Men's lacrosse locks down No. 1 seed in CAA Tournament

After all of the pomp going into Senior Day, the Towson University men's lacrosse team carried that over onto the field as the 16^th ranked Tigers upended No. 9 Hofstra University 10-8 at Johnny Unitas ® Stadium.
 
The Tigers put up 15 points in the game on 10 goals and five assists, with all 15 of those points coming from the Class of 2017. Tyler Young had a career with four goals while Joe Seider had a hat trick as well.
 
By virtue of the win, the Tigers (8-4, 4-1 CAA) will host the upcoming Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Men's Lacrosse Championship next weekend.

Towson earned the No. 1 seed with the win and will play No. 4 Drexel (6-7, 3-2 CAA) on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Unitas Stadium. The second semifinal will pit No. 2 Hofstra (11-2, 3-2 CAA) against No. 3 UMass (6-7, 3-2 CAA) at 7:30 p.m. The CAA Semifinals will be carried on the Lax Sports Network.
 
The 2017 CAA Championship game will be played at 1 p.m. and broadcast on the American Sports Network (ASN).

Towson women's team also hosting CAA tourney at The U 

Meantime, the Towson University women's lacrosse team opened up an 11-1 halftime lead and rolled to an 18-5 win over local rival Johns Hopkins on Sunday afternoon in the regular season finale.

With the win over the Blue Jays, the Tigers completed a sweep of their Greater Baltimore rivals -- UMBC, Loyola and Johns Hopkins -- for the second straight season.

Towson will now host the CAA women's tournament later this week at Unitas Stadium. This Friday, May 5, the second-seeded Tigers will face No. 3 seed Elon at 6:30 p.m., following the No. 1 James Madison/No. 4 Delaware semifinal clash.

The championship game will be played on Sunday, May 7.