Opening Draw: The Towson women's lacrosse team returns to Unitas Stadium to play its 2015 home opener on Wednesday, March 11. The Tigers will face a tough test as No. 1 Maryland comes to town for a 7 p.m. first draw. Audio coverage of the game is available on Towson Sports Network with
Kevin Copp providing the call. The game will also be a "Gold Rush" promotion and any fan wearing gold can purchase a ticket for $5.
Updating the Tigers: The Tigers improved to 2-0 with a 13-10 win at Georgetown last time out. Six Tigers scored in the game and that group was led by redshirt senior attacker
Andi Raymond who had four. Senior goalkeeper
Kelsea Donnelly made 10 saves in the win. Raymond leads the Tigers on the season with four goals and four assists for eight points. Sophomore attacker
Gabby Cha has added three goals and an assist for four points. Junior defender
Emily Roth has collected a team-high six ground balls while junior midfielder
Breanna Hamm has nine draw controls. Senior defender
Michelle Dufault and sophomore defender
Kelly McQuilkin have three and two caused turnovers, respectively. Donnelly has posted a 6.50 goals against average and a .552 save percentage.
Scouting Maryland: The defending national champs are coming off a 10-7 win over Syracuse on Saturday.
Taylor Cummings had six goals and six draw controls in the victory over the Orange. Twelve Terps have scored at least one goal in the first five games. However most of Maryland's offense runs through Cummings. The junior has 19 goals, five assists, 32 draw controls and 10 caused turnovers.
Megan Whittle has added 12 goals and one assist.
Megan Douty has five ground balls and five caused turnovers for the Terps.
Alex Fitzpatrick has started all five games in goal and enters Wednesday's game with 7.24 goals against average and a save percentage of .471.
Towson-Maryland Series History: Wednesday's game will the 41st all-time between the Tigers and Terrapins. Maryland leads the series 34-6 after a 19-8 victory when the two squads met in College Park last year.
Taylor Moore had three goals in that game for the Tigers while
Kelly McPartland had six goals and an assist for the Terps. Towson's last win in the series came in 1976 as part of the Maryland State Tournament.
I'm Honored: Redshirt senior attacker
Andi Raymond was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Co-Player of the Week on Tuesday. Raymond led the Tigers with four goals and two assists for six points in the win over Georgetown. Her four goals came on five shots and were just one off her career-high. Raymond scored the game-winning goal in the game and added a draw control. It is the third time in her career that Raymond earned CAA Player of the Week honors in her career.
2-0 Starts: For the second straight season and third time in the last five years under Head Coach
Sonia LaMonica the Tigers have started the season 2-0. It is the 14th time in program history that the Tigers have started a year 2-0. In seven of those previous times, Towson has gone on to either win the conference or advance to the NCAA Tournament.
It's Good to be Home: The Tigers return home Wednesday to play their home opener. Towson has found plenty of success inside Unitas Stadium in the last four years. The Tigers are 27-12 under Head Coach
Sonia LaMonica when playing at home. Since 2011 the Tigers have won at least five games at home each year (best mark 11-1 at home in 2012). Towson will play nine home games in 2015.
Miss Assist: Redshirt senior attacker
Andi Raymond had a pair of assists at Georgetown, her second straight game with two assists. That gives her 66 assists for her Tiger career. Raymond passed former Tiger great
Hillary Fratzke for fourth place on the career assists list at Towson. She needs four more assists to move into the top three for career assists. The career assists record at Towson is held by Raymond's former teammate
Ashleigh Rohrback, who had 91 helpers.
Two for You and You and You and You and You: Of the six Tigers who scored in Saturday's win over Georgetown, five of them tallied at least two goals. Redshirt senior attacker
Andi Raymond led the way with four goals while senior attacker
Sarah Maloof, senior midfielder
Paige Duncan, sophomore attacker
Gabby Cha and freshman attacker
Erika Cavallo each added two goals. For Maloof, it was her first two goals since the 2013 season after appearing in five games last year but not scoring in any of them. Cavallo tallied her first two goals of her collegiate career.
What's Next? Towson remains at home following Wednesday's game to host No. 2 North Carolina on Sunday, March 15 at 12 noon.