GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Highlighted by a career-high 11 saves from sophomore Kiley Keating and a career-high four goals from freshman Kaitlin Thornton, the 14th-ranked Towson University women's lacrosse team rallied from an early deficit to post a 14-11 road victory over No. 6 Florida Wednesday night at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

The Tigers (6-2) picked up their second top-10 win of the season and the 99th in the career of head coach Sonia LaMonica.

How It Happened

• Florida (6-3) scored the game's first three goals to take a 3-0 lead less than 10 minutes in.
• However, Towson responded by scoring the game's next four goals, all within a span of 3:23, to take its first lead.
• The Gators tied the game for the second time just 1:20 later before the Tigers took control.
• Junior Carly Tellekamp scored her first goal of the game with 9:14 left in the half off an assist from sophomore Annie Sachs to spark a 4-0 Towson run.
• Thornton scored twice, separated by a goal from senior Emily Gillingham as the Tigers took an 8-4 lead into halftime.
• The run continued after the break as senior Kaitlyn Montalbano scored just 17 seconds into the second half before Thornton added her fourth goal of the game five minutes later.
• Florida finally broke Towson's string of six unanswered goals on a free position shot with 20:27 remaining.
• The goal was the first for the Gators since the 10:19 mark of the first half, snapping a scoreless streak of 19:52.
• The Tigers added three more tallies from Montalbano, Gillingham and sophomore Olivia Conti to take their largest lead of the game, 13-5.
• The Gators scored back-to-back to pull within six, 13-7, before junior Natalie Sulmonte scored on a free position to push the Towson lead back to seven with 6:10 to play.
• Florida scored the game's final four goals, including two on free positions, but the lead was too large as the Tigers won by three.

Inside The Numbers

• Towson is now 2-1 this season against teams ranked in the top-10 with wins over No. 4 Penn State and No. 6 Florida.
• The win was the first for the Tigers in three all-time meetings against the Gators.
• Tonight was Towson's first game on grass this season.
• The Tigers scored six of their 14 goals on free position shots. They have scored over one-fourth of their goals this season on free positions (30.4 percent).
• Towson entered the game ranked second in the nation in free position percentage and are scoring on 56.7 percent of its attempts (34-for-60).
• The Tigers are 2-0 against the BIG EAST this season with wins over Florida and Georgetown. The Gators have won the last three-straight BIG EAST titles.
• Towson is now 3-1 when its opponent scores first this season.
• Tellekamp and Gillingham extended their goal scoring streaks to 16 games.
• Eight different players scored a goal for the Tigers, the second time this season that has happened. They also had eight players score a goal in a 14-7 win over Michigan on February 28.
• Towson is 69-9 under LaMonica when it scores 10 or more goals.
• Conti scored her third goal of the season and the fourth of her career. It was also her first career game-winning goal.
• Keating has totaled 29 saves over her last three games. She now has 107 career saves.

Up Next For Towson

• The Tigers return home for the first time since March 10 when they host Oregon on Monday in a game that was rescheduled from March 3.
• The two teams have split the two previous meetings with Towson winning a year ago on Mar. 25, 2017 at home, 10-7.