Best news of the day: head coach Greg Cannella received a contract extension through 2022!
We are unbelievably lucky to have him guiding our program!
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FINAL | UMass 11, Delaware 9
The CAA championship stays in Amherst! Semi-finals will be played on May second, followed by the championship on the fourth!
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2020 was an all-too-short ride with a dedicated group working to create something special.
We’re proud of all that was accomplished in our 7 games together, and we couldn’t have done it without those who supported us along the way!
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Head coach Greg Cannella was inducted into the
@USLacrosse
Western Mass Chapter Hall of Fame tonight. Congratulations coach! No one else we’d want leading our troop.
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Join us in congratulating this Class of ‘86 Gorilla right here,
@ByrneCrimson
, the new head coach for Harvard men’s lacrosse!
The annual meeting with Harvard just got a bit more interesting
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If there is a more “Gorilla Lacrosse” photo than 5-foot-6, 160-pound Kevin Tobin going right at 6-foot-4, 200-pound Thomas Bragg we’ve never seen it.
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[📸 by Thom Kendall]
With his first point of the day, Kevin Tobin passed Jeff Trainor (2017-21) to become the highest scoring midfielder in program history. 🙌
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FINAL | Yale 15, UMass 13
Proud of the boys today. Never gave up the fight. Thank you to the seniors & to everyone who rode along with us this season.
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"...Adam Ghitelman, my roommate, and Scott Ratliff just started the Give-and-Go Foundation and that (give-and-go assist to Ratliff in 2nd quarter) was to that, so I'm going to be donating to that with, honestly, this check." - Will Manny
He gets it. 👏🙌👍
FINAL | UMass 16, Utah 2
Chris Connolly and Kevin Tobin both set career highs with eight and seven points respectively.
Isaac Paparo's four caused turnovers helped the defense allow just 12 shots on net.
Tom Meyers won 14 of his 17 faceoffs.
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ENSHRINEMENT
Head Coach Greg Cannella was named to the
@USLacrosse
Western Massachusetts Chapter Hall of Fame Class of 2018 today! What an honor for our long-time leader!
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Special thanks to students from the UMass Sports Journalism Concentration for putting together this piece on brothers Kevin and Mike Tobin for us.
Check it out!
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Wholesome content for your Sunday afternoon?
Here’s Kevin Tobin (6) celebrating his younger brother Mike’s (40) goal with him on Saturday.
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From the 1-4 start to a 12-5 finish.
From unranked to top-15 in the nation.
Show of hands, who liked putting up numbers? Everybody? Ok, good.
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Postgame comments from head coach Greg Cannella on today’s win over Army, the first for the Gorillas over the Black Knights since 2014 🗣️⤵️
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UMASS WINS!!!
The Gorilla come back from down two goals & score 7 of the last 8 for the win!
Jeff Trainor had 4 goals. Sean Sconone made 8 stops in net. Noah Rak went 12-of-16 with 4 groundballs.
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FINAL | UMass 14, Towson 10
Four points from Connolly and hat tricks from Procyk and Trainor! 🔥
Sean Sconone made 17 saves! 🚫
Isaac Paparo led the hustle stats with 7 GBs! 💪
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CHRIS CONNOLLY!!! The sophomore scores with one second left in regulation to tie it at 11 and now we're headed to overtime!
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Easily the best photo ever taken of our program...
▪️ Coach Garber’s 100th win
▪️ in 1969 en route to a 10-0 record
▪️ getting lifted by his guys
▪️ and handed a cigar in celebration
We celebrate this group & the ‘89 Gorillas at halftime on Saturday.
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#TBT
Eric “Soup” Sopracasa is the heart and soul of our program.
Win or lose, we strive to be as great a teammate and friend as he was, and play the game with the same fearlessness and tenacity as he did.
#SoupDay
#43Forever
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ICYMI at 10 a.m., our brick wall was named the best brick wall in the nation!
👏👏👏 for
@seansconone31
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@USILA_Lax
2019 Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Award recipient, given to the most outstanding goalie in the nation!
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Excited to announce our leadership group for 2023:
▪️ Jack Gump - Gr. - D
▪️ Matt Knote - Sr. - GK
▪️ Mike Tobin - Sr. - M
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Pleased to announce that we have an All-American goalkeeper -
@KnoteMatt
has been named to the USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Third Team 🇺🇸 👊
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Happy Birthday to the Original Gorilla, the leader of our program for 36 years and the namesake of our home field, Dick Garber
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Need a little something to get you through your Wednesday?
Think about how 26th-year head coach Greg Cannella can still drop the OTH 🔨
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Mike Tobin has put up three straight hat tricks since we've started
@atlantic10
play and has already matched his single-season career best in points (28), while setting a new single-season career high in goals (14) 🙌
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This is Soup Day. Give everything you have to everything you accomplish. Get out there and train hard in your workouts. Do something extra for others. Eric always lived and played with great vigor. Be the heart and soul that he is for all of us each day.
FINAL | UMass 14, Brown 7
Five Gorillas scored multiple goals.
Sconone made 16 saves.
Paparo and Charlie O'Brien's four GB's each and Eisenstadt's three caused turnovers led the hustle plays.
This runs the UMass win streak to five games!
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