Tony Seaman

Read our transcript with the Towson men's lacrosse coach Tony Seaman enters his seventh season at Towson. The Tigers finished 11-5 last year and won the Colonial Athletic Association title. The Tigers lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Dominic, Cockeysville: How are the Tigers going to do this year? My mom and gramdmother are alumni and my sister goes to school there now so we are fans. Tony Seaman: I'm very happy with our progress so far but the real test is on Saturday against Loyola.

Here is the second installment of a series that checks in with the seven Division I programs in the state to give a glimpse into the past and the future. Teams are scheduled to appear according to the chronological order in which their seasons ended. Monday's visit was with Navy . Tuesday's visit is with Towson. REVIEW The good: After wrapping up 2011 with a 3-10 overall record and a 1-5 Colonial Athletic Association mark that got former coach Tony Seaman dismissed, the team went 7-8 overall and 2-4 in the conference, finishing in fourth place and qualifying for the league tournament.

Tony Seaman compiled a record of 263-166 in 30 years as a head coach at Johns Hopkins, Towson, Penn and C.W. Post. In one of his many current roles, he serves to chair the selection committee tasked with filling out the 16-team field for the upcoming NCAA tournament. Seaman discussed the deliberations over the No. 1 seed, the rationale for Massachusetts not getting a top-four seed, and thought process behind inviting Princeton over Penn State. Loyola coach Charley Toomey, who is a member of the selection committee, said he recused himself for 40 minutes from Sunday's meeting before learning that the Greyhounds would be the No. 1 seed.

Tony Seaman compiled a record of 263-166 in 30 years as a head coach at Johns Hopkins, Towson, Penn and C.W. Post. In one of his many current roles, he serves to chair the selection committee tasked with filling out the 16-team field for the upcoming NCAA tournament. Seaman discussed the deliberations over the No. 1 seed, the rationale for Massachusetts not getting a top-four seed, and thought process behind inviting Princeton over Penn State. Loyola coach Charley Toomey, who is a member of the selection committee, said he recused himself for 40 minutes from Sunday's meeting before learning that the Greyhounds would be the No. 1 seed.

Tony Seaman just sat motionless on the bus.At the season's opening college lacrosse tournament, Towson University and its new coach arrived early at St. Paul's School in what would be their first public appearance together. But the Tigers weren't alone.Staring out at once-friendly columbia blue and black uniforms, Seaman wasn't prepared to confront Johns Hopkins nor his feelings. It had only been a few months since his devastating, seven-minute dismissal by Hopkins administrators that ended Seaman's eight-year tenure at Homewood.

Towson attackman Spencer Ford kids around with his teammates, informing them that the college newspaper used his picture because of his good looks. He'll also embellish his statistics all the time, boasting at practices that no one can stop him.But ignore the wise cracks, peel away that cocky appearance and be prepared for a surprise. Ford is actually one of the most unselfish players in college lacrosse today.Always possessing excellent vision, Ford has found his comfort level in a new offensive system and become one of the nation's most dangerous feeders, recording 17 assists in just three games.

MANCHESTER, England -- The United States routed Japan, 33-2, in its opening game of the World Lacrosse Championships yesterday.Attackman Mark Millon led the Americans with five goals and nine assists, Mike Morrill (St. Paul's) had five goals and two assists, and Gilman coach John Tucker contributed three goals and one assist.The U.S. team rolled to a 14-0 lead midway through the second quarter, and coach Tony Seaman (Johns Hopkins) said that he throttled down the offense for the rest of the half.

"When Tony Seaman took the Hopkins job, one of my worst fears was realized. Tony's a great recruiter and lacrosse mind. My assistant, John Desko, and I said if we could choose the Hopkins coach, one guy we'd hide would be Tony Seaman."-- Roy Simmons Jr.,Syracuse lacrosse coachTony Seaman's bag of coaching tricks never seems to come up empty. Poof. Goalkeepers who double team the ball from outside the crease. Poof. Matchup zone defenses. Poof. Four Ivy League titles and six National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I tournament appearances while at the University of Pennsylvania.

T he road to the national championship goes through Syracuse. And C.W. Post. And SUNY Cortland. And Onondaga Community College. Last year, the aforementioned New York schools captured the Division I, Division II, Division III and National Junior College Athletic Association titles, respectively. So, has the Empire State replaced Maryland as the pre-eminent lacrosse hotbed? One former player turned analyst doesn't see it as a trend, but as a continuation of what has always been.

The goalie is just a freshman. He weighs 165 pounds. He has years of punishment, pounding and shots to take before his career can be assessed.But for one day, at least, Princeton's Scott Bacigalupo dominated the world of college lacrosse. Yesterday, he turned a game that was supposed to be a battle of coaches into a personal showcase.Bacigalupo made 14 saves and directed Princeton to a 15-10 victory over Johns Hopkins on a warm, spring-like afternoon at Homewood Field. The Tigers' patient, ball-control style played to Bacigalupo's strengths, but make no mistake, the goalie shut the door on the Blue Jays.

The Shawn Nadelen era got off to a good start as Towson outlasted Jacksonville, 12-10, in the season opener for both teams Saturday. It also perhaps signaled a change in the net. Junior Andrew Wascavage earned the starting nod over Travis Love, a Westminster native and Winters Mill graduate who has been a two-year starter. Nadelen, who succeeded Tony Seaman as head coach in June, said Wascavage's play in the preseason convinced the coaching staff to give him the opportunity against the Dolphins.

Selection Sunday was followed by Manic Monday. Less than 24 hours after the unveiling of the 16-team field for the upcoming NCAA tournament, the men's lacrosse programs at Towson and Navy parted ways with their head coaches. In a span of less than three hours Monday afternoon, the vacancies created by Tony Seaman at Towson and Richie Meade were characterized as resignations by their respective schools. But several people close to both coaches scoffed at that description. Seaman, who had signed a series of three one-year deals after the 2010 campaign, couldn't hide his disappointment about being ousted, which was first reported by WNST 1570 AM. "It's not the way I wanted to end my legacy at Towson," said Seaman, whose went 3-10 overall and 1-5 in the Colonial Athletic Association this past spring.

Tony Seaman knows exactly how Rick Sowell feels. On April 27, 1996, Seaman watched as his Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team, which was ranked No. 5 in the country, was upended by Towson, 13-12. So Seaman, now the head coach at Towson, could empathize with Sowell, who was forced to watch his No. 4 Stony Brook squad get upset by the host Tigers, 9-8, before 1,323 at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson on Saturday. "I was the coach of that team in '96 that Towson beat," Seaman recalled.

Eighth-ranked Maryland spent much of Saturday writing the latest chapter of its largely one-sided rivalry with Towson. Seemingly in command, however, the Terrapins had to survive an unexpected dose of second-half intrigue before closing the book on an 8-4 win. Up 6-2, the Terrapins went scoreless for the next 31 minutes, 55 seconds, clinging to a slim lead until late goals by senior Ryan Young and junior Drew Snider sealed the victory before an...

The Towson men's lacrosse team can recall those "Lost" fliers — for now. Embroiled in their own head-scratching version of "Where's Waldo?," the Tigers rediscovered their offense in scoring the game's first four goals and cruising to an 11-3 thumping of host Mount St. Mary's before 483 at the Waldron Family Stadium Saturday afternoon. It took Towson just 2 minutes, 39 seconds to match their offensive output in a 3-2 loss to No. 11 Loyola eight days ago. And the six goals the offense scored in the first half matched the season high the Tigers scored in a four-goal setback to No. 9 Johns Hopkins in their season opener two weeks ago. "It's a big relief," said sophomore attackman Matt Hughes, who led all scorers with four points on three goals and one assist, all in the first half.

The Greater Baltimore Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse will induct 10 new members into its 2011 Hall of Fame class. Joe Breschi, Tony Seaman, Quint Kessenich, Butch Marino, Michael Watson, Krystin Porcella, Michelle Meyer Dwan, Stephanie Roberts Radebaugh, Gina Roberts Ubriaco and Anne Ensor will be inducted at a banquet on Jan. 22, 2011, at Grand Mason Lodge in Hunt Valley. Breschi, a 1986 graduate of Loyola Blakefield, was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference's 50th Anniversary Men's Lacrosse Team for his career at the University of North Carolina and was a member of the 1994 and 1998 U.S. National Teams that played in the World Lacrosse Games.

No. 6 Navy's 8-7 overtime loss to No. 13 Loyola on Saturday was doubly painful as the Midshipmen (1-1) will likely have to finish the remainder of the season without senior attackman Tim Paul . Paul, the team's leading scorer last year with 32 points on 18 goals and 14 assists, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, coach Richie Meade confirmed Monday. Paul, a Parkton native and Loyola graduate, suffered the injury with about two minutes left in regulation and did not return.

The Greater Baltimore Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse will induct 10 new members into its 2011 Hall of Fame class. Joe Breschi, Tony Seaman, Quint Kessenich, Butch Marino, Michael Watson, Krystin Porcella, Michelle Meyer Dwan, Stephanie Roberts Radebaugh, Gina Roberts Ubriaco and Anne Ensor will be inducted at a banquet on Jan. 22, 2011, at Grand Mason Lodge in Hunt Valley. Breschi, a 1986 graduate of Loyola Blakefield, was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference's 50th Anniversary Men's Lacrosse Team for his career at the University of North Carolina and was a member of the 1994 and 1998 U.S. National Teams that played in the World Lacrosse Games.

On the same day Maryland found its new head coach, Towson struck a new deal with its current head coach. Towson and Tony Seaman finalized a three-year contract Tuesday morning. The new deal had been agreed to several weeks ago, but the length and terms of the contract had yet to be determined. Financial terms were not disclosed. "I'm excited, especially for the 2011 season and the recruits we have coming in and the guys we have returning," Seaman said. "Two years in a row, we've been a couple goals away in the [conference]

Now, the waiting begins -- not for the Towson men's lacrosse team, but for head coach Tony Seaman. For the second time in as many seasons, the Tigers offered up a flat performance, scoring just once in the second and third quarters of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament final before trying to mount a rally that eventually failed in a 12-9 loss to visiting Delaware before an announced 2,189 at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson. The Blue Hens (10-6), who last won the CAA title in 2007 when they beat the Tigers, 10-7, in Towson, sewed up the automatic qualifier and will join the field of 16 in the NCAA tournament when the bracket is revealed tonight.