Opening Draw: The Towson women's lacrosse team opens its Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) title defense on Wednesday, March 18. The three-time defending champs make the trip up I-95 to battle Delaware. Opening draw in Newark, Del. is set for 6 p.m. Audio coverage of the game is available on Towson Sports Network with Kevin Copp providing the call.

Updating the Tigers: The Tigers are coming off a heartbreaking 15-14 double overtime loss to No. 2 North Carolina on Sunday. Redshirt senior attacker Andi Raymond (4g, 1a) and sophomore midfielder Samantha Brookhart  (1g, 4a) led the Tigers with five points each. Raymond now has 14 points on eight goals and six assists this season. Sophomore attacker Gabby Cha has contributed six goals and an assist. Junior midfielder Breanna Hamm has helped the Tigers dominate the draw so far this season and has 22 draws. Junior defender Emily Roth has nine ground balls while sophomore defender Kelly McQuilkin has a team-high five caused turnovers. Senior Kelsea Donnelly brings a 10.62 goals against average and a .434 save percentage into Wednesday's game. Donnelly is also tied with Roth for the team-lead in ground balls.

Scouting Delaware: Delaware comes into Wednesday's game looking to snap a two-game losing streak after falling to Villanova and Temple last week. Casey Lyons leads the Blue Hens with 36 points on 23 goals and 13 assists. Caitlin McCartney is a force all over the field Delaware. She has 23 goals and five assists for 28 points. She has also added 21 ground balls, 31 draw controls and 18 caused turnovers. Erin Wein has added 21 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers. Alex Zaugra has posted a 7.00 goals against average and a .333 save percentage in eight games in goal.

Towson-Delaware Series History: Wednesday's game will be the 49th all-time meeting between the Tigers and Blue Hens. Delaware leads the series, 30-18. However, the Tigers have won eight straight in the match-up following a 12-10 overtime win when the two squads met in Towson last year. The Tigers trailed 9-7 with 1:51 to play in regulation but rallied as Kelly McQuilkin forced a turnover, picked up the ground ball and scored the game-tying goal with 5.9 seconds to play.
 
Title Defense Begins: Wednesday's game signals the start of the title defense for the 2014 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Champion Tigers. It will be the Tigers' 14th CAA opener and Towson is 9-4 in the previous 13. The Tigers are a perfect 4-0 in CAA openers under Head Coach Sonia LaMonica. This will be the 11th time the Tigers face Delaware in their CAA opener. Towson is 8-2 when it plays the Blue Hens to open CAA play.

Looking Back at the CAA: In 2014, the Tigers went 4-1 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play and claimed a share of the regular season title for the fourth straight year. Towson's only CAA regular season loss came at Drexel by a 9-8 margin. The Tigers went on to defeat Hofstra and James Madison to capture its third straight CAA title and sixth overall. Since Head Coach Sonia LaMonica took the reins of the program for the 2011 season, the Tigers are 23-3 in CAA regular season action. Last year they became the first women's lacrosse program to win three straight CAA titles.

Hats Off to You: A pair of Tigers recorded hat tricks in Sunday's game against North Carolina. Redshirt senior attacker Andi Raymond finished with four goals. It was her second hat trick of the season and 16th of her career. Freshman attacker Erika Cavallo had three goals in the game for her first career hat trick.

Just the Way We Drew it Up: For the fourth straight game, the Tigers out drew their opponent on Sunday. Towson recorded 19 draws to North Carolina's 14. At one point in the second half, the Tigers won 11 straight draw controls. Leading the efforts for Towson against the Tar Heels were junior midfielder Breanna Hamm and freshman midfielder Maddie Tribbe who won six draw controls each. Towson has registered 56 draw controls to their opponents 33 in the first four games of the season. The Tigers currently rank first in the CAA and 16th in the nation while averaging 14.00 draw controls per game. Hamm is second in the CAA and eighth in the nation while averaging 5.50 draw controls per game.

Freshmen Contribute: For the fourth straight game, the Tigers had a freshman record their first career point. Freshman midfielder Emily Gillingham had a pair of goals and an assist against North Carolina. Freshman attacker Jenna Kerr recorded her first career point with an assist on Wednesday against Maryland. Freshman midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano scored a goal in the season opener while freshman attacker Erika Cavallo had a pair of goals in the win at Georgetown.

What's Next? The Tigers return to Unitas Stadium on Saturday, March 21 to host California.