TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University softball team will host George Mason for a weekend series March 27-28 with Saturday's contest as a doubleheader inside Tiger Softball Stadium. First game is scheduled for noon and Sunday's contest will begin at 1 p.m.
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
Last Wednesday, March 17 the Tigers dropped two games to Villanova. In the first game the Tigers fell 5-2 then won the second game 11-2.
Mackenzie Lake hit her fourth homerun of the season for the Tigers.
Julia Jackson is now 3-2 after throwing 5.1 innings with three strikeouts.
Madeline Harris pitched 1.2 innings with one strikeout.
Scouting the Tigers
Nicole Kidwiler has a .541 batting average with six doubles and 11 RBIs. Lake leads the team in home runs with four and
Chloe Poulich leads the team in RBIs with 13.
In the circle, Jackson is 3-2 with 13 strikeouts and
Melissa Abrahamian is 2-1 with 14 strikeouts. Harris leads the teams in strikeouts with 15.
Scouting the Patriots
Last weekend, Mason was swept by George Washington in a four-game series. The Colonials outscored the Patriots 38-3 throughout the two days. The Patriots currently sit in second in the Atlantic 10's Central pod with a conference record of 2-4.
History vs. the Patriots
Towson is 6-4 against George Mason in the last 10 meeting between the two programs dating back to 2012.
George Mason swept the Tigers in the last series in 2019.
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 local team Coppin State for the third time this season in a mid-week doubleheader inside the Tiger Softball Stadium. The game is slated for a 2 p.m. start time.
