TOWSON, Md. – Senior midfielder Hillary Fratzke scored a career-high six goals and added eight draw controls as the 10th-ranked Tigers (5-1) posted their fifth win in the last six games with a 23-12 non-conference victory over the University of Richmond (3-6) at Johnny Unitas® Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Led by Fratzke's 37th career “hat trick,” the Tigers posted the second-highest single-game goal total in school history with their 23 goals. The Tigers set the school record with 27 goals against Frostburg State on April 27, 1984.

“We had a really good game offensively today,” Towson Coach Missy Doherty said. “Nearly half of our goals were assisted, so we are starting to make those connecting passes. We just have to continue to improve with a tough stretch against Stanford, Maryland and Delaware coming up.”

Fratzke gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead in the opening five minutes by scoring back-to-back goals off assists from senior defender Megan Mullis and senior midfielder Nikki Marcinik.

The teams traded goals three times before freshman attacker Olivia Turner ignited a four-goal Towson run with the first goal of her college career, converting a pass from senior attacker Jacie Kendall with 17:18 remaining in the first half.

After Kendall scored to give Towson a 7-3 lead, sophomore midfielder Jackie LaMonica tallied back-to-back free-position goals for a six-goal advantage with 12:20 left in the period.

Junior attacker Danielle Schaevitz ended the Tigers' run with a free-position goal with 10:19 remaining in the first half before sophomore midfielder Sam Tajirian followed with her first goal of the season off an assist from junior midfielder Anne Ryan.

But, the Tigers responded with another four-goal run, including a pair of goals from junior attacker Jess Dunn, to extend the margin to 13-5 with 4:57 remaining in the first half.

Led by a goal and an assist from sophomore midfielder Mary Flowers, the Spiders scored three consecutive goals over a four-minute span to narrow the deficit to 13-8 before Fratzke ended the first half scoring with an unassisted goal with ten seconds left.

Just 51 seconds into the second half, Fratzke took a pass from Dunn and scored her fourth goal of the game to start a four-goal run by the Tigers, who led by 18-8 with 26:25 remaining.

Led by a pair of goals by Flowers, the Spiders responded with three consecutive goals to trim the margin to 18-11 with 21:26 left, but the Tigers countered with three goals in a row to regain a ten-goal advantage with 14:34 remaining.

Freshman attacker Sam Stevenson scored on a free-position shot with 10:24 remaining before Turner and sophomore midfielder Katie Cloud ended the scoring in the final nine minutes.

While Fratzke led the Tigers with six goals, Dunn and LaMonica each contributed three goals with an assist in the victory for Towson, which outshot Richmond by a 48-21 margin.

Marcinik added two goals and added two assists in addition to becoming the ninth player in school history to score 100 career goals.

“Nikki has been a pivotal player for us throughout her career and thankfully, she has been doing a great job in the midfield for us whether it is scoring or getting draw controls or causing turnovers,” Coach Doherty said. “We are looking for her to continue to score the way she did today for us.”

Flowers led the Spiders with five goals and an assist while Schaevitz and sophomore attacker Molly Early each scored two goals. Senior goalkeeper Erica Marrocco made 16 saves for the Spiders, who lost for the second time in the last three games.

The Tigers will be idle until next Sunday afternoon when they host Stanford University in the first-ever meeting between the two teams at Unitas Stadium at 1 p.m.

College Women's Lacrosse: #10 Towson University 23, University of Richmond 12
Richmond (3-6)  8-4 / 12
Towson (5-1)  14-9 / 23

Goals: UR – Mary Flowers 5, Danielle Schaevitz 2, Molly Early 2, Sam Stevenson 1, Sam Tajirian 1, Julianne Nicola 1; TOW – Hillary Fratzke 6, Jess Dunn 3, Jackie LaMonica 3, Nikki Marcinik 2, Jacie Kendall 2, Olivia Turner 2, Ashley Waldron 2, Sarah Appelt 1, Steph Taylor 1, Katie Cloud 1. Assists: UR – Mary Flowers 1, Anne Ryan 1; TOW – Sarah Appelt 2, Jacie Kendall 2, Nikki Marcinik 2, Megan Mullis 2, Jess Dunn 1, Lindsay Kibler 1, Jackie LaMonica 1, Ali Lathroum 1, Lauren McAfee 1. Saves: UR – Erica Marrocco 16 (60:00, 23 goals allowed); TOW – Mary Teeters 4 (30:00, 8 goals allowed), Kristy Hankinson 2 (30:00, 4 goals allowed). Shots: UR – 21; TOW – 48. Free Position Shots: UR – 5 for 7; TOW – 5 for 10. Attendance: 456.

Post-Game Notes:
• The Tigers and the Spiders met for the 18th time in the all-time series on Saturday … With Towson's fourth straight win over the Spiders, the series is now tied at 9-9.
• The 23 goals scored by the Tigers mark the 14th 20-goal game in the program's history … It is also the first 20-goal effort by the Tigers since April 21, 2004 when Towson defeated La Salle by a 20-11 margin.
• The 23 goals scored by the Tigers also match the Unitas Stadium women's lacrosse single-game record for goals by a team … On April 30, 1997, Loyola scored 23 goals in a win over the Tigers … Maryland also scored 23 goals in a win over Towson on April 8, 1998.
• The Tigers also set a single-game season high in the CAA with their 23-goal effort on Saturday … The previous high was 21 goals by Hofstra on February 20 and James Madison on March 13.
• The Tigers posted a season-high 48 shots in the win over Richmond on Saturday … It is the second time this season they have taken at least 40 shots … In addition, it is the highest single-game shot total since March 4, 2008 when they fired 49 attempts at American in a 17-8 victory.
• With her six goals on Saturday, Fratzke has now scored 16 goals with four assists in her career against Richmond.
• Fratzke has now scored at least one goal in 54 consecutive games, which is the fourth-longest streak in NCAA Division I history … She also extended her streak of consecutive games with a point to 60 straight games, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I.
• Fratzke posted her 51st career multi-goal game on Saturday … She also has 53 career multi-point efforts in her career.
• Fratzke recorded a season-high eight draw controls in the win over Richmond on Saturday … She now has 287 career draw controls.
• LaMonica tallied the first “hat trick” of her college career on Saturday afternoon … It was her fifth career multi-goal game and the seventh multi-point game of her career … She has recorded at least two points in five of the Tigers' six games this year.
• Dunn contributed her fourth “hat trick” of the season in Saturday's win over Richmond … She has scored at least one goal in all six games this year for the Tigers.
• Of the 19 goals scored by Dunn this season, 13 of them have come in the first half … She scored all three of her goals in the first half as Towson jumped out to a 14-8 advantage.
• Kendall has scored all seven of her goals this season at Unitas Stadium.
• Turner became the fourth different Tiger freshman to score their first career goal this season … Turner, Ashley Waldron, Kelly Custer and Ashleigh Rohrback have all scored their first career goals at Unitas Stadium.
• Waldron also posted her third multi-goal game of the season on Saturday … It was also her fourth multi-point game of the year.
• Mullis recorded the first point of her college career when she earned the assist on Fratzke's goal to open the game ... She also recorded the first multi-point game of her college career.  
• Sophomore attacker Lindsay Kibler also earned her first career point in the second half with an assist on a goal by Turner with 9:29 remaining.
• Marcinik tallied a season-high four points in the win over Richmond on Saturday … Entering the game, she had recorded just six points in the Tigers' first five games this season.
• With her four-point effort against Richmond on Saturday, Marcinik ranks eighth in school history with 136 points … She has scored 101 goals with 35 assists.