Time to Hit the Road, Again: The Tigers continue their 13-match road trip this weekend as they head north on I-95 to take part in the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia West Penn Invitational. Towson battles Fairfield and the host Penn Quakers on Saturday before taking on Binghamton on Sunday. Links to live stats for all three of the matches can be found on the schedule page on TowsonTigers.com. A video feed for the Penn match can also be found there. Make sure to follow @Towson_VB for updates as well.

Tiger Tracks: The Tigers extended their win streak to seven straight matches with three victories at the North Dakota State Tournament. Senior Haley Pa'akaula led the team with 55 kills, 38 digs, two blocks, two service aces and two assists in the tournament. On the season, Pa'akaula leads the Tigers with 108 kills and 88 digs. Freshman Jocelyn Kuilan has contributed 93 kills, 26 digs, 12 blocks and 13 service aces. Redshirt senior Aimee Schubert has dished out a team-best 208 assists while redshirt freshman Anna Holehouse has 132 digs. Junior Lindsay Flaherty leads the team in blocks with 20.

Scouting the Opponents: Fairfield, who will face Penn on Friday night, enters the tournament with a 3-3 record. Megan Theiller, who was named the MAAC Player of the Week on Tuesday, leads the Stags with 81 kills, 53 digs and nine service aces. Winners of two straight, Penn will play two matches before facing the Tigers on Saturday. The Quakers, who are 2-2 on the year, are led by Alexis Genske who has 54 kills and 46 digs. Binghamton, which enters the weekend with a 1-6 record, will play three matches at Temple before facing the Tigers on Sunday. Erin Schulz has 59 kills and 35 digs for Binghamton.

Series History: Towson won it's only other meeting against Fairfield. The Tigers posted a 3-2 victory when the two squads met in 2008 as part of the NIU Invite. The Tigers are 2-5 all-time against the Quakers. However, this will be the first meeting between the two since 2012, in that match the Tigers posted a five-set win. Towson is 2-1 all-time against Binghamton. The two squads last met in 2013 as part of the N.C. State Tournament. The Tigers claimed a 3-2 win that year.

I'm Honored: Senior outside hitter/middle blocker Haley Pa'akaula had a big weekend for the Tigers. She was named the MVP of the North Dakota State Tournament and the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. Pa'akaula posted double-double performances in all three of the Tigers' victories and broke the school record for single-match kills with 30 against Utah Valley. It was the third time in her career that Pa'akaula was honored by the CAA. In addition Pa'akaula was named the East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Week on Thursday. It's the second time in her career she was honored by the ECAC.

Welcome to the Block Party: A trio of Tigers enter the weekend with a chance to reach or improve on a blocking milestone. Junior Lindsay Flaherty has 20 blocks on the season which gives her 239 blocks for her career. Flaherty needs 20 more blocks to move into the top 10 for career blocks at Towson. Redshirt junior Candace Steadman has 13 blocks this season and now has 191 blocks for her career. Steadman needs nine more blocks to become the 20th player in school history with 200 or more blocks. Finally senior Haley Pa'akaula has nine blocks this season and needs eight more to record the 100th block of her career.
 
Off to a Strong Start: With wins in each of their last three matches, the Tigers are now 7-1 on the season and have won seven straight matches. Two more wins would allow this year's team to equal last year's squad (9-1) for the best 10 match start under Head Coach Don Metil. The best start in school history beongs to the 2010 squad that opened the year 10-0.

Got to Get the First One: One of the keys to success for the Tigers this season has been getting off to a quick start. Saturday's match against Utah Valley marked the first time all season the Tigers lost the first set. Prior to that the Tigers had been 6-1 when they won the first set of the match.

Up Next: Following this weekend's action, the Tigers wrap up their in-season tournament action by heading to the Tennessee Tech Tournament. The Tigers will face Idaho, Western Carolina and Tennessee Tech as part of the two-day event.