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TOWSON, Md. - Playing in their first Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament match, the Towson women's soccer team faces No. 3-seeded Hofstra Pride on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. in Hempstead, N.Y.
Updating the Tigers: Towson finished the 2014 regular season with a 3-0-2 record in the Tigers' final five matches. TU got two critical wins on the weekend of Oct. 24-26, defeating Elon 2-0 before handing William & Mary a 2-0 loss for the Tigers' first win over the Tribe. That victory also sent Towson to the CAA Tournament for the first time in program history. Seniors
Katie Ponce and
Morgan Fraczkowski scored goals against the Phoenix, while sophomores Nat Pinkney and
Marissa Green tallied goals against the Tribe. Ponce leads the Tigers with six goals and one assist for 13 points. Senior
Erin Quinn has backstopped Towson all season and has a 1.13 goals-against average (GAA), 93 saves and a .816 save percentage.
Last Time vs Hofstra (Oct 5, 2014; Hofstra 1, Towson 0): Senior
Erin Quinn made eight saves as Towson women's soccer fell, 1-0, to Hofstra at HU Soccer Stadium. Hofstra's Sam Scolarici scored early to put the Pride ahead and HU held on for the next 85 minutes for the win. Hofstra outshot Towson 19-5 and took six corners to Towson's one. Sophomore Nat Pinkney (2), seniors
Katie Ponce (1) and
Sofia Read (1) and freshman
Kristyn Hubbard (1) took shots for Towson. The Tigers did have a goal called back for offsides.
Scouting Hofstra: The Pride is ranked No. 6 this week in the NSCAA/Continental Tire Mid-Atlantic Region poll. Hofstra is 11-6-1 and finished CAA play with a 6-2-1 mark - good for third in the conference. The Pride went 2-0 last weekend wtih a 2-1 win over Drexel and a 4-2 victory over Delaware, a result that helped send Towson to the tournament. Leah Galton scored her first career hat trick in the win against the Blue Hens. She has 13 goals and four assists for 30 points. Sam Scolarici leads Hofstra with 15 goals and two assists for 32 points. Goalkeeper Friederike Mehring has a GAA of 1.54 and 41 saves for a save percentage of .646 (28GA).
Series history vs. Hofstra (Hofstra leads, 17-3-1): This series dates back to 1996 with Hofstra in the lead, 17-3-1. The Tigers won the first two matchups in 1996 and 1997, and barring the draw in 2001 in the America East Tournament after which Hofstra advanced penalty kicks and the 3-2 Towson win in 2011 at home, it has been all Pride since - including the teams' last meeting.
The winner of the match will advance to the CAA semifinals against No. 2 James Madison, held at No. 1 Northeastern on Nov. 7. Game time is TBA.
