TOWSON, Md. - Junior attacker Jess Dunn scored a career-high four goals to lead the 12th-ranked Tigers (4-0) to their fourth straight win, a 14-4 non-conference victory over George Washington University (2-5) at rain-soaked Johnny Unitas® Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Dunn scored three of her goals in the first half as the Tigers sprinted out to a 10-2 half-time lead en route to their third straight win over the Colonials.
"The weather was pretty tough today, but I thought we played well today," Towson Coach Missy Doherty said. "Our defense did a good job of causing turnovers and we have a lot of speed and talent on the offense."
After the teams traded goals in the opening minute, the Tigers went on a 4-0 run over the next seven minutes for a 5-1 advantage with 21:43 remaining in the first half. Dunn scored twice during the spurt while seniors Jacie Kendall and Hillary Fratzke also contributed a goal during the run.
With 21:06 remaining, sophomore attacker Megan Seidman scored off a feed from freshman Hannah McLaughlin to narrow the margin to 5-2.
But, the Tigers answered by scoring eight consecutive goals over a 22-minute span to take a commanding 12-2 advantage early in the second half. Dunn scored twice during the spurt while freshman midfielder Ashley Waldron added a goal with two assists.
With 17:01 remaining, McLaughlin ended a 34-minute scoring drought for the Colonials with her third goal of the season, an unassisted marker past junior goalkeeper Kristy Hankinson.
Sophomore midfielder Katie Cloud and freshman attacker Ashleigh Rohrback upped the Tiger advantage to 14-3 before freshman midfielder Abby Sneeringer closed out the scoring with the first goal of her career with 4:21 left.
While Dunn recorded her second "hat trick" of the season, Waldron added a goal with two assists in the victory for the Tigers. Kendall contributed a pair of goals as ten different Tigers scored a goal.
Seidman led the Colonials with two goals while McLaughlin contributed a goal with an assist. Junior goalkeeper Christine Lovett made a career-high 14 saves for the Colonials in a losing effort after entering the game with 14:51 remaining in the first half. Junior goalkeeper Liz Hoffman started the game and posted three saves while allowing eight goals.
The Tigers outshot George Washington by a commanding 40-11 margin and forced the Colonials into 35 turnovers.
The Tigers will travel to Syracuse University on Wednesday afternoon for a 3 p.m. game against the seventh-ranked Orange at the Carrier Dome. Meanwhile, the Colonials will host Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday afternoon.
College Women's Lacrosse: #12 Towson University 14, George Washington University 4
George Washington (2-5) 2-2 / 4
Towson (4-0) 10-4 / 4
Goals: GWU - Megan Seidman 2, Hannah McLaughlin 1, Abby Sneeringer 1; TOW - Jess Dunn 4, Jacie Kendall 2, Ashley Waldron 1, Kelly Custer 1, Hillary Fratzke 1, Steph Taylor 1, Lauren McAfee 1, Nikki Marcinik 1, Katie Cloud 1, Ashleigh Rohrback 1. Assists: GWU - Taylor Donohue 1, Hannah McLaughlin 1; TOW - Jackie LaMonica 2, Ashley Waldron 2, Sarah Appelt 1, Kelly Custer 1. Saves: GWU - Liz Hoffman 3 (15:09, 8 goals allowed), Christine Lovett 14 (44:51, 6 goals allowed); TOW - Mary Teeters 3 (30:00, 2 goals allowed), Kristy Hankinson 0 (30:00, 2 goals allowed). Shots: GWU - 11; TOW - 40. Free Position Shots: GWU - 0 for 2; TOW - 2 for 8. Attendance: 125.
Post-Game Notes:
- Saturday's game between the Tigers and the Colonials marked the seventh all-time meeting between the two teams ... The Tigers lead the all-time series by a 5-2 margin and have won three straight games in the series.
- The Tigers have now won nine consecutive regular season games, dating back to last season.
Coach Missy Doherty also earned her 70th career victory on Saturday ... In seven seasons as the Tigers' coach, Doherty has compiled a 70-41 record.
- The four goals allowed by the Tigers are the fewest in a single game since April 6, 2003 in a 22-4 victory over Albany at Unitas Stadium.
- With her goal in the first half, Fratzke extended her streak of consecutive games with a goal to 52 straight games ... She also recorded a point for the 58th straight game, which is the second-longest active streak in NCAA Division I.
- With a goal against the Colonials, Marcinik recorded a point for the 25th straight game ... She is now just one goal shy of becoming the ninth player in school history to reach 100 career goals.
- Rohrback, Chele Lathroum and Sarah Hogan made their college debuts in the win over the Colonials on Saturday.
- LaMonica recorded her fourth consecutive multi-point game with two assists in Saturday's win.
