GENEVA, N.Y.—The Hobart lacrosse team will open Atlantic 10 Conference play at home when the University of Massachusetts visits Boswell Field at Urick Stadium Saturday, March 30. The opening faceoff is scheduled for noon.
 
The game will be webcast on HWS All-Access with Live Stats available on HWSAthletics.com. The game will be broadcast live on WEOS-FM (89.5/90.3).
 
The Statesmen (3-5) have alternated wins and losses since defeating Canisius 13-9 back on Feb. 20. Hobart aims to rebound from a 13-7 loss to No. 5 Syracuse last Saturday.
 
The Minutemen are looking to snap a three-game slide in which all three losses were by a single goal. Most recently, Brown topped UMass 11-10 on March 22.
 
SCOUTING THE STATESMEN

• Hobart is ranked in the top 20 in the nation in three statistical categories. The Statesmen are eighth in faceoff percentage (.599), 11th in man-down defense (.759) and 20th in man-up offense (.438).
• Senior Anthony Dattellas leads the Statesmen in goals (19), assists (13) and points (32). He recorded a game-high four points against Syracuse, extending his team-leading point streak to 19 games.
• Junior Will Delano scored an extra-man goal against the Orange. It was his sixth goal of the season with the man advantage, tied for first in the nation.
• Graduate student Adam Shea is first in the A10 and 18th in the nation in faceoff percentage. He's won 58.2% of his faceoffs this year. Shea is second in the A10 in ground balls per game (6.0).
• Junior defenseman Nolan Firth had a team-high six ground balls last week against Syracuse. It's the first game a Hobart faceoff man hasn't led the team in ground balls in a game this year.

 
SCOUTING THE MINUTEMEN

• UMass is also ranked in the top 20 in the nation in three statistical categories. The Minutemen are ninth in shot percentage (.331) and turnovers per game (14.5) and 10th in man-down defense (.760).
• UMass has a balanced attack with three players sharing the scoring lead. Mason Bregman, Shane O'Leary, and Caelin Lewis each have 13 goals. Bregman paces the team in assists (11) and points (24).
• Caleb Hammett is the top faceoff man (.484) and sports a team-high 49 ground balls.
• Defenseman Jack Wittmaack has a team-high 14 caused turnovers and leads the A10 in caused turnovers per game (1.75).
• Goalie Matt Knote leads the A10 in saves per game (12.5), is second in save percentage (.559) and third in GAA (10.03).

 
SERIES SNAPSHOT

• This will be the 12th meeting between Hobart and UMass with the Minutemen holding a 9-2 series lead.
• Three of the previous 11 meetings were decided by just a single goal, all overtime affairs.