QUICK HITS
• The Tigers look for their first win of the E.A. Jackson era on Friday when they hit the road for the fifth time in nine games this season for a 7 p.m. start at Sacred Heart.
• The Pioneers (2-5) are 1-1 at home this season with a 1-0 win over Lehigh on September 3 and a 4-0 loss to Pacific on September 11.
• The game will mark Towson's first game in the state of Connecticut since 2012 against Sacred Heart. The Tigers are 2-2 all-time in the Constitution State: Sacred Heart (1-1), Fairfield (1-0), Quinnipiac (0-1).
• Towson will travel to LIU Brooklyn (0-8) to face the Blackbirds on Sunday at noon at LIU Field. One of the Tigers' two wins a year came against the second-year program who will be playing in its first home game this season.

SACRED HEART SERIES HISTORY
• Friday will mark the fifth meeting between the Tigers and Pioneers and the first since 2013. Each team has won two of the previous four meetings with Sacred Heart winning in a shootout at Unitas Stadium four years ago, 3-2.
• The last time the two teams met in Connecticut was in 2012 when the Pioneers won, 3-1.
• Towson won the first two meetings in the series back in 1999 and 2007 by a combined score of 13-1.

LAST GAME AGAINST SACRED HEART
• The Pioneers scored on two attempts in the shootout while holding Towson to just one successful try in a 3-2 victory at Unitas Stadium on August 30, 2013.
• The game was evenly matched as Sacred Heart held a 15-14 edge in shots and a 10-8 margin in penalty corners. Brittany Varacallo made nine saves for the Tigers while the Pioneers had seven, including a defensive save.
• Kathleen Morris and Sam Zelenack each had goals for Towson. Zelenack was the lone Tiger to score in five attempts in the shootout.

LIU BROOKLYN SERIES HISTORY
• Sunday marks just the second-ever meeting between the Tigers and Blackbirds.
• Towson won the inaugural meeting a year ago at Unitas Stadium, 3-1.

LAST GAME AGAINST LIU BROOKLYN
• A pair of goals and an assist by Lexi Butler gave Towson a 3-1 win over the Blackbirds last season.
• Butler scored on a penalty stroke just 12 minutes in before LIU Brooklyn tied the game just four minutes later. Butler then scored her second goal of the game with just five minutes remaining in the first half off an assist from Devon Hake on a penalty corner to give the Tigers a 2-1 halftime lead.
• Towson also scored quickly to start the second half as Natalie Hack scored her first career goal less than eight minutes in.
• Emilee Woodall made nine saves as the Tigers out-shot the Blackbirds, 20-13 and held a 10-5 margin in penalty corners.

TOUGH SCHEDULE
• Towson has played against some of the top teams in the country this season. In the latest NCAA toughest schedule report on September 18, the Tigers have the 12th toughest schedule in Division I this season. The combined record of the team's first eight opponents this season is 32-19.
• 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. 5 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. 23 in the latest poll.

ROAD WARRIORS
• In addition to a tough schedule, the Towson has also done a lot of traveling. Since moving to Unitas Stadium in 2010, the Tigers have played a total of 149 games, almost two-thirds of which have come on the road.
• The Tigers have played 93 road games during that time, including neutral site contests, compared to just 56 at home.

YOUTH MOVEMENT
• Towson boasts 27 players on its 2017 roster, 12 of which are true freshmen.
• The freshmen have totaled 71 games played, 44 games started and 90 percent of the team's scoring: goals (4), assists (1) and points (9).
• The Tigers, who have started at least five freshmen in every game this season, started six against No. 11 Maryland and Georgetown and seven versus No. 20 American.
• Four freshmen, Valerie Hajek, Kendra Sykes, Beira Ho and Peppe Haantjes have started all eight games.

ONE OF THE NATION'S BEST
• Senior Emilee Woodall leads the nation in saves per game with a 13.63 average. She also leads the CAA and 18th in the nation with a .768 save percentage.
• Woodall has posted two of the top three single game save totals this season with 34 at Maryland and 19 against American.
• In addition, Woodall is the Division I active career leader in saves with 483. She is also ninth among active career leaders with a .748 saves percentage.

#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 returns to Unitas Stadium next Friday, Sept. 29 for its CAA opener when it hosts Northeastern at 7 p.m. The Tigers will look for their first conference opening win since 2008.
• On Sunday, Towson will travel to Hofstra to take on the Pride at noon. The Tigers will be looking for their first win in Hempstead, New York since 1999.