TOWSON, Md. - Towson University field hockey sophomore Paige Zaleppa scored her first goal of the season, but Drexel tallied three second-half goals en route to a 3-1 victory in a CAA contest Friday night at Buckley Field.

Zaleppa, who leads the team with three assists, became the sixth different Tiger to score a goal this season. She now has two career goals after scoring her first career goal against the Dragons a year ago.

How it Happened

• Drexel (6-10, 1-2 CAA) controlled the first half, totaling 10 shots to just one for Towson while holding a 6-0 edge in penalty corners.
• However, senior Emilee Woodall made four first-half saves as the game remained scoreless at halftime.
• All four of Woodall's saves came in the game's first 16 minutes as the Dragons took the first six shots while earning three penalty corners.
• The Tigers only shot of the half came with just over 10 minutes remaining from freshman Valerie Hajek, but went wide.
• Towson limited Drexel to just two shots over the next nine minutes before the Dragons managed three penalty corners after the clock had expired, but both shot attempts were off the mark and the game remained scoreless.
• Drexel found the back of the cage on just its second shot of the half only six minutes in to break the drought before the Tigers earned their first penalty corner of the game a few minutes later.
• Junior Katie McNeel made a bid for her team-leading fifth goal of the season off the insertion from Zaleppa, but it was turned away by the Dragons' Erin Gilchrist to keep Towson off the board.
• Drexel got their second goal five minutes later off a penalty corner which started a span of three goals in 6:35.
• After three consecutive corners by the Tigers led two shots that were blocked, the Dragons controlled the rebound and transition back to offense where they got their third goal of the night less than five minutes after their second.
• Zaleppa finally got the Tigers on the board just 1:56 later as she scored on an assist from freshman Beira Ho with 15:04 left in the game.
• Drexel made a bid for its fourth goal of the half with under five seconds remaining, but Woodall came up with her seventh save of the night to provide the final margin.

Inside the Numbers

• Towson has scored in eight games this season. Freshman have accounted for at least one point in five of those games.
• Zaleppa and Ho have proven to be consistent scorers for the Tigers this season. In the eight games in which Towson has scored, either Zaleppa or Ho have registered a point in six of them. The two have combined for 11 points this season with three goals and five of the team's seven assists.
• Zaleppa has scored a point in three of the team's last five games.
• Woodall now has 532 career saves which ranks fourth all-time in CAA history and is the most among active Division I goalies.
• Tonight marked the fourth time that the Tigers held an opponent scoreless for an entire half this season.
• Towson has been tied at halftime three times this season.
• The Tigers held a 5-2 advantage in penalty corners in the second half.

Up Next

• Towson travels to No. 11 Delaware on Sunday for a game at noon with the Blue Hens.
• Sunday's game marks the first time that Towson assistant coach Heather Hodges has returned to her alma mater as a member of the opposing team. A 2014 graduate of Delaware, she served as captain of the Blue Hens' 2013 CAA championship and NCAA tournament team and currently ranks 12th in school history with 19 career assists.