Opening Draw
• Towson faces it sixth nationally-ranked opponent on Saturday when it hosts Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) rival and No. 4 James Madison at Unitas Stadium beginning at 2 p.m.
• Matt Martucci and Monika Moore will broadcast the game live on Lax Sports Network while Ben Rosenbaum and former women's lacrosse standout Samantha Brookhart will have a live audio broadcast on the Towson Sports Network.
• The audio feed and live stats will be available at TowsonTigers.com.

Game Storylines
• Towson is off to its best start to a season in school history. The 2016 team also started 14-2 under head coach Sonia LaMonica en route to the program's seventh and most recent CAA title.
• The winner of Saturday's game will be the CAA regular season champion and secure the top-seed in next week's CAA Championship.
• Saturday is also senior day for the women's lacrosse team. This year's seniors include Kaitlyn Montalbano, Maddie Tribbe, Tianna Wallpher, Jenna Kerr, Gabby Cha, Eva Torncello, Emily Gillingham and Steph Costa. This group has totaled a 51-22 record for a .699 winning percentage as well as a CAA championship in 2016 and two NCAA tournament appearances in 2016 and 2017.
• Senior Emily Gillingham has scored a goal in 24 consecutive games while senior Kaitlyn Montalbano has scored a goal in 15-straight.
• Junior Carly Tellekamp was named CAA Player of the Week on Monday, earning her first honor this season and the second of her career.
• Towson was ranked at No. 9 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings released on Tuesday.
• The Tigers are 3-2 against nationally-ranked opponents this season.
• Saturday's game features three players who were selected as nominees for the 2018 Tewaaraton Award on Thursday. Towson's Olivia Conti is joined by James Madison's Kristen Gaudian and Haley Warden.
• Towson leads the CAA and is ranked second in the nation in scoring defense while James Madison leads the CAA and is ranked 12th in the nation in scoring offense. The Tigers are also third in the nation in caused turnovers per game and fifth in save percentage.
• Saturday marks the 150th game at Towson for eighth-year head coach Sonia LaMonica. She currently has 107 career wins in nine seasons as a head coach with 99 at Towson where she is 99-50 (.664).

A Towson Win Would …
• Be the Tigers' 10-straight, equaling their 10-game win streak in 2012 when they won the CAA championship and finished 16-4.
• Be the Tigers' eighth-straight at home and sixth in-a-row in the CAA. The last team to finish a season undefeated in the CAA was Hofstra in 2015.
• Be the Tigers' 14th consecutive regular season home win and improve the Tigers' record to 23-6 at home since 2016. The team has not lost at home in the regular season since a 13-6 loss to No. 3 Florida on March 5, 2017.
• Be the Tiger's first win over the Dukes at home since April 13, 2014, snapping a two-game losing streak. It would also be Towson's second win in last three meetings.

Last Time Out
•  Sophomore Kiley Keating made 12 saves while red-shirt senior Gabby Cha had three goals and senior Kaitlyn Montalbano had three points as the Tigers posted a 9-8 win over No. 25 Johns Hopkins Wednesday at Homewood Field.
• Towson won its its ninth-straight game while tying the best start to a season in program history with its 14th win in the first 16 games.
• Cha posted her third hat trick of the season and her 10th multi-goal game out of 13 this season.
• Keating totaled 10 or more saves for the fifth time this season and posted the third-highest total of her career. She had 14 against Delaware and 13 at No. 6 Florida.
• Towson held the Blue Jays to just 1-of-10 on free position shots while forcing 20 turnovers, including 14 in the second half.

Scouting James Madison
• The Dukes, who are ranked at No. 4 in all three major polls, are off to their best 16-game start in program history. JMU's 15-1 record is the team's best mark this late in the season in its 50-year history. It is also the first time that the team has won 15 games in the regular season.
• Kristen Gaudian leads the team with 54 goals and 68 points this season. She also has 14 assists. Katie Kerrigan leads the team with 39 assists while Elena Romesburg is second with 55 points.
• Haley Warden leads the Dukes with 71 draw controls while Gaudian has totaled 63.
• Warden leads the team defensively with 35 caused turnovers and 37 ground balls. She is one of five Dukes who have totaled at least 16 caused turnovers. Rebecca Tooker has 28 caused turnovers.
• Ellie Harmeyer has played 14 games in goal while making 11 starts and has totaled an 8.95 goals against average and 48 saves for a .366 saves percentage. Molly Dougherty has played in 13 games in goal while making five starts and has totaled a 7.68 saves goals against average and 62 saves for a .544 saves percentage.

Towson-James Madison Series History
• Saturday will mark the 43rd all-time meeting between the Tigers and Dukes with JMU holding a 29-13 lead in the series.
• Since Towson joined the CAA in 2002, the Tigers have won 10 of the 22 meetings with six coming in the CAA championship game. The two teams have combined to win each of the last 10 conference titles with Towson claiming six.
• James Madison has won four of the last five games, including the last meeting at Unitas Stadium back on April 24, 2016 by a score of 11-9.
• Towson last home win in the series came back on April 13, 2014 when the Tigers won, 12-11.

Last Meeting: April 1, 2017
• Natalie Sulmonte recorded her sixth hat trick of the season, but No. 13 Towson fell on the road at Sentara Park, 9-5, in the CAA opener for both teams.
• Tianna Wallpher led the Tigers with five caused turnovers and five ground balls.
• Kristen Gaudian led the Dukes with four goals.
• James Madison held a 22-13 edge in shots and won 10 of the 16 draw controls.

Defense Wins Championships
• Towson ranks second in the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 8.13 goals per game. The team is also ranked third with 12.50 caused turnovers per game and fifth with a .524 saves percentage.
• Sophomore Kiley Keating is ranked second in the nation with an 8.09 goals against average and seventh with a .518 save percentage.
• Sophomore Olivia Conti leads all Division I players in career caused turnovers per game at 2.63. Quinnipiac's Kiera Kelly is second at 2.40. Conti has 44 caused turnovers this season, just five shy of her program and CAA record from a year ago.
• The Tigers are 72-13 under head coach Sonia LaMonica when holding opponents under 10 goals, including 9-0 this season.
• The Tigers have had the CAA Defensive Player of the Week in five of the last eight weekly reports.

Keeping it 100
• The number 100 has been a constant storyline for the Tigers this season. Towson has had four players score their 100th career goal this season. Junior Natalie Sulmonte became the latest member of the 100-goal club when she scored her first of three against Elon.
• Sulmonte joinied senior Kaitlyn Montalbano, senior Emily Gillingham and junior Carly Tellekamp in scoring her 100th career goal. Montalbano did it against Michigan, Gillingham reached the milestone at Stony Brook and Tellekamp scored her 100th career goal at Drexel.
• Head coach Sonia LaMonica reached her 100th career win with a 15-10 victory over Oregon on March 26. She is also just one win shy of reaching 100 in eight seasons at Towson.
• Senior Tianna Wallpher has 102 career caused turnovers, becoming just the second player in program history to reach 100 against Hofstra.

Tigers Ranked Among Nation's Best
• Towson has been ranked in the last 36 consecutive IWLCA Division I polls dating back to Feb. 29, 2016.
• The Tigers are currently ranked at No. 6 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and at No. 10 in the U.S. Lacrosse Magazine rankings.
• The team's ranking at No. 6 by Inside Lacrosse represents the team's highest-ever ranking. The Tigers' previous high came on March 29, 2010 when they were at No. 7 in the IWLCA poll.

Four Tigers Selected as Midseason All-Americans
• Four Tigers were selected as Division I Midseason All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse. Sophomore Olivia Conti was named to the second team and sophomore Sami Chenoweth was named to the third team while junior Natalie Sulmonte and senior Tianna Wallpher were both named honorable mention.

Up Next for Towson
• The Tigers head to James Madison for the 2018 CAA Women's Lacrosse Championship.