JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Freshman attacker Carly Tellekamp scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lift the Towson University women's lacrosse team to a 10-9 win over Jacksonville University on Saturday afternoon. Tellekamp and sophomore midfielder Emily Gillingham each recorded their first career hat trick to lift Towson (2-0) to its second straight win.

THE BASICS
Towson 10, Jacksonville 9 (OT)
Southern Oak Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Tigers jumped out to an early lead for the second straight game. Tellekamp had the first two goals of the game, which gave Towson a 2-0 lead with 24:56 to play in the half.
• Jacksonville (0-2) used three straight goals from Danielle Dellarocca to take a 3-2 lead with 20:34 to go in the period.
• Towson got the equalizer at 16:35 as freshman midfielder Katie Sciandra scored her first career goal. Sciandra's goal came after fellow freshman Angie Benson made a big save in goal and passed to Sciandra on the clear. She took it down the field and to goal.
• After Jacksonville went ahead 4-3, the Tigers used back-to-back goals from Gillingham to take a 5-4 lead with 7:39 left in the half.
• The Tigers pushed their lead to 6-4 as once again Benson came up with a big save on a free position shot and found a streaking Sciandra on the clearing pass. Sciandra's second of the day gave Towson a two-goal advantage with 7:12 showing on the clock.
• Jacksonville got back-to-back goals and tied the game at 6-6 with 2:52 left in the half.
• The Dolphins were called for a foul with 18 seconds left in the stanza which gave Towson a free position attempt. Redshirt junior midfielder Michelle Gildea scored off the free position shot and Towson took a 7-6 lead at the half.
• Towson and Jacksonville traded goals early in the second half and the visitors held an 8-7 lead with 24:33 to play. Sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano scored for the Tigers while Kelsey Wiglesworth had the Jacksonville goal.
• The two teams battled on both ends of the field over the next 10 minutes before the Dolphins got back-to-back goals and took a 9-8 lead with 12:01 to play.
• Towson got the equalizer as Gillingham completed her first career hat trick with a goal that made it 9-9 with 10:17 to play.
• Both teams had chances in the final 10 minutes of play but neither team was able to find the back of the net. Benson made a pair of big saves for the Tigers.
• The Tigers controlled the opening draw in overtime and following a foul call on the Dolphins, Tellekamp scored her third of the day with 1:38 to play in the first overtime period.

QUOTABLE

• "It's exciting to see some of our freshmen making impacts on the field," said Towson Head Coach Sonia LaMonica. "I'm really pleased with Angie's performance both in the cage and out of it. She's getting settled into the position now and making some great stops when we need them. I think it's pretty cool to have a freshman score the game winning goal in overtime. What a confidence builder for Carly. Katie is showing she can be very dangerous in transition and I'm excited to see her build on that this season."
• LaMonica added, "Samantha Brookhart stepped up and had a pivotal play on the draw control in overtime, an area we always seemed to be a step behind in  during the first half. I'm really proud of her for making that happen. We escaped Jacksonville with a win today. There are some things we simply have to tidy up and do a better job of if we want to make a run this season. There's still a lot of lacrosse to be played though and I'm confident we'll get there."

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The game was the first for the Tigers since the rule change that made overtime into "golden goal."
• Jacksonville dominated the draw controls in the first half, winning 10 of the 14 draws. The Tigers won the final seven draw controls in the game including the key overtime draw.
• Redshirt senior defender Nadia Podo led the defensive efforts with two caused turnovers and four ground balls. Junior Kelly McQuilkin and senior midfielder Breanna Hamm also added two caused turnovers each.
• Benson finished with eight saves to earn the win in goal. Kaylyn Kearns had five saves in the loss for Jacksonville
• Towson starts the season 2-0 under Head Coach Sonia LaMonica for the third straight year and the fourth time in six years.
• Dellarocca led Jacksonville with four goals.

The Tigers are back in action on Wednesday, Feb. 17 when they return home to host UMBC at 4 p.m. in Johnny Unitas® Stadium.