TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's lacrosse team hung tough with No. 8 Maryland in a scrimmage on Wednesday afternoon in Johnny Unitas ® Stadium. The Terrapins closed the game on a 3-0 run to claim the 9-6 victory.

"To win the face-off battle today was a positive," said Towson Head Coach Shawn Nadelen. "Alec Burckley did well after not doing great at Syracuse last week. He stepped up today."

Nadelen added, "I thought going down early and see our guys battle back to tie it was great. It showed our character coming through. A couple of mental mistakes gave them the opportunities late."

Maryland opened the game on a 3-0 run. The two teams then traded goals as the Terrapins took a 5-3 lead at the half.

The Tigers came out of the half strong and used back-to-back goals from Greg Cuccinello and Spencer Parks to tie the game at 5-5 with 9:52 to go in the third quarter. Parks' goal was a man-up goal as the Tigers converted all three of their extra man opportunities on the day.

Andrew Hodgson's second goal of the game with 6:26 to go in the third tied the game at 6-6. Maryland was able to tally the final three goals to claim the 9-6.

The Tigers outshot the Terrapins 34-29 and won 10 of the game's 18 face-offs.

Five different Tigers scored a goal in the game, that group was led Hodgson who had two. The senior also added two assists for four points on the day. Justin Mabus had a pair of assists for the Tigers. Tyler White made eight saves in goal for the Tigers.

Towson is back in action when it opens the regular season by hosting Johns Hopkins on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m.