Quick Hits About The Hounds

• The Loyola University Maryland men's lacrosse team plays its final non-conference game, and only mid-week contest, of the regular-season on Tuesday, April 8, at Towson in a 6 p.m. faceoff.
• The game is the final in a stretch of five out of six on the road for the Greyhounds.
• Loyola has a decidedly new look on the field this season, particularly on the offensive end of the field. Of the six attack and midfielder starters from its last game of the 2024 season – the Patriot League Quarterfinals contest at Navy – Matthew Minicus is the only returner.
• That said, two of the Greyhounds' three starting close defenders from that game will be back in the fold this year, along with Loyola's top two long-stick midfielders.
• Charley Toomey is in his 20th season as head coach of the Greyhounds. It is also his 29th year as a member of the Loyola staff and 33rd with the program, including four as a student-athlete.
• The Greyhounds are in their 16th season of competition at Ridley Athletic Complex, which opened in 2010. The Greyhounds are 75-35 (.682) all-time at the stadium.

Looking Back

• Max Watkinson made a save on a Bucknell shot 15 seconds into overtime, and on the other end of the field, Brady West scored from 10 yards out to give the Loyola a 12-11 overtime victory against the host Bison on Saturday.
• Ryan McGorry dodged off the left side and threw to West who stepped into a shot from 10 yards to score 1:04 into overtime.
• The Greyhounds overcame a three-goal second-half deficit when Peter Grandolfo scored 3:17 in to the third quarter to put Bucknell in front 9-6.
• Mason Cook used one of Matthew Minicus' two assists to score and get Loyola back within two with 4:27 left in the third. Ryan McGorry dodged off the left side and scored 44 ticks into the fourth quarter, making it a 9-8 Bison lead.
• The Bison scored 31 seconds later, however, but Minicus ripped a high-to-high shots from the right side, scoring with 8:35 on the fourth-quarter clock, and the Greyhounds were again within one.
• Bucknell, however, scored at 5:50 on a Connor Davis shot from left point, Minicus converted with his fifth goal of the day at 4:02. Brady Quinn dodged topside and scored with 3:00 remaining.

Watch The Game

• Saturday's Loyola-Towson game will stream live on LacrosseTV (free) and FloSports (subscription).

Series History

• Loyola and Towson will meet for the 68th time in series history on Tuesday when the teams take the field. The Tigers are the Greyhounds' most-played opponent all-time.
• The series started on April 25, 1959 when Loyola beat Maryland State Teachers College at Towson, 8-6.
• Loyola has a 36-31 all-time lead in the series after winning each of the last two seasons in overtime decisions.
• Last year, Towson scored three of the last four goals in regulation to force overtime. Loyola's Remi Reynolds forced a turnover, picked up the ground ball and scored with one second remaining in the extra period to lift the Greyhounds to the win.
• The Greyhounds have won 14 of the last 18 meetings dating back to a 13-8 win in the 2008 season.
• Tuesday's game will be Charley Toomey's 21st as Loyola's head coach against the Tigers. Overall, he has been part of 33 of the 67 games between the programs. He is 14-6 as head coach, was 5-4 as an assistant and 3-1 as a student-athlete for the Greyhounds when the Tigers were known as Towson State.

Learning On The Job

• Entering the season, the Greyhounds roster was significantly different than previous seasons with a 19 freshmen and two transfers with others who would see their first collegiate playing time after season-ending injuries previously in their careers.
• Through 10 games this year, 23 players have made their collegiate debuts for the Greyhounds, 18 freshmen and four sophomores who did not play in their first years out of high school.
• Of those 22 players, four have started games – Mason Cook, Kenan Everhart, Kyle McCarthy and Grady O'Day– and many others have seen considerable time  in non-starting roles (defensive midfield, faceoff specialists, faceoff wings, second midfield).

All Over The Field

• Remi Reynolds has played in a slew of defensive roles over his three-plus years as a collegiate player. He saw action in all 19 games of his 2022 freshman campaign at Rutgers, playing as a long-stick midfielder for the Scarlet Knights. During the 2023 season, he moved to playing on the rope unit with a short stick and saw time in 13 games.
• Last year, his first with the Greyhounds, he started all 15 games on close defense and was the team leader in caused turnovers with 17. Reynolds also topped the close defense unit with 32 ground balls while earning All-Patriot League Second Team recognition.
• This year, Reynolds is a starter again on close defense, and he's impressed in the 10 games thus far. He had three caused turnovers, two ground balls and a transition assist at Georgetown before going for a career-high five caused turnovers, four ground balls and his second goal as a Greyhound in the Maryland game. He picked up five ground balls in his return to Piscataway on February 22 against Rutgers, and he then tied his career-high with six off the ground against Colgate a week later.
• He is second on Loyola with 37 ground balls and leads the team with 18 caused turnovers while also chipping in two goals and an assist. Through games of April 6, Reynolds is 14th in the nation in caused turnovers per game with 1.8. 
• After the game against Maryland, Reynolds was named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week and earned a spot on the USILA National Team of the Week.

Staying Out Of The Penalty Box

• Loyola has been flagged for penalties just 15 times this year, and it has gone man-down only 13 times, tied with Princeton for second-fewest nationally behind Maryland's 12.
• When the Greyhounds do foul, they have killed penalties with an 77-percent success rate, ranking eighth in the nation in man-down defense and tops in the Patriot League.

Tops In Points

• Matthew MInicus opened the 2025 season, his junior campaign at Loyola, with a four-point effort against Georgetown, scoring twice and adding a pair of assists to lead the Greyhounds in all three scoring columns. He matched those totals on February 15 against Johns Hopkins, and through 10 games this year, he has 22 career multi-goal outings and the 13 multi-assist performances.
• This year, he leads Loyola with 33 points on 13 goals and 20 assists; he registered his 100th career point with a first-quarter assist against the Scarlet Knights. He has at least two points in all but one game this season. He put together a season-best seven points at Bucknell with five goals and two assists.
• Minicus is 20th in the nation in assists per game (2.0) as of April 6 games.
• Minicus continued to be a key scorer for the Greyhounds in his second year with the program. The Darien, Connecticut, native had eight multi-goal games during the 2024 campaign en route to scoring 28 goals and posting 43 points.
• Minicus has played in 41 games for the Greyhounds and already has 125 points with 74 goals and 51 assists. 

Standing Up In Starting Role

• The 2025 season has been Max Watkinson's first as a full-time starter for the Greyhounds in goal. The junior started two games in 2024 before taking over the job in 2025. 
• He has posted solid numbers in the first 10 games of the year with 10 or more saves in each. Watkinson posted his top save total with a career-high 19 at Rutgers, and he has two other games with 15 or more (at Providence, 15; at Bucknell, 17).
• This season, Watkinson has 137 saves in 10 contests (13.7 per game), with a 56.1 saves percentage. He ranks eighth nationally in saves per game.

Cook-ing On Attack

• Mason Cook missed fall practice with an injury, but he has gotten up to speed in his first season at Loyola. He has seen an increased role on offense over the Greyhounds' last five games, making his first collegiate start against the Providence and nailing down a spot in the opening 10 every since.
• The freshman from Towson, Maryland, scored twice against Colgate and then had a goal and an assist at Providence. He added two more against Lafayette and a pair at Bucknell and has seven goals on 28 shots this year.

Brady Building On Offense

• Brady Quinn took two shots in four games as a freshman last season, but this year he has developed into a starting midfielder for the Greyhounds. He has been in the opening lineup for Loyola over the last six games, and he has eight goals and 10 points during that stretch.
• Quinn has taken just 21 shots this season, but he has converted on 47.6 percent of those attempts for 10 goals to go with three assists. He had a career-high four points with three goals and an assist at Bucknell.

Houlihan Holding Steady On Close D

• Joe Houlihan has been a steady part of the Loyola close defense since the 2023 season. He moved into a starting role that year before missing the last several games with an injury, but he has started every game last season and this.
• The Long Island native has already eclipsed his season-high for caused turnovers this year with 15 after posting 11 last year. He is nearing last year's total of 32 ground balls with 27 through 10 games. 

Toomey's Team

• Charley Toomey is in his 20th year as the head coach at Loyola and his 29th as a member of the Greyhounds' coaching staff. Overall, he is in his 33rd year on the Evergreen campus, including his four seasons as a student-athlete from 1986-90.
• Toomey has a 185-110 career record. Early in the 2016 season, Toomey became the second coach in program history to reach and cross the 100-win plateau; he became the school's all-time leader in wins on April 6, 2023, passing Dave Cottle's 181.
• As a head coach, Toomey has coached 52 USILA All-Americans, 104 all-conference selections, 21 conference positional or players or rookies of the year, a Tewaaraton Award winner and five finalists and 28 USILA Scholar All-Americans.
• In January 2019, Toomey was named to the coaching staff of the U.S. Men's National Team as an assistant coach. He was an assistant for the gold-medal winning team at the 2023 World Championships in San Diego. Toomey will again be an assistant for Team USA in preparation for and competition at the 2027 Championships in Japan.

Up Next

• The Greyhounds return to Ridley Athletic Complex on Saturday, April 12, to host College of the Holy Cross.