WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Towson University softball team started fast and rolled to a 10-2 non-conference victory over Georgetown at Guy Mason Field Wednesday afternoon. In extending its winning streak to five games, the Tigers (27-10 overall) added a fresh coat of shellac to their latest masterpiece.
 
How It Happened

• Performing with offensive poetry worthy of recital, Towson scored seven runs in the first inning.
• The Tigers turned four Georgetown errors into six unearned runs in the first inning.
• Brook Miko got Towson on the board early with a RBI single for a 1-0 lead.
• Caroline Reid delivered the biggest hit of the first inning, a two-run double that gave Towson a 5-0 advantage.
• Georgetown's Gabriela Elvina homered in the fourth to slice the Tigers' lead to 7-1.
• Towson immediately answered as Nicole Stockinger opened the fifth inning with a single and Courtney Johnson walked to set the stage for Daria Edwards, who flexed her muscles.
• After Reid's successful sacrifice moved Stockinger and Johnson up a base, Edwards slammed a one-out three-run homer down the leftfield line that swelled the Tigers lead to 10-1.
• Edwards' blast was Towson's 49th of the season, tying the single-season record set last year.
• Seven different Tigers had hits led by Kendyl Scott and Miko, who had two each.
• Nicole Stockinger and Courtney Johnson scored two runs each.
• Holiday Cahill walked twice.
• Megan Dejter earned her team-leading 11th win by tossing her 16th complete game of the season.
• Of the 15 outs Dejter recorded, nine of them were flyballs.

 
Inside The Numbers

• Miko extended her hitting streak to five with her sixth multi-hit game.
• Scott has nine multi-hit games this season.
• Scott is hitting .333 over Towson's last three games. She has hits in each contest.
• Edwards raised her RBI total to 21, making her the fifth Towson player with at least 20 RBIs.
• This was the second time this season, Edwards drove in at least three runs in a single game.
• She slugged her seventh homer of the season and first since March 12.
• Towson extended its winning streak to 33 when scoring at least seven runs.
• The Tigers are 20-1 this season when scoring at least six runs.
• Towson has scored double-digit runs 11 times.
• This is Towson's third five-game winning streak this season.
• Oddly, Towson has won three games by 10-2 scores this season.
• For Towson, this was its eighth eight-run rule victory this season.
• Towson is a season-high 17 games over .500.
• The seven first inning runs are the most TU has scored since it tallied eight against Morgan State on March 5.
• Towson improved to 3-0 against Georgetown this season.

 
On Deck
Towson hosts Elon in a key weekend Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) series. The Tigers and Phoenix meet in a doubleheader Saturday starting at 12 p.m. They conclude the series Sunday with a single game at 1 p.m.