manny, Celentani, McCormack Among Midseason All-Americans

By John Sinnett on April 4, 2012 10:47 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
InsideLacrosse.com released their midseason All-American picks with UMass' Will Manny on the first team. Tom Celentani and Tim McCormack were both All-American second team picks.

Men's Lacrosse Ranked No. 3/No. 4 In March 19 Coaches & Media Polls

By John Sinnett on March 19, 2012 10:21 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
In the March 19 edition of the USILA Coaches Poll, UMass holds steady at No. 3 in the nation for the second straight week. In the Nike Media Poll, the Minutemen also remain at No. 4 following the 9-8 OT win at No. 14 Penn State on Saturday.

In Quint Kessenich's weekly breakdown of the polls, he has this to say about UMass:
3 UMass -- The Minutemen had their first close shave, beating Penn State in overtime. Greg Cannella's team is getting offensive production from Will Manny, Art Kell, Kyle Smith and Anthony Biscardi. Stopper Tim McCormack (.615) ranks fourth nationally in save percentage.



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Recaps From Men's Lacrosse Win Over No. 12 Bucknell

By John Sinnett on February 20, 2012 7:23 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
An all-around effort paced by Will Manny's three goals and career-high four assists gave the No. 11 UMass men's lacrosse team an 11-9 win over No. 12 Bucknell on Saturday in the Garber Field home opener.


CBS3 Highlights:

UMass Highlights:

Postgame Interviews:

NELJ: Division I Men's Lacrosse Preview

By John Sinnett on February 16, 2012 7:22 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Chuck Jaffe of the New England Lacrosse Journal has a season-preview on several Division I lacrosse programs in the area including UMass. 

Previews Of UMass' CAA Semifinal At Penn State

By Jason Yellin on May 4, 2011 8:40 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks


The Daily Hampshire Gazette has a preview of the UMass-Penn State CAA Semifinal: UMass men's lacrosse gets shot at NCAA tournament.

If the University of Massachusetts men's lacrosse team were still in the ECAC, its season probably would be over.

The Minutemen had a solid 2011 season at 9-4, but their resume likely falls a little short of NCAA tournament at-large bid status without enough signature wins. The ECAC has no conference tournament and the Minutemen would have been stuck waiting for next year.

But now, as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association, hope is still very much alive as the No. 3-seed Minutemen (9-4) play No. 2 Penn State (7-6) tonight at 7 in the semifinal round of the CAA tournament at State College.

The Daily Collegian has this preview: UMass, PSU meet again for CAA Semifinals

For the No. 15 Massachusetts men's lacrosse team, Wednesday night's game has a simple motivation: win or go home.

The Minutemen (9-4, 4-2 Colonial Athletic Association) travel to Penn State for a rematch with the Nittany Lions in a CAA Semifinals matchup.

UMass coach Greg Cannella hopes his team does not change a thing despite the greater stakes.


Continue reading Previews Of UMass' CAA Semifinal At Penn State.

Videos, Recaps Of Men's Lacrosse's 3OT Win

By Jason Yellin on April 18, 2011 6:59 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Here are the recaps.

• Springfield Republican: Kyle Smith of Longmeadow does it again: Minutemen slay Dragons in triple OT

• Inside Lacrosse: Inside Lacrosse's Sunday Finest: With a New England accent

• Inside Lacrosse: In-Game UMass-Drexel Blog

• Daily Hampshire Gazette: For second straight week, Kyle Smith rescues UMass with overtime goal

• WWLP NBC22: UMass wins 2nd straight OT thriller

• CBS 3 Springfield: Kell's Return From Injury Sparking UMass Lax

• Lax Power: Déjà Vu: No. 14 UMass Defeats Drexel in 3 OTs



Continue reading Videos, Recaps Of Men's Lacrosse's 3OT Win.

Videos & Recaps Of Lax's 16-9 Win At St. Joe's

By Jason Yellin on April 4, 2011 7:02 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks


• Springfield Republican: UMass men's lacrosse defeats St. Joseph's

Two Gain Recognition From Lacrosse Magazine

By Jason Yellin on February 21, 2011 9:11 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Lacrosse Magazine lists both Art Kell and Will Manny among "Weekend's Best" Honorable Mention for their play in the Minutemen's 14-10 win at Hartford.
 

Also, Lacrosse Magazine has a feature on this week's lacrosse opponent, Ohio State. OSU Coach Nick Myers is a product of Springfield College.

A Division III All-American at Springfield College, a school with international recognition as a pioneer in physical education and that has produced several current college lacrosse coaches, Myers led the Pride to a 16-2 mark and NCAA tournament berth with 52 goals and 39 assists in 2001. He met Breschi through his younger brother, Pat, then an Ohio State standout.

Lax Magazine also mentions: Ohio State's brutal, non-conference schedule continues Saturday at UMass. It will be the first-ever meeting between the Buckeyes and Minutemen, and Myers' first time trolling the sidelines at Garber Field, a notoriously difficult place to play for visitors. 

 "I grew up with a 'Garber Gorillas' t-shirt when I was a kid," Myers said. "My stepfather introduced me to Dick Garber. He's a legend in the game."

Continue reading Two Gain Recognition From Lacrosse Magazine.

Inside Lacrosse's Fall Ball Check-In On UMass

By Jason Yellin on September 27, 2010 8:19 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
As the Minutemen ready for the 2011 season, Inside Lacrosse has a look at the Gorillas as they take part in Fall-Ball.

Continue reading Inside Lacrosse's Fall Ball Check-In On UMass.

Happy Birthday: Sept. 11 - Sampson Carter, Molly Elkins, Will Manny

By Jason Yellin on September 11, 2010 11:41 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
On Sept. 11, we have three UMass student-athlete birthdays: men's basketball forward Sampson Carter, swimmer Molly Elkins, top lacrosse scorer Will Manny.

Sampson Carter                    Will Manny
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