Helping matters was an offense that has shared the ball exceptionally well. Richmond has some knowns in Ryan Lanchbury (10 goals, 12 assists), who set the program career points record in Tuesday’s 17-3 rout of St. Bonaventure, and Dalton Young (12 goals, five assists). But Lance Madonna already has 11 goals as well in second-year coordinator John Hogan’s scheme.
The Spiders are averaging 10.25 assists per game, fourth nationally behind Michigan, Maryland and Ohio State. Not bad company.
“We have a couple headliners in Lanchbury and Young, and then there’s some other guys that just fit into the offense because of their unselfishness and what they’re willing to do without the ball and their overall skillset,” Chemotti said. “John has put those guys in really good places.”
By the time halftime arrived Saturday, five different Spiders had scored to trim the deficit to 10-8. Richmond finally tied it early in the fourth quarter at 13 before Will Tazewell’s go-ahead goal gave the Spiders their first lead with 9:48 left in regulation.
The teams traded goals from there, with Dunn’s winner capping a comeback Chemotti thinks could reverberate in his locker room throughout the spring.
“Towson’s not a ranked team, not what the [NCAA selection] committee would call a quality win so to speak, but Towson, in my opinion, is a damned good team,” Chemotti said. “It might not be big for the rankings, but it was huge for the growth of this year’s team to be able to really just say, ‘No, no, no. We’re not going to go down like that. We’re going to win this.’ It was a huge moment and something we’ll be able to look back on later in the season as a defining moment.”