TOWSON, Md. – Sophomore attacker Gabby Cha scored a career-high four goals to help the Towson University women's lacrosse team battle for a 10-7 win over UC Davis on Wednesday night in Johnny Unitas® Stadium. Six Tigers scored at least one goal as Towson (4-3) recorded its second straight win.

"Give credit to UC Davis, they came out played hard and out hustled us on some ground balls," said Towson Head Coach Sonia LaMonica. "In the second half we worked through some things, we stepped up and did better on the draws and we were able to pull out the win today."

UC Davis (1-6) got on the board first as Courtney Neff curled around the front of the net and powered a shot home just :55 seconds into the game.

Towson responded with a 4-0 run which allowed the home team to take a 4-1 lead with 1:49 remaining in the first half. Redshirt senior attacker Andi Raymond played a key role in that run. Raymond scored the first goal and assisted on the next two tallies. The run was capped by a goal from senior attacker Sarah Maloof as the Tigers scored three of their four goals in a 6:14 span.

The Aggies got one back just before the half ended as Elizabeth Landry scored with five seconds left which made it a 4-2 game.

Towson outshot the Aggies 12-7 in the first half and won four of the seven draw controls.

UC Davis came out strong in the second half using a pair of goals to tie the game at 4-4 with 24:40 to play. Those goals were part of a 3-0 run by the Aggies that bridged the first and second halves and took 5:25.

Towson used a pair of goals from senior midfielder Paige Duncan and Cha to go back on top, 6-4 with 22:34 to play in the game. The Tiger goals were separate by just :40 seconds.
Landry and Melissa Kellan each scored their second goal of the game to help UC Davis tie the score at 6-6 with 17:03 remaining in the contest.

While playing man-down because of a yellow card, sophomore midfielder Samantha Brookhart forced a turnover by the UC Davis goalie. She picked up the ball and found a cutting Cha with an open net. Cha deposited the ball in the back of the net which gave Towson a 7-6 lead with 15:56 to play.

The Tigers won their seventh straight draw control and Duncan was awarded a free position shot. She scored which gave Towson an 8-6 lead with 13:41 to go. Cha capped a 3-0 run by the home team with her third of the game at 11:48. Freshman midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano assisted on Cha's goal.

The Tigers and Aggies traded goals in the final eight minutes as Landry scored her third of the game while Cha added her fourth on a free position shot which made the final score, 10-7.

Towson outshot the Aggies 14-11 in the second half and finished the game with a 26-18 advantage. The Tigers won nine of 12 draw controls in the second half and 13 of the 19 in the game.

Senior Kelsea Donnelly made seven saves, including several key ones in the second half to earn the win in goal. Kai Murphy also made eight saves for UC Davis.

Cha led the Tigers with four goals while Duncan added a pair of tallies. Raymond had a goal and three assists while Duncan had two goals.

Landry led UC Davis with three goals.

The Tigers will put their two-game win streak on the line when they travel to No. 14 Penn on Saturday, March 28. Opening draw is set for 12 p.m. and the game will air on ESPN3.