Late heroics by redshirt sophomore midfielder Matt Sovero sent the Towson University men's lacrosse team to its fourth-straight Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Men's Lacrosse Championship game. Sovero bulleted home the game-winning goal in overtime as the Tigers out-lasted the University of Delaware for a 9-8 overtime win. The Tigers (7-7) got the chance for the overtime winner thanks to a perfectly timed over-the-head check from Second-Team All-CAA selection Koby Smith. The Tigers will take on the 2018 regular season champion, University of Massachusetts, Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Garber Field. It is a rematch of last season's title game and the third time in the last four years the Tigers will meet the Minutemen in the championship. How it Happened Towson jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead as Brendan Sunday drove the goal from the left side and beat Matt DeLuca to the left post. Delaware scored back-to-back goals, the first from Dean DiSimone at 4:17 and Will Hirschmann at 2:20. Both goals were unassisted. Jean-Luc Chetner banged home another tying goal art 14:07 of the second. The redshirt senior tried the same shot twice, missing high on the first before catching a feed from Johnny Giuffreda at X and hitting a mid-range bouncer for a 2-2 game. Delaware regained a one-goal lead at 8:16 on a Joe Eisele goal on a Hirschmann assist. The Tigers tied the game again on Sunday's second of the day on a back-handed shot after driving north of goal-line extended and surprising DeLuca at 7:12. Towson took a one-goal, 4-3 lead into the break as Grant Maloof caught a feed from Timmy Monahan and blew the leading goal past DeLuca. After going 22-of-24 at the X against Delaware in the regular season, Alex Woodall continued his torrid pace against the Blue Hens, winning eight of the first half's nine draws. Towson extended the lead early in the second half as Sunday registered the third hat trick of his season at 12:58. His defender slipped on the slick turf and Sunday capitalized with a off-side rip past DeLuca. Maloof notched his second and doubled the Tigers' lead with less than four minutes to play in the third quarter. He drove from below goal-line extended and swept past the Delaware defense for a 6-3 Towson lead. Phil Wies continued the Tigers' run and capped the third quarter with another off-side snipe. Giuffreda drove from X, drew the double and threw a skip pass over the top to Wies for a 7-3 lead with 41 seconds left in the frame. Delaware got its first goal since the 8:16 mark of the second on an extra-man chance after a Koby Smith penalty as the CAA goal-leader Charlie Kitchen broke the Tigers five-goal run. The Tigers got one back as Maloof drove towards the goal, kicked it over the frame to Giuffreda who then hit a streaking Jake McLean as the Tigers redoubled their lead, 8-4 at 10:30 of the fourth. Delaware scored second extra-man goal at 8:17 on another Eisele marker, cutting the Tigers lead to three at 8-5. After jumping into a 10-man ride, Delaware capitalized on a broken clear for Towson and trimmed the lead to 8-6 on Kitchen's second at 5:21 of the fourth. The Hens cut the lead back to one at 8-7 with 3:49 to play in the fourth quarter. Eisele scored his third on an over-the-top feed from Hirschmann. Delaware tied the game for the first time since it was 3-3 at 7:12 of the second. Hirschmann scored the goal on a feed from DiSimone, taking advantage of a screen in front of Brennan. Behind the Numbers The Tigers reach the CAA Championship for a fourth-straight season, the first time in league history a team has managed that feat. Towson has won its last seven CAA Tournament games, dating back to the 2015 CAA Semifinals against Drexel. Sunday finished with his third hat trick of the season while Maloof added another two goals to his day. The remainder of the Tigers' goals came from four different sources. Woodall had another strong showing at the X as he bested Delaware on 16 of the game's 21 draws. Brennan made nine saves in the contest. His counterpart, DeLuca, turned away 14 Tiger shots. Towson put 23 of its 34 total shots on goal. Delaware was led by a hat trick from Eisele. Kitchen and Hirschmann finished with two goals apiece. Thursday's game marked the first time in 2018 the Tigers have reeled off three-straight victories, all coming in must-win situations.