TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University softball team will host La Salle for a weekend series March 13-14 inside Tiger Softball Stadium. Saturday's game is a doubleheader with the first game scheduled to begin at noon. Sunday's single game is slated for a 2 p.m. start.
Pre-Season Poll
The Tigers was selected to finish third in the northern division in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) standings in the preseason poll. In the North division, Delaware collected four first-place votes for a total of 22 points, while Drexel received three first-place votes and 18 points, while the Tigers earned the final first-place vote and 16 points. Hofstra came in last in the North while JMU was first in the south division.
Newcomers
The Tigers welcome five freshman to the team this year.
Ally Hickman,
Naila Neely,
Madyson Peters,
Mackenzie Lake and
Maia Wilkins all joined the black and gold during the National Signing Day period.
Madeline Harris and
Rylee Penrod also joined the squad during the off season.
Returners
Towson welcomes back 17 returners including
Madison Wilson and
Lindsey Toneygay whose senior's season got cut short due to Covid-19. Wilson earned second team All-CAA honors in 2019 and drove in a team-high 11 runs in 15 games in 2020.
Lauren Ringhiser got off to a hot start a year ago, batting .378 in 14 games.
Last Time Out
The Tigers fell to Howard in a mid-week doubleheader on Wednesday, March 10. In the first game the Tigers fell 8-4 then fell 4-2 in the second contest. The game was called in the sixth inning due to visibility.
Lindsey Toneygay had two homeruns for the Tigers, one in each game and
Mackenzie Lake hit a homer for the Tigers in the second game.
Scouting the Tigers
The Tigers are 4-3 on the season.
Nicole Kidwiler has a .571 batting average and is 8-of-12 this season with three doubles.
Chloe Poulich leads the team in doubles with five. Toneygay leads the teams in RBIs (7).
In the circle,
Melissa Abrahamian is 2-0 this season with a 3.27 ERA and nine strikeouts.
Julia Jackson is 1-1 this season with a 4.29 ERA and seven strikeouts.
Scouting the Explorers
This will be La Salle's first game. The Tigers lead the series 27-16. They defeated La Salle last season 9-3 inside Tiger Softball Stadium.
Tigers in the Community
The Towson University athletics department deems community service as one of its highest priorities to give back to the Greater Baltimore area.
Towson was on track to have its 8th consecutive year of over 10,000 hours of community service in 2019-20 before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all activity. Towson finished with 7,527 hours last year, good for third in the NCAA Teamworks Helper Helper competition.
Towson ranked #1 nationally for community service and won the 2018 National Championship for Community Service through the Helper Helper NCAA Team Works Competition. Towson also won the 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award from Susan G. Komen of Maryland.
Up Next
Towson will host Villanova for a mid-week doubleheader on Wednesday, March 17. First pitch at 2 p.m.
