BOX SCORE TOWSON, Md. - In the teams' first meeting, Fairfield (4-1) defeated the Towson women's soccer team (1-3-1), 1-0, Friday afternoon at Tiger Soccer Complex.

Towson struggled to start in the first half and were unable to register a shot. Ten minutes into the contest, the Stags' Anna Borea received a pass from Karolyn Collins and scored from eight yards out for the game-winning goal. Fairfield had earned a free kick five yards outside the 18-yard box prior to the goal.

"We came out very flat against a good Fairfield attack,"said Head Coach Greg Paynter. "We have to come out and play with some energy [on Tuesday against Radford]."

The Tigers turned up the pressure midway through the second half, getting good scoring chances from Katie Ponce and Hollie Garber. Towson outshot Fairfield 6-4 in the final frame. Senior goalkeeper Erin Quinn came up big for the Tigers with under three minutes left when Fairfield's Ashley Small went one-on-one with Quinn, who came off her line and blocked Small's shot.

The Tigers return to action on Tuesday, September 9 when they host Radford at 4 p.m.

COLLEGE WOMEN'S SOCCER: Fairfield 1, Towson 0
Fairfield (4-1)      1-0/1
Towson (1-3-1)    0-0/0

GOALS: FFD - Borea (10:14); TOW - None. ASSISTS: FFD - Collins; TOW - None. SAVES: FFD - Early (1. 90:00, 0GA); TOW - Quinn (3, 90:00, 1GA). SHOTS: FFD - 9; TOW - 6. CKS: FFW - 7; TOW - 6. ATT: 143