Opening Draw: The No. 18 Towson women's lacrosse team wraps up a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) road weekend and plays it's final road game of the regular season on Sunday, April 17. Towson heads to Philadelphia to face Drexel as opening draw is set for 1 p.m. Links to the live stats and the video feed can be found on the schedule page of TowsonTigers.com. Fans can also follow the Tigers on Twitter (@Towson_WLAX) for updates.

Updating the Tigers: Towson used a big defensive effort and seven second half goals to earn a 9-3 victory at Hofstra on Friday night. Freshman Angie Benson came up with six saves while sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano had four points on three goals and an assist. She tallied the game-winning goal for the Tigers. Montalbano has posted a team-high 36 points on 22 goals and a team-best 14 assists this season. Freshman attacker Carly Tellekamp has contributed a team-high 22 goals and three assists for 25 points. Ten Tigers have scooped up 10 or more ground balls this season and that group is led by sophomore defender Tianna Wallpher, who has 23. Wallpher also leads the team with 16 caused turnovers. Senior midfielder Breanna Hamm, has pulled down a team-high 24 draw controls. Benson brings a 6.30 goals against average and a .474 save percentage into Sunday's action.

Scouting Drexel: Drexel has won two straight games following a 6-4 road win at Delaware on Friday night. Nadia Pellham-Lacey recorded a hat trick in that contest while Carlee Ries made six saves in goal. Pellham-Lacey leads the Dragons on the season with 45 points on 25 goals and 20 assists. Devin Nihill leads the team with 28 goals and has added an assist for 29 points. Eva Winiarski has been strong all over the field for the Dragons as she leads the caused turnovers (20) and draw controls (33). Caroline Thiele has a team-high 25 ground balls. Ries leads the team in goal with a 6.96 goals against average and a .472 save percentage.

Towson-Drexel Series History: Sunday's meeting will be the 36th all-time between the Tigers and Dragons. Towson has dominated the series and holds a 32-3 advantage in the match-up. The Tigers have won six of the last seven meetings in the series after a 15-6 victory when the two squads met last season in Towson. Andi Raymond led the Tigers with four goals and an assist in that contest while Nadia Pellham-Lacey led Drexel with three goals.

Defense Continues to Step Up: The zone defense turned in another huge performance for the Tigers on Friday night at Hofstra. The Tigers limited the Pride to just three goals in the game and 10 total shots, two of which came in the first half. Towson has held 11 of its 12 opponents to single-digits on the scoreboard this season. Six of those opponents have been limited to five goals or less. It's the first time since 1990 that the Tigers have held six or more opponents to five goals or less in the same season. Towson entered play this weekend with the third best scoring defense in the nation and with Friday night's performance, lowered that number to 6.08.

Miss Assist: Junior midfielder Samantha Brookhart has stepped up for the Tigers in the last two games. Brookhart had three assists for the Tigers against the Pride. It was her second straight game with three assists. Brookhart, who had three assists on the season going into last Sunday's game at Elon, now ranks second on the team with nine assists on the season.
 
Perfect 10: Friday night's 9-3 victory over Hofstra gave the Tigers their 10th win of the season. Towson has now won at least 10 games in five of it's six seasons under head coach Sonia LaMonica. It also marks the 16th time in program history a Tiger squad has won at least 10 games in a season..

Hats Off to You: Sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano led the Tigers with three goals in the win at Hofstra. Montalbano posted her fourth hat trick of the season and seventh of her career. Monatlbano is one of three Tigers to record a hat trick this season (Carly Tellekamp-4, Montalbano-3, Emily Gillingham-2).

What's Next? Towson returns home to host William & Mary on Friday, April 22 at 7 p.m.