Opening Draw: Looking to bounce back from a tough loss at No. 2 Florida on Monday night, the No. 17/15 Towson women's lacrosse team returns home to host No. 16/17 Penn on Saturday, March 19 at 3 p.m. The game will be the second game of a doubleheader with the men's team in Unitas Stadium. Towson Sports Network's Ben Rosenbaum will have the call of the game starting at 2:45 p.m. Links to live stats and video feed can found on the schedule page of TowsonTigers.com. Fans can also follow the Tigers on Twitter (@Towson_WLAX) for in-game updates.

Updating the Tigers: Towson pulled to within one, midway through the first half, before ultimately falling to a tough Florida squad. Sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano led the Tigers with three goals against the Gators while defensively senior midfielder Breanna Hamm had two ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers. Montalbano leads the Tigers on the season with 23 points on 15 goals and eight assists. Freshman attacker Carly Tellekamp has contributed 14 goals and two assists for 16 points. Six Tigers have scooped up 10 or more ground balls this this season and that group is led by redshirt senior defender Nadia Podo, who has 14. Hamm and junior midfielder Samantha Brookhart have each pulled down a team-high 11 draw controls. Sophomore defender Tianna Wallpher leads the squad with 12 caused turnovers. Freshman Angie Benson brings a 6.79 goals against average and a .397 save percentage into the weekend's action.

Scouting Penn: Penn arrives in Towson having won four straight contests including a 15-8 victory over Georgetown last time out. Emily Rogers-Healion had four goals to lead a balanced Quaker attack in that game. Nina Corcoran leads Penn with 27 points on nine goals and 18 assists. Iris Williamson has tallied a team-high 16 goals with one assist. Liz Gully has corralled a team-high 10 ground balls while Katie Cromie and Katy Junior each have seven caused turnovers. Brooke Kiley has pulled down a team-best 16 draw controls for the Quakers. Britt Brown carries a 6.61 goals against average and a .513 save percentage into the weekend.

Towson-Penn Series History: The Tigers and Quakers are meeting for just the fourth time ever. Penn has won each of the last three meetings including a 12-5 victory last year when the two teams met in Franklin Field. In that game the Quakers jumped out to a 9-2 half time advantage and cruised to victory. Andi Raymond led Towson with two goals in the game while Iris Williamson and Lely DeSimone each had hat tricks for the Quakers.
 
I'm Honored: A pair of Tigers were honored as the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) announced its players of the week on Monday. Sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week. She had a career-high five ground balls, a career-high four draw controls and two caused
turnovers to go along with three goals and three assists in the win over Stetson. Montalbano was honored for the first time this season. Freshman attacker Carly Tellekamp picked up her third CAA Rookie of the Week award on Monday. Tellekamp had a career-high four goals in the win over Stetson. She recorded her second straight and third game-winning goal of the year while adding a ground ball.

Hats Off to You: Sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano led the team with three goals on Monday night at Florida. It was Montalbano's second straight game with a hat trick and third of the season. She now has six career hat tricks.

In the Polls: The Tigers rose in one poll and held steady in the other two as the national rankings were released on Monday. Towson continued its rise in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) poll, coming in at No. 17 this week after being No. 18 last week. The Tigers held their ranking at No. 15 in both the ILWomen.com Media poll and the Nike/Lacrosse Magazine poll this week.

Just the Way We Drew It up: Senior midfielder Breanna Hamm had three draw controls in Monday's contest at Florida. That raised her season total to 11 draw controls and her career total to 134 draw controls. Hamm currently sits fourth in career history at Towson for draw controls. She needs seven more draw controls to move into a tie with Stephanie Howell (141, 2001-04) for third place on the career draw controls list at Towson.

What's Next? Towson is back in action when CAA play begins on Saturday, Mar. 26. The Tigers will welcome Delaware to Unitas Stadium for the final doubleheader of the year with the men's team. However, this time the ladies take the field first with opening draw at 12 noon.