TOWSON, Md. – Senior attacker Jacie Kendall scored a career-high five goals and added an assist to lead the eighth-ranked Tigers (8-3, 2-1) to their second win in the last three games, an 18-5 Colonial Athletic Association victory over George Mason University (3-8, 0-2) at Johnny Unitas® Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Kendall scored three of her five goals in the first half as the Tigers built a 9-2 half-time lead en route to the victory.

“I think we did some things today well that we were trying to do regardless of who we played,” Towson Coach Missy Doherty said. “We wanted to shoot better because we had a poor effort on Friday night. We scored on nearly half of our shots, so the team did a good job.

“We still need to be smarter in our shot selection,” Coach Doherty added. “Most of the goalies we will face are tall and if we shoot high, they will make the save. But, we came out shooting the ball well today and made some better decisions.”

After the Tigers built a quick 2-0 lead in the opening 1:21 of the first half, sophomore midfielder Emily Ellisen narrowed the Patriots' deficit to 2-1 on a free-position shot with 28:08 left in the period.

However, the Tigers ran off four straight goals over a four-minute span to take a commanding 6-1 advantage with 23:19 remaining in the first half. Kendall scored a goal and added an assist during the spurt.

Sophomore midfielder Julianne Tela ended the Tigers' run with her first goal of the season off a pass from junior midfielder Chelsea Gamble with 21:54 remaining. But, the Tigers ended the first half by scoring three unanswered goals to take a 9-2 lead at the intermission.

Gamble and junior attacker Madalyn Jamison scored back-to-back goals to open the second half to narrow the margin to 9-4 with 25:31 remaining. With 23:16 left, senior midfielder Hillary Fratzke scored to give Towson a 10-4 advantage before Ellisen answered just 24 seconds later with her second goal of the game.

But, the Tigers held George Mason scoreless for the final 22 minutes and scored eight unanswered goals to seal the victory. Kendall and senior midfielder Nikki Marcinik each had two goals during the spurt for the Tigers.

While Kendall led the Tigers with her career-high six-point effort on Sunday, Marcinik added a career-high five-point effort with two goals and a career-high three assists. Fratzke tallied the 40th “hat trick” of her career with three goals and two assists.

Ellisen led the Patriots with two goals while Gamble added a goal and an assist. Senior goalkeeper Sara Longobucco made 14 saves for the Patriots, who were outshot by a 39-14 margin.

The Tigers will begin a three-game road trip on Friday night when they travel to Old Dominion for a 7 p.m. game against the Lady Monarchs. Meanwhile, the Patriots wrap up their three-game road trip on Tuesday night at fifth-ranked Virginia. 

College Women's Lacrosse: #8 Towson University 18, George Mason University 5
George Mason (3-8, 0-2)  2-3 / 5
#8 Towson (8-3, 2-1)  9-9 / 18

Goals: GMU – Emily Ellisen 2, Chelsea Gamble 1, Madalyn Jamison 1, Julianne Tela 1; TOW – Jacie Kendall 5, Hillary Fratzke 3, Nikki Marcinik 2, Ashley Waldron 2, Jess Dunn 2, Ali Lathroum 1, Sarah Appelt 1, Katie Cloud 1, Kelly Custer 1. Assists: GMU – Chelsea Gamble 1; TOW – Nikki Marcinik 3, Hillary Fratzke 2, Jacie Kendall 1, Jackie LaMonica 1, Ali Lathroum 1, Ashley Waldron 1. Saves: GMU – Sara Longobucco 14 (57:55, 18 goals allowed), Brittany Pastrana 1 (2:05, 0 goals allowed); TOW – Mary Teeters 6 (49:15, 5 goals allowed), Kristy Hankinson 1 (10:45, 0 goals allowed). Shots: GMU – 14; TOW – 39. Free Position Shots: GMU – 2 for 5; TOW – 4 for 13. Attendance: 439.

Post-Game Notes:
• The Tigers and the Patriots met for the 16th time on Sunday in a series that Towson leads by a 9-7 margin … The Tigers have now won eight of the last nine games in the series.
• The Tigers improved to 6-1 at home this season.
• The Tigers also scored the game's first goal for the eighth time in their 11 games this year … They are 8-0 when scoring first this season.
• The Tigers are now 6-0 when playing an unranked opponent this season … They are also 6-0 this year when playing on either a Saturday or Sunday.
• The Tigers are 5-0 this year when holding their opponents to under ten goals … The Tigers have held opponents to less than ten goals in five of their seven home games. 
• The Patriots were held to under ten goals for the third time in the last four games … It is also the eighth time they have failed to score at least ten goals.
• George Mason has now lost four straight games and six of its last seven outings … The Patriots' last win came against American on March 24, a 13-9 decision in Washington.
• The Tigers improved to 8-3 in the month of April over the last two years … They have won eight of their last nine April games.
• The Tigers improved to 7-1 this season when scoring on at least 40 per cent of their shot attempts … They converted 46.2 per cent of their attempts against the Patriots on Sunday.
• Fratzke extended her goal-scoring and point-scoring streaks on Sunday afternoon … She has now scored a goal in 59 straight games and has a point in all 65 games of her college career.
• With three goals and two assists on Sunday, Fratzke has now scored 14 goals with seven assists in her career against the Patriots.
• Fratzke also tallied the 55th multi-goal game of her college career and the 57th career multi-point game … She has recorded at least five points 22 times in her career.
• Fratzke has eight “hat trick” efforts in the Tigers' 11 games this season.
• Fratzke leads the Tigers with ten goals during the month of April … She also has a team-high 12 points in their three April games.
• Fratzke has scored 21 of her team-high 34 goals at home this season … Prior to Sunday, she had not recorded an assist at home this year.
• Fratkze has now scored 182 career goals, which ranks third among active players in NCAA Division I … She also has 240 career points, which is third in the nation among active players.
• With three ground balls in the win over George Mason on Sunday afternoon, Fratzke now needs just four ground balls to break the Towson career record, which is held by Melissa Garner, '03 … Garner had 181 ground balls in her career.
• Kendall has now recorded a point in eight straight games and has a six-game goal-scoring streak … Kendall has tallied 16 goals with seven assists during the last eight games.
• Kendall has now scored 17 of her 19 goals this season at home … In addition, 24 of her 28 points have come at Unitas Stadium.
• Over the last six games, Marcinik has scored 11 goals with 10 assists … She had tallied just six points in the Tigers' first five games.
• Marcinik also became the sixth player in school history to reach 150 career points and has 153 career points … She has scored 111 goals with 42 assists.
• Junior attacker Jess Dunn has scored a goal in all 11 games for the Tigers this year … She recorded her tenth career multi-goal game and her tenth career multi-point game.
• Freshman midfielder Ashley Waldron posted her fifth multi-goal game of the season against the Patriots on Sunday … She also has six multi-point games in 11 games.