TOWSON, Md. – To conclude the Battle of Baltimore series, the Towson University women's soccer team defeated UMBC 1-0 Thursday afternoon at the Tiger Soccer Complex.

With a new goalkeeper in for Towson (2-3-0) the Tigers showed poise and kept a very high energetic offense the entire first half.

UMBC (1-2-2) showed determination the entire game even trying to score in the last five seconds of the game but it was the Tigers who won the title in the Battle of Baltimore series after also defeating Mount St. Mary's 2-0 last Thursday afternoon.

How it Happened

• Towson came out swinging early in the opening minutes after senior midfielder Justine Stoner shot the ball high at the 2 minute mark.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Delaney Mitchell had her first career save after the Retrievers' Meredith Webber took a shot.
• The Tiger offense then went to work with three consecutive shots on goal. Phoebe Canoles attempted first with a header but UMBC's goalkeeper Alyssa Minnick had the save.
• Alyssa Minnick had another save after Christina Davey took the next shot.
• At the 11 minute mark, after a serve from Jenna Blank, Stoner scored for the Tigers giving them the 1-0 lead.
• The Tiger offense kept rolling with another shot by Davey but it hit the post.
• At the 18 minute mark, UMBC's Erin Stevenson took a shot but the Tiger defense blocked it.
• Then, Webber took a shot for the Retrievers and Mitchell had her second save of the game.
• Nikki Sadd followed up with a shot but it went high.
• Mitchell had her third save of the game at the 32 minute mark after UMBC's Christina Corbi took a shot.
• Four minutes later, Canoles attempted another header which was saved by Minnick.
• UMBC took the last two shots of the half but the Tigers went in leading 1-0.
• At the beginning of the second half, the Tigers started Hannah Warner at goalkeeper.
• Both teams came in using their heads as Blank tried to score with a header for the Tigers and Danielle Fuentes attempted one for the Retrievers. Goalkeepers Warner and Minnick each had the save.
• At the 56 minute mark, Lexi Littlefield took a shot but it was saved by Minnick.
• Blank then took a shot but it was blocked and went back out to Stoner who attempted one but it went high over the goal.
•  The Retrievers tried to score with three more shot attempts, two which were saved by Warner and one went high over the goal.
• The Tigers tried to seal the deal with a shot by Camryn Anderson but Minnick had the save.
• Five seconds remained in the game as UMBC tried to send it into overtime with a shot by Fuentes but the ball hit the post.

Behind the Numbers

• Mitchell had four saves in the game and Warner had three.
• With Mitchell's first start of the game, her record improves to 1-0-0.
• Both Towson and UMBC had a total of 12 shots and seven saves in the game.
• UMBC took three corner kicks, while Towson took one.

Quotable – Towson Head Coach Katherine Vettori
"We had different personnel at points in this game, so a variety of people had to step up today. I am proud today of our goalkeeper crew, they were a team today and collectively got the win. As we were trying to get into a rhythm with speed of play, there were some flashes of brilliance with some of our possession. Our game management is something we are striving to get better. It wasn't easy today, but I am extremely proud of the effort. We fought hard until the final whistle."
Up Next

• Towson continues home play with Bucknell on Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Tiger Soccer Complex.
• The game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.