Opening Draw: The Tigers will play for a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship on Sunday, May 8. The Tigers will battle top seeded James Madison at Drexel's Vidas Field. Opening draw is set for 1:30 p.m. and Towson Sports Network's Ian Jett will have the call of the game starting at 1:15 p.m. The game will also be broadcast on the American Sports Network and CAA.Tv. Links to all the ways to follow the game can be found in this story. Fans can also follow the Tigers on Twitter (@Towson_WLAX) for updates.

Updating the Tigers: The Tigers used an 8-6 win over Elon in the semifinals to advance to their sixth straight CAA Championship game. Junior midfielder Samantha Brookhart led the team with a goal and two assists while sophomore attacker Jenna Kerr and redshirt junior attacker Alyssa Ferro each had two goals. Sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano powers the Tiger offense with 32 goals and 17 assists for 49 points. Freshman midfielder Natalie Sulmonte and sophomore midfielder Emily Gillingham have 28 and 27 points respectively. Sulmonte has 23 goals and five assists while Gillingham has contributed 20 goals and seven assists. Ten Tigers have contributed 10 or more ground balls this season and that group is led by sophomore defender Tianna Wallpher who has 30. Wallpher also leads the team with 25 caused turnovers. Three Tigers have 30 or more draw controls and that group is led by Hamm with 41. Freshman Angie Benson carries a 6.77 goals against average and a .458 save percentage into Sunday's game.

Scouting James Madison: The Dukes moved into the CAA Championship game with a 12-3 win over Drexel in the semifinals. Brooks Lawler had two goals and four assists against the Dragons while Betsy Angel added three goals and an assist. Angel leads the Dukes on the season with 61 points on 38 goals and 23 assists. CAA Player of the Year Jaci Gordon has a team-high 40 goals and 12 assists for 52 points. Haley Warden and Taylor Gress have each pulled down a team-high 49 draw controls while Warden also leads the team in ground balls with 29. Anne Zabel has a team-high 18 caused turnovers. Ellie Harmeyer has seen a large chunk of the time in goal for James Madison and has a 10.19 goals against average and a .376 save percentage entering the title game.

Towson-James Madison Series History: The Tigers and Dukes will be meeting for the 38th time overall and the fifth time when the CAA Championship is on the line. The Dukes lead the all-time series 25-12 and have won three straight following an 11-9 victory over the Tigers a couple of weeks ago in the regular season. James Madison beat the Tigers in 2011 and 2015 to capture the CAA title while the Tigers took down the Dukes in 2012 and 2014. .

Punch A Ticket For the Big Dance: The winner of Sunday's game captures the CAA title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Towson will be looking for its seventh CAA crown since joining the league for the 2002 season and third under head coach Sonia LaMonica (2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2014). Towson, who is the No. 2 seed for Sunday's game, won the CAA Championship as the No. 2 seed in 2005.

This Looks Familiar: For the third straight year and fifth time overall, the Tigers will meet James Madison in the CAA Championship game. Towson needed overtime two years ago to claim the title and has won two of the last three meetings in the CAA Championship game (2014, 2012 - James Madison in 2015).

Just the Way We Drew It Up: Senior midfielder Breanna Hamm had two draw controls against Elon. That raised her season total to 41 draw controls and her career total to 164 draw controls. Hamm currently sits in third place on the career draw controls list at Towson. She needs four more draw controls to move into a tie for second on the career draw controls list at Towson (Becky Trumbo - 168).

Defense Stands Tall: The Tigers' defense has been a key piece of Towson's success this season and that was on display in the win over Elon. The Phoenix had several extended possessions and were unable to penetrate. Towson has held 14 of its 17 opponents to single-digits on the scoreboard. Nine of those opponents were held to six goals or less. It's the first time since 1990 that the Tigers have held 14 or more opponents to single-digit goals. It's also the first time since 1990 that Towson has held nine or more opponents to six goals or less in a season. The Tigers entered play this weekend with the seventh best scoring defense in the nation (6.69 goals per game) and lowered that number to 6.65 goals per game after Friday.

And the streak goes on... Six Tigers carry a point streak into Sunday's game. Freshman midfielder Natalie Sulmonte has recorded a point in nine-straight games. Junior midfielder Samantha Brookhart, sophomore midfielder Kaitlyn Montalbano each have recorded a point in seven-straight games. Redshirt junior attacker Alyssa Ferro has tallied a point now in six-straight contests. Sophomore midfielder Emilly Gillingham has a point in four-straight games while sophomore attacker Jenna Kerr has recorded a point in back-to-back games.

Big Stop Benson: Freshman Angie Benson had another strong game in goal for the Tigers against Elon. Benson made eight saves, six of which came in the second half, and several were on point blank shots. Benson has now recorded five or more saves in 12 games this season. She enters the CAA Championship game with a 6.77 goals against average and has ranked among the Top 10 in the country in that category for most of the season.

What's Next? The NCAA Selection Show will air at 9 p.m. on Sunday night.