Opening Draw: The Tiger women's lacrosse team wraps up a weekend road trip to Virginia and plays its final Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) game on Sunday, April 19 at William & Mary. Opening draw is set for 1 p.m. Audio coverage of the game is available on Towson Sports Network with Kevin Copp providing the call.
 
Updating the Tigers: Towson fell to No. 18 James Madison, 15-9 on Friday night in Harrisonburg. Redshirt senior attacker Andi Raymond led the way with four goals, four draw controls and an assist while freshman midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano added three goals. Raymond leads the Tigers on the season with 29 goals and 17 assists for 46 points. Sophomore midfielder Samantha Brookhart has contributed seven goals and 16 assists for 23 points. Junior defender Emily Roth has collected a team-high 32 ground balls while junior midfielder Breanna Hamm has a team-best 42 draw controls. Senior defender Michelle Dufault has a team-high 23 caused turnovers. Senior Kelsea Donnelly carries an 8.60 goals against average and a .470 save percentage into the game against the Tribe.
 
Scouting William & Mary: William & Mary enters Sunday's game looking to snap a three-game losing streak after falling to Delaware, 13-7 on Friday night. Ellen Shaffrey had two goals and an assist against the Blue Hens. Shaffrey paces the Tribe offense with 30 goals and four assists for 34 points. She also has a team-high 47 draw controls. Abby Corkum has a team-high 18 assists to go with 16 goals scored. Abby Junior leads the defensive efforts for William & Mary as she has a team-high 28 ground balls and 24 caused turnovers. Meredith Crizer has played in 14 games in goal and has an 11.07 goals against average adna  .353 save percentage.
 
Towson-William & Mary Series History: Sunday's meeting will be the 21st all-time between the Tigers and Tribe. Towson holds an 12-8 edge in the match-up between the two schools. The Tigers have won six straight against William & Mary, including a 16-11 victory when the two squads met last year in Towson. Andi Raymond had five goals and an assist in the game while Alexi Farmakis had four goals for the Tribe.
 
Need to Close It Out Strong: The Tigers enter Sunday's game needing a win to secure their spot in the upcoming CAA Tournament which will be held in Newark, Delaware May 1-3. The three-time defending champions suffered their third CAA loss of the regular season on Friday night. It is the first time since 2007 that the Tigers have lost more than two CAA games in a season.
 
The Next Iron Tiger: Senior defender Michelle Dufault has been a mainstay in the Tiger line-up during her career. Dufault played in her 14th game of the season and 72nd of her career on Friday night at James Madison. A start against the Tribe would allow her to tie the school record for career games started which is 73 and was set by Mary Teeters, (2009-12). Dufault stands fifth on the career games played list at Towson. The school record for career games played is 76 which was set by Katie Leech (2011-14).
 
Don't I Know You: A glance at the opposing bench on Sunday will reveal a pair of very familiar faces to the Tigers and their fans. Towson alum Hillary Fratzke ('10) is in her second season as the William & Mary head coach. Fratzke led the Tigers to two CAA titles andthree straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament. She still holds the Towson career records for groundballs (193), draw controls (327) and caused turnovers (144). She also ranks high in several other stat categories at Towson. Fratzke's assistant coach is 2012 Towson alum Mary Teeters. One of the greatest goalies in program history she led the Tigers to two CAA titles and three appearances in the NCAA Tournament as well. She ranks among the top six in school history for career saves (620). Both Fratzke and Teeters played under Sonia LaMonica.
 
Hats Off to You!! A pair of Tigers recorded hat tricks in Friday night's game at James Madison. Redshirt senior attacker Andi Raymond tied her season-high with four goals in the game. Raymond now has six hat tricks this season and four in the last five games. Her hat trick on Friday night was the 20th of her career. Freshman midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano had three second half goals and recorded her second hat trick of the season.
 
I'll Take That: Senior defender Michelle Dufault had a caused turnover on Friday night against James Madison. That raised her season total to 23 and her career total to 71. Dufault, who ranks fifth on the career caused turnover list at Towson, has recorded a career-high in caused turnovers this season. Dufault needs two more caused turnovers to break into the top 10 for single-season caused turnovers. She needs eight more caused turnovers to move into a tie with Shannon Witzel for fourth place on that list.
 
Up Next? Towson returns home following Sunday's game to host Johns Hopkins in the regular season finale on Saturday, April 25 at 1 p.m. The Tigers will honor their nine seniors prior to the game.