Towson Lacrosse Ready to Make Noise in 2025

The Towson men’s lacrosse team is shaping up to be one of the most exciting teams to watch in 2025. Coming off of a strong 2024 season where they post a 13-4 record and a perfect 7-0 mark in the CAA, the expectations for Towson are high coming into the coming year. Their schedule wasn’t light in 2024, but the performance proved they are ready to challenge top programs. Key games, like a close 15-19 loss to Virginia, showed that Towson can fight it out with several of the best teams in the country. A close NCAA Tournament matchup that saw Towson fall 15-20 to Syracuse captured the progress and tenacity of this team. With most of those players back in action, there is every reason to feel this might be an even better year than the last for Towson lacrosse in 2025.

Perhaps the bigger reason to watch Towson in 2025 is because of the depth of their roster. Although they'll lose graduate student Nick DeMaio-who led with 82 points-and senior leader Chop Gallagher, they still return a strong core. Mikey Weisshaar had 61 points as a sophomore last year and classmate Joaquin Villagomez give Towson returning experience at 45 points per game. Junior Bode Maurer adds to this youthful and dynamic offense that has already shown it can deliver when much is at stake with a .500 shooting percentage. This culmination of offense ranked the Tigers 7th in Division 1 in regards to goals per game at 14.5. With another year under their belts in 2025, these young players are likely to become even more dangerous, making Towson arguably one of the most promising offensive groups in the CAA.

Returning to strength and form for Towson is faceoff dominance, driven by Matt Constantinides himself. He finished 2024 on a 57% faceoff win rate. Moving into his senior season in 2025, it would be expected of Constantinides to see heavy minutes in the dot and set Towson up with possession control throughout for both offense and defense. He can still win faceoffs and give Towson an edge in close games or tight situations, which will be important as the Tigers are facing another challenging schedule in 2025.

Setting up to be another storyline that will make Towson lacrosse so great going into the new season is the competition in the crease. The Tigers return two goalies who had strong 2024 campaigns. The competition will come from Matt Nilan, who made the most of his opportunities as a redshirt freshman and posted an impressive 56% save percentage as Luke Downs finished the season with a solid 52% save percentage. Both these goalies proved they could hold down the cage, so it will be interesting to see who emerges as the primary starter. The depth at the goalie position helps give Towson an advantage in knowing no matter who takes the starting job, they’re reliable options in net.

Another good omen is the Towson defense, which forced turnovers, won the ground ball battle, and completed the game with a .914 clear percentage in 2024-really indicative of its ability to transition well and create scoring opportunities. With a good number of contributors returning on defense, Towson will only improve its ability to disrupt the opponent’s offensive flow. Their ability to compete with top-tier teams like Virginia and Syracuse is evidence of the program’s trajectory and the strength of its returning roster.

With a talented core of underclassmen, a dominant faceoff specialist in Constantinides, a competitive goalie duo, and a defense that knows how to make plays that force turnovers, the pieces are there to make 2025 a memorable season for Towson lacrosse. Their performance in 2024 showed what they had, and building on that platform should place them as serious challengers for the CAA and beyond. With this in mind, as they begin to close the gap against the nation’s top programs, Towson is going to be a very intriguing team in 2025.