A week after being named to the All-Colonial Athletic Association First Team, the Drexel men’s lacrosse team trio that head coach Brian Voelker called the “1-2-3 punch” moved on to the offseason lifestyle.

Senior attack Robert Church appeared in the Daskalakis Athletic Center with some scrapes across his face and a cut on his nose; “tackle football in the park” was the cause.

Junior midfielder Ben McIntosh accompanied Church with a backward cap restraining his hair that he had grown out all season long. As longtime teammates and friends from Coquitlam, British Columbia, the two have been inseparable on and off the field for years.

Meanwhile, sophomore Ryan Belka was also supposed to make an appearance, but the midfielder from Crofton, Md., got stuck in traffic on his way back to Philadelphia after a trip home for the weekend.

Conference accolades were given May 2, the day after the Dragons fell to Towson University 11-8 in the semifinals of the CAA Tournament in State College, Pa. Even though the three individual plaques will be on display, they would have looked a lot better next to a CAA Championship trophy.

“It feels good,” Church said about being named to the All-CAA First Team. “Obviously not as good as winning the CAA [would have been], but I guess it’s a good consolation prize.”

Church, along with Belka and McIntosh, represented half the offensive positions on the All-CAA First Team, which was fitting because the Dragons’ offense was so potent this season. Drexel led the CAA by scoring an average of 12.13 goals per game, including 11.67 goals per game in conference play.

“It definitely means we were able to put up some great numbers this year,” McIntosh said, although his answer quickly turned to a realization about his partner in crime. “[But] losing Church is [going to] hurt us on offense because he was probably our best guy. … Now we [have to] fill that hole.”

The realization of separation was mutual, as just hours after the Dragons’ season-ending loss to Towson, Church tweeted, “One of the toughest parts about that loss is that it’s probably the last competitive game ill [sic] ever play with [McIntosh] #bestbuddy.”

Both were among the top five scorers in the CAA this season. Church finished his senior campaign with 33 goals and 24 assists for 57 total points, and McIntosh fell just short of his teammate with 56 total points on 38 goals and 18 assists.

Even though the pair showed consistency and explosiveness throughout the season, they were not surprised when Austin Kaut, The Pennsylvania State University’s junior goalie, was named CAA Player of the Year.

“I [kind of] figured it would be Kaut from Penn State,” Church said. “He’s been like the best goalie in the nation all year, … so he was very deserving of it.”

After being named CAA Rookie of the Year last season and All-CAA First Team last week as a sophomore, it would make sense for Belka to be somewhere in the CAA Player of the Year discussion next season.

The midfielder finished seventh in the conference in scoring with 27 goals and 17 assists for a total of 44 points and was the only second-year player to be among the select few on the All-CAA First Team. Belka said he expects to build on his performance this season and build up his all-around game going into his third year in the Blue and Gold.

“As I move forward in my career, I hope to improve on the obvious and get bigger, stronger and faster,” Belka said. “From a team perspective, I want to become more of a leader vocally on and off the field to accomplish our goals of winning a CAA championship and [earning an] NCAA berth.”

Along with McIntosh, freshman attack Frank Fusco and junior attack Nick Trizano, Belka will return to head the potent Drexel offense next season. But with the departure of Church, along with senior midfielder Aaron Prosser, there are some voids in the starting lineup that could be filled by fresh faces.

“I think Hank Brown could definitely step up and put up some numbers,” McIntosh said. “Redshirt freshman Cole Shafer could [as well]; he’s probably [going to] be stepping in for Church’s spot.”

And guess what? Shafer is also from Coquitlam! He will continue the legacy of the Dragons’ British Columbian pipeline that Ben’s brother Garrett McIntosh, a senior midfielder, began in University City five years ago. Meanwhile, it is time for Church to move on with his career, which he will attempt to continue at the professional level.

“I’m trying to play pro in the [National Lacrosse League], which is the indoor [lacrosse] league,” he explained. In addition, Church will graduate with a degree in sport management in June that will help him “hopefully find a job in sports somewhere along the line.”

The future may turn into any number of outcomes for Church and for Voelker’s program, which is still looking for its first-ever NCAA Tournament bid. But one thing is for certain: this season was a special one.

“The coaches have said that this team has been the closest family they’ve ever coached, and I think that attributes directly to the seniors and captains,” Belka said. “[They] were the guys who brought it every day and set an example of what Drexel lacrosse is all about.”

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Freshman midfielder Hank Brown (pictured left) scored his fourth goal of the season in Drexel’s 11-8 loss to Towson in the CAA semifinals.

The Drexel men’s lacrosse team’s identity this season was no secret, as the Dragons boasted a run-and-gun style of play that resulted in lots of scoring opportunities.

Was it entertaining? Absolutely. Was it consistent? Eh, not so much.

At times, Drexel was unstoppable, filling the net at will while opponents looked like deer in the headlights of an 18-wheeler. But at other times, the Dragons were confused and timid, as if they were waiting to get down in order to kick into gear.

Comebacks were a huge story for Drexel, as eight of the team’s 11 wins came after they were trailing in the second half. Even though they counted as positives in the record column, head coach Brian Voelker knew the team could not rely on comeback victories to get deep into the postseason.

One might even say that the Dragons were playing with fire.

“The problem when you dig a hole like we have in a lot of games is almost everything has to go right,” Voelker said. “There’s too little room for error.”

For a Drexel team that was so streaky during the regular season, all it would take to get knocked off in the one-and-done format of postseason tournaments would be an extended cold streak. And that is exactly what happened May 1 in the semifinals of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament, as Towson University defeated the Dragons by a score of 11-8.

After a Drexel goal by freshman midfielder Hank Brown with 7:50 to go in the first quarter made the score 3-2 in favor of Towson, the Dragons were held to one goal for the next 26:25 while the Tigers extended their lead to 9-3.

Drexel was not without its chances over that span, but Towson senior goalie Andrew Wascavage made four saves in the second quarter to help his team make a huge run. Wascavage made 14 saves on 22 shots on goal for the game for a .636 save percentage, which was just a small improvement over his mark of .611 in the regular season.

Senior attack Robert Church finally ended the scoring drought at the 11:25 mark of the third quarter and then added two more goals in the next 2:41 to complete the natural hat trick and bring the Drexel deficit to 9-6.

Church also added two assists in the game for a total of five points, which brought his season tally to 33 goals and 24 assists, as he finished with a team-leading 57 total points. Although his storied career as a Dragon came to an end, he made sure the “Church” name will be branded in the school’s record books forever. His 194 career points rank fourth all time in Drexel history, while his 121 career goals are tied for third all time.

“Robert has had an amazing career. … He had his best year this season,” Voelker said. “He’s a guy that we could always count on for 40-plus points a year; that’s not easy to do.”

After some back-and-forth play, junior midfielder Ben McIntosh scored his team-leading 38th goal of the season and second of the game with 3:05 remaining in the third quarter to bring the score to 10-8. But the high-octane Dragons stalled, as they were unable to muster another goal in the final 18:05, and Drexel fell by a final score of 11-8.

“We came back in a lot of games this year, so we knew what we needed to do,” Voelker said. “We got the game to 10-8 but then made some costly mistakes.”

Towson star attack Thomas DeNapoli was held to one goal and one assist after torching the Dragons for six goals and one assist in the teams’ matchup earlier this season, a 14-11 Drexel win April 20 at Vidas Field. DeNapoli entered the CAA semifinal game with 53 total points, just one behind McIntosh for the conference lead.

There was a different hero for the Tigers on this day, however, as freshman midfielder Ben McCarty scored six goals on seven shots to lead his team to victory. In fact, McCarty’s six scores matched his entire goal output of the regular season, doubling his overall total to 12.

“Towson played better than [we did],” Voelker said. “We had too many turnovers [and] too many mistakes on defense. We weren’t moving the ball on offense, and when we got good looks, Towson’s goalie made big saves.”

A bright spot for the Dragons was sophomore faceoff specialist Nick Saputo, who dominated his counterpart on the Tigers, winning 19 of 22 draws in the game and adding an assist on Church’s third goal. Also contributing for the Dragons were freshman attack Chris Frederick with a goal and an assist and senior midfielder Aaron Prosser with a goal.

As Prosser’s Drexel career comes to an end, his Major League Lacrosse career is set to begin with the Denver Outlaws, the team that picked him in the fifth round of the 2013 player entry draft.

“[Prosser] put two really good seasons together; he always competed,” Voelker said. “I hope the young guys see how hard he works and how much he put into this team.”

Other graduating seniors for the Dragons are midfielders Kris Franklin and Garrett McIntosh and defensemen Justin Hummel and Chris Walsh. They will be some tough cleats to fill, for sure, but Drexel does have a large portion of its core returning for the 2014 season.

“Losing the seniors will hurt. Not only their production on the field, but their leadership,” Voelker said. “We do have a lot to build on; there’s a lot returning at each position.”

As for Towson, the Tigers will advance to the championship game May 3 against the top-seeded Pennsylvania State University, the host team of the CAA Tournament. The Nittany Lions won the first semifinal game over the fourth-seeded University of Massachusetts Amherst by a score of 10-7 to advance to the finals.

With Lincoln Financial Field as the host site for the Final Four of the 2013 NCAA Tournament, it would have been special for Drexel to make an appearance as the host team, but it was just not meant to be. Instead, Voelker and his guys will have to wait yet another season to try to make history as the first-ever Drexel men’s lacrosse team to appear on the bracket.

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Drexel’s faceoff specialists, sophomore Nick Saputo and junior Deven Thomas (pictured above), have combined to win 177 of 346 draws (51.2 percent) this year. Saputo had a goal and an assist in the Dragons’ win over Towson University.

Some call it crunch time, some call it winning time, and some might call it something else entirely. Whatever you want to call it, the Drexel men’s lacrosse team does not care, because the Dragons are too busy taking care of business.

After yet another comeback victory, a 14-11 win April 20 over Towson University, Drexel has clinched the No. 2 seed in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament and will play the third-seeded Tigers again in the first round May 1. The tournament, which also includes host The Pennsylvania State University and a fourth-seeded team that has yet to be determined, will culminate with the championship game May 3 in State College, Pa.

Despite the win over Towson, the Dragons stayed put at No. 17 in both of the national men’s lacrosse polls. Drexel is 6-1 in its last seven games and 10-3 overall, but the team has not recorded a signature win to be catapulted into the top 10.

Drexel now controls its own destiny. A win against Towson will put the team on the NCAA Tournament at-large bubble, and another win will clinch an automatic bid.

As they sat in second place in the CAA and looked up at Penn State, a team that has not lost since March 9, the Dragons needed a win in their final CAA game of the season to clinch the No. 2 seed in the conference. In came the Tigers, a team from the collegiate lacrosse hotbed of Maryland, to challenge Drexel at Vidas Field.

Towson struck early. With three quick scores by CAA goal-scoring leader Thomas DeNapoli, the Dragons found themselves in an early hole, down 3-0 just 11:42 into the game. Slowly but surely, things started to come together for the home team. Sophomore midfielder Ryan Belka recorded a first-half hat trick, including a goal nine seconds before the buzzer, and Drexel went into the half tied 5-5 with the Tigers.

The second half began slowly, with both teams unable to tally any scores through the first five minutes of the third quarter. But with one flick of the wrist by senior attack Robert Church at the 9:36 mark, the Dragons began their patented second-half onslaught. Over the next five minutes, Drexel went on an 8-0 run to take a commanding 13-5 lead on a stunned Tigers team.

“I keep saying, ‘If we knew how this works, we would turn it on earlier,’” head coach Brian Voelker said. “Early in the game, [Towson’s] goalie made some big saves, but I think our kids just started playing better, and we took care of the ball.”

Towson showed great resilience, however, as the visitors stormed back with six straight tallies of their own to creep within two goals with 6:57 remaining in the game. But then Church fed Belka for his fourth goal of the game, which rounded out the scoring and clinched a 14-11 win in favor of the Dragons.

Junior Ben McIntosh continued to hold his own on the scoresheet, as the midfielder from Coquitlam, British Columbia, recorded two goals and two assists. Church tied a season high with seven points on the day, four goals and three assists.

“[Ben and I] have both always been great offensive players … and we are just happy and proud of one another,” Church said. “We push each other to be better every day and just enjoy being on the field together.”

Meanwhile, the Tigers’ DeNapoli accounted for six of his team’s 11 goals as well as one assist. It was a rare sight, indeed, that all three of those players ended the game tied for first in the CAA points race. Each player has 48 points with one game to go, although DeNapoli has played in one more contest than Drexel’s duo.

“Robert’s been a leader down in the offensive end, picking up some ground balls and getting a lot of assists for us,” Voelker said. “To be honest, we’ve been waiting for Ben to explode; he’s had some big goals in big moments. Belka’s had a great year too, going from CAA Rookie of the Year to almost doubling his scoring. Those three guys have given us an incredible 1-2-3 punch.”

Sophomore faceoff specialist Nick Saputo won 17 of 28 draws in the game and also added a goal and an assist to the cause. Freshman attack Chris Frederick notched a goal as he stepped in once again for injured sophomore attack Andrew Vivian. However, the game marked the first time all season in which attack Frank Fusco did not score a goal.

The Dragons’ final regular-season game is at home against High Point University April 27 at 1 p.m. With a win, Drexel would cap an 8-0 home schedule and be the only NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse team this season to boast an undefeated home record.

“Don’t jinx us! Don’t jinx us!” Voelker joked after being reminded of his team’s success at Vidas Field. “We’re trying to finish out the regular season strong going into the CAA playoffs. … It would be great to [have] an undefeated home record.”

The Panthers come to Philadelphia with a 3-11 overall record, ranked 58th out of 63 teams in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index. It will be difficult for the Dragons to keep from overlooking High Point, especially with the CAA Tournament semifinals on the horizon, but when it comes down to it, winning is better than losing.

“Our team has been focused all year long, so it won’t be any different on Saturday,” Church said. “It’s a one-game season every game from here on out, and losing is not accepted.”

While a victory is the top concern for Drexel against High Point, Voelker wants the team to focus on defensive efficiency and limiting mental lapses in preparation for the CAA Tournament. Because the Dragons have been consistent on offense this season, the other factors will be the key intangibles that could make the team a national title contender.

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[media-credit name=”Rachel Wisniewski” align=”alignleft” width=”300″] Junior Ben McIntosh amassed a season-high five goals in Drexel’s 15-14 win over UMass April 13 in Amherst, Mass. The midfielder from Coquitlam, B.C., leads the CAA with 44 points on the season, which includes 30 goals and 14 assists.

A regular-season win does not necessarily avenge a postseason loss from the previous year. But for the Drexel men’s lacrosse team, there is nothing wrong with a victory over a rival and a 4-1 Colonial Athletic Association record.

The Dragons defeated the University of Massachusetts Minutemen April 13 by a score of 15-14 in a closely played game from start to finish. It was the first win by Drexel over UMass since 2010 and the team’s first-ever win at Garber Field. The Blue and Gold moved to an overall record of 9-3 on the season and moved up to No. 17 in both of the national men’s lacrosse polls, as well as No. 15 in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index.

“We harped all week on our kids that if we beat UMass then we lock up a spot in the CAA playoffs,” head coach Brian Voelker said. “It was definitely a back-and-forth game, and we were excited to come away with the victory.”

Junior midfielder Ben McIntosh scored a season high of five goals, as well as one assist, and earned co-CAA Player of the Week honors in the process. The six-point performance tied McIntosh’s best output of the season, which came via four goals and two assists in a 20-19 win Feb. 23 over the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Still, the ultimate heroics of the game came from an unfamiliar source. Freshman attack Chris Frederick, making his first career start in place of injured sophomore attack Andrew Vivian, scored the first four points of his career for the Dragons. Frederick notched two assists and two goals, including the eventual game winner when he put Drexel up 15-13 with 4:28 remaining.

“It was back and forth with the coaching staff on who was going to [replace Andrew], and we decided to go with Chris,” Voelker said. “First play of the game, he buries a goal on the fast break. … He made the most of his opportunity and helped us win the game.”

Also producing points for the Dragons were senior attack Robert Church with two goals and two assists, junior attack Nick Trizano with three scores and one assist, sophomore midfielder Ryan Belka with three helpers, and freshman attack Frank Fusco with a hat trick. When he scored at the 9:38 mark of the third quarter, Fusco continued his streak as the only Drexel player with at least one goal in every game this season.

But the Dragons were not the only ones on the field with high-scoring players, as UMass also had its fair share of box score stuffers. Senior attack Kyle Smith led all scorers with three goals and five assists, sophomore attack Grant Whiteway tallied five goals, and senior attack Will Manny added two goals and four assists.

The game was a back-and-forth affair, with neither team holding more than a two-goal lead at any point during the contest. Even though it was an offensive shootout, the difference was ultimately the goaltending of Drexel freshman Cal Winkelman. The goalie from Skaneateles, N.Y., made 11 saves on 25 shots, including three in the final three minutes, to allow the Dragons to hold their 15-14 lead.

Last season was especially bad for the Dragons against the Minutemen, as UMass defeated Drexel once in the regular season by a score of 8-6 and once again in the CAA championship game in an 18-12 blowout.

“There was some extra attention to the fact that [UMass] took from us what we wanted to get last year,” Voelker said, referring to a CAA title. “We had to play in a hostile environment, and it definitely gave us some motivation. [The win] felt good for the guys that played last year.”

But things are much different this year for the Minutemen. After being ranked in the top five nationally nearly all of last season and claiming the CAA championship in April, UMass currently sits at the bottom of the conference with an 0-4 record. Meanwhile, the Dragons improved to 4-1 and kept pace with The Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions, who are 4-0 in CAA play.

“The most important thing is that we’ve locked up a spot in the CAA playoffs,” Voelker said. “Towson is a huge game because we still have a chance to host [the tournament].”

Next up for Drexel is a 4 p.m. home matchup April 20 against Towson University at Vidas Field. The Tigers sit at 3-1 in the CAA, right behind the Dragons in the conference standings, and are led by attack Thomas DeNapoli. The junior from East Rockaway, N.Y., has 30 goals and 11 assists on the season, which is good enough for second in the CAA behind Drexel’s McIntosh, who has 30 goals and 14 assists for 44 total points.

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[media-credit name=”Rachel Wisniewski” align=”alignleft” width=”300″] Senior midfielder Garrett McIntosh celebrates a goal with his Drexel teammates in a home game at Vidas Field.

Although it is a conference comprised of just seven schools, the Colonial Athletic Association has proven itself a premier source of men’s lacrosse since its inaugural season in 2001. Following a 5-2 out-of-conference record, Drexel was looking right down the barrel of a grueling six-game conference schedule that would ultimately decide the fate of the season.

“We had some success early in the season in the nonconference schedule,” head coach Brian Voelker said. “But at [this point] we need to focus on six CAA games in a row.”

Through the first four games of the CAA schedule, the Dragons hold a 3-1 record against their conference foes and an 8-3 overall record. As of the April 8 vote, Drexel sits at No. 17 in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association poll and at No. 18 in the Inside Lacrosse poll.

First up for the Dragons was No. 7 Hofstra University March 23 in Hempstead, N.Y. A week removed from a 14-11 win over Mount St. Mary’s University at Vidas Field, Drexel got out to a slow start against the Pride. After being down 4-1 at the end of the first quarter, the Dragons struck with back-to-back goals from junior midfielder Ben McIntosh and senior midfielder Aaron Prosser.

Drexel could not muster up much more offense through the third quarter, and the team faced a familiar three-goal deficit when Hofstra junior midfielder Drew Coholan scored with 5:29 remaining in the third quarter to put the Pride ahead 7-4. But the Dragons chipped away at the lead, and with 21 seconds left, sophomore midfielder Ryan Belka scored the game-tying goal to send the game into overtime at a score of 7-7.

The game was scoreless through two four-minute overtime periods, but Drexel began the third with a man-advantage opportunity after a slashing penalty by Hofstra senior defender Cody Solaja. Right at the 1:00 mark of the penalty, McIntosh fired home the game-winning goal, and the Dragons left Long Island with an 8-7 triple-overtime win to start off their CAA schedule.

“Defensively, Hofstra’s one of the best we will see all year,” Voelker said. “Things didn’t go our way [at first], but we kept at it and started the CAA schedule out right.”

Fresh off an emotional win and not having given up a goal in over 29 minutes, Drexel hosted Saint Joseph’s University March 27 at Vidas Field. The quick turnaround worked wonders for the Dragons, as they jumped on the Hawks and never looked back. Sophomore attack Mitch de Snoo scored his second goal of the game 1:47 into the fourth quarter to put Drexel up 14-0, a two-touchdown lead on their City 6 rivals.

By the time sophomore midfielder Michael Dougherty scored the Hawks’ first goal of the game with 12:15 remaining, the Dragons had extended their team scoreless streak to 77:14. With such a lopsided game, Voelker was able to get valuable playing time for some of his substitutes, and they took advantage in the 16-3 win.

“We are hoping we got some things figured out in the defensive end,” Voelker said. “At this level it’s difficult to defend, and we just had a stretch where we did a really good job.”

De Snoo added another goal in the fourth quarter to secure a hat trick, freshman attack Jules Raucci added a goal and two assists, freshman midfielder Hank Brown scored two goals, freshman midfielder Kris Franklin added a goal, and freshman midfielder Jordan Cunningham tallied two assists. It was quite a showing from Drexel’s young players, and it is vital to mention that all these points were the first of their careers.

But as the unusual suspects contributed, so did the usual cast of characters. McIntosh had two goals and two assists; sophomore attack Andrew Vivian added a goal and an assist; senior attack Robert Church notched two goals; and freshman attack Frank Fusco had a hat trick, his second of the season. Meanwhile, freshman goalie Cal Winkelman posted three scoreless quarters before being replaced by sophomore Dan Rodgers.

“Cal has done a really good job and played well for us,” Voelker said. “He’s a really hard worker and is the first guy to ask for extra shots and shooting drills [in practice].”

The Dragons’ next game was a matchup with the University of Delaware March 30 at Vidas Field, and it proved to be more of a typical performance from the team. McIntosh opened the scoring just 1:46 into the game, but the Blue Hens stormed right back and took a 6-2 lead into the locker room.

Following a goal 1:10 into the second half from Delaware senior midfielder Eric Smith to go ahead 7-2, the Dragons had had enough. Vivian got the comeback started with a goal on the man advantage, and the rest of the team followed suit. Drexel scored nine of the game’s final 12 goals and held on for an 11-10 win against the school’s biggest rival.

Prosser led the way with one goal and three assists for a total of four points after scoring seven points in the Dragons’ previous seven games combined. Church added a goal and an assist, while Belka and McIntosh each had two goals and one assist. Fusco continued his scoring pace, adding a goal and an assist of his own. For his performances against Delaware and St. Joe’s, Fusco earned CAA Rookie of the Week honors April 1.

“Frank has had a very good year so far productionwise and pointwise,” Voelker said. “He has had some big goals and a good feed on the game-winning goal [against Hofstra].”

With a full week to prepare for the team’s next opponent, The Pennsylvania State University, Drexel eyed a 4-0 start in CAA play for the first time since 2007. The Dragons traveled to State College, Pa., April 6 for a key matchup with the Nittany Lions. Belka opened the scoring only 44 seconds into the game, but senior attack Jack Forster responded with a natural hat trick to put Penn State ahead 3-1 with 16 seconds left in the first quarter.

Prosser and McIntosh each scored in the second quarter, with a Nittany Lions goal in between, and the two sides went into the locker room just one goal apart. The teams exchanged man-advantage goals at the beginning of the second half, but then the wheels fell off for Drexel. Penn State scored seven consecutive goals in a 10:59 span, and the Dragons fell behind 12-4 with 11:16 remaining in the game.

“We’ve been trying to get our guys to string together three or four quarters in a game,” Voelker said. “[Penn State is] really good, and we had a tough time because we didn’t put together a full game.”

Drexel added a hat-trick goal from Belka and a score from Fusco before the final horn sounded, and the team left the field with a disappointing 13-6 result. In a game that showed so much promise, the Dragons returned home with more questions than answers. They now get set to face the University of Massachusetts Amherst on the road April 13.

Will freshman goalie Will Gabrielsen return to the net now that he is healthy? How did a supposedly second-half team fall apart so quickly in the second half? Can the team return to the defensive ability it showed against Hofstra and St. Joe’s? These are questions that only Voelker and his players can answer with the team’s final road game of the season looming ahead.

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