QUICK HITS
• The Tigers look for their first win of the E.A. Jackson era on Friday when they hit the road for the fourth time in seven games this season for a 7 p.m. start at Rider.
• Friday will mark the home opener for the Broncos and the second game for Towson in the state of New Jersey after it played at Rutgers on Aug. 26.
• The Tigers have played five games in the Garden State over the last three seasons, including two in 2015 (Rider, Monmouth) and one in 2016 (Princeton).
• Towson returns home to face local rival Georgetown on Sunday at Unitas Stadium beginning at noon.
• The Tigers will be looking to snap a six-game home losing streak that dates back almost one year to the day when they beat LIU Brooklyn 3-1 on Sept. 18, 2016.

RIDER SERIES HISTORY
• Friday will mark the 22nd meeting between the Tigers and Broncs since 1979 with Rider leading the series, 16-4-1.
• The two teams have met each season since 2013. Rider has won four straight in the series after Towson won the previous four contests from 1995-98.
• Towson and Rider were both members of the East Coast Conference where they met nine times from 1982-91.

LAST GAME AGAINST RIDER
• Towson dropped its home opener to Rider a year ago, losing 6-0 on August 28, 2016.
• The Broncs converted on four of their 12 penalty corner opportunities, including three in the first half.
• Emilee Woodall recorded nine saves in just 31 minutes.
• Jessica Randazzo and Tess Coorens each scored twice for Rider while Randazzo added an assist for five points.

GEORGETOWN SERIES HISTORY
• Sunday will mark the 34th meeting between the Tigers and Hoyas since 1979. It is the fifth-longest series in Towson history behind Delaware and Hofstra (39 games), American (37) and Drexel (35).
• With the exception of 1997 and 2012, the two teams have met every year since 1984.
• The Tigers lead the series, 18-13-2, and have won 10 of the last 13 games. They are also 9-4-1 at home.
• Towson's 18 wins against Georgetown are its second-most against an opponent in history, trailing only La Salle (19).

LAST GAME AGAINST GEORGETOWN
• Katie Schmidt made her first collegiate appearance for Towson and made two saves in 13 minutes, while Katie McNeel made one defensive saves in a 4-0 loss at Cooper Field.
• The Hoyas outshot the Tigers 25-5 and held a 19-2 advantage in penalty corners.
• The game featured five green cards and four yellow cards.

TOUGH SCHEDULE
• Towson has played against some of the top teams in the country this season. The Tigers are scheduled to play five games against teams ranked in the Penn Monto/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I Coaches Poll.
• The Tigers have already played No. 11 Maryland and No. 20 American and are scheduled to face No. 18 William & Mary (Oct. 6), No. 6 Delaware (Oct. 22) and No. 13 James Madison (Oct. 29).
• Towson also traveled to Rutgers on Aug. 28 and while the Scarlet Knights weren't ranked at the time, they are currently at No. 24 in the latest poll.

ROAD WARRIORS
• Since moving to Unitas Stadium in 2010, Towson has played a total of 147 games. Almost two-thirds of those have come on the road.
• The Tigers have played 92 road games during that time, including neutral site contests, compared to just 55 at home.

YOUTH MOVEMENT
• Towson boasts 27 players on its 2017 roster, 12 of which are true freshmen.
• The freshmen have totaled 52 games played, 33 games started and 100 percent of the team's scoring: goals (3), assists (1) and points (7).
• The Tigers, who have started at least five freshmen in every game this season, started six against No. 11 Maryland and seven versus No. 20 American.
• Four freshmen, Valerie Hajek, Kendra Sykes, Beira Ho and Peppe Haantjes have started all six games.

ONE OF THE NATION'S BEST
• As a team, Towson leads Division I in saves per game with a 16.17 average. The Tigers also lead the CAA and are seventh in the nation in defensive saves with three.
• Senior Emilee Woodall also leads the nation in saves per game with a 15.00 average. She is also second in the CAA and 21st in the nation with a .789 save percentage.

ONE GOAL GAMES
• Towson has had two of its six games this season decided by one goal. Since 2006, the team has had 83 of its 211 games decided by just one goal, a total of nearly 40 percent.
• The Tigers had 12 of their 18 games in 2010 decided by one goal, while 10 came down to a one-goal margin in 2006 (19 games), 2007 (19 games) and 2009 (18 games).

#TUFH GOES INTERNATIONAL
• Freshman Peppe Haantjes hails from Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Haantjes joins Kajee Murangi '07 as the only players in program history who born internationally.
• Murgani listed her hometown as Chevy Chase in Maryland, but her birth place as Namibia.

WHO'S NEXT?
• Towson hits the road for two games next week, traveling to Fairfield, Connecticut to take on Sacred Heart on Friday at 7 p.m. The two teams last met in 2013 and the Tigers' last appearance in Fairfield came in 2012.
• On Sunday, Towson will head to LIU Brookyln for a nonconference contest beginning at noon. The Tigers and Blackbirds met for the first time a year ago at Unitas Stadium with Towson taking a 3-1 victory.