TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University softball team will host Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) opponent Howard in a mid-week contest tomorrow, March 10 at Tiger Softball Stadium.
The doubleheader contest is scheduled to begin at 2 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
The Tigers went 4-1 over the weekend after hosting Saint Joseph's, Rhode Island and Coppin. They fell to Saint Joseph 4-8 on Friday then took a pair from both Rhode Island and Coppin. On Saturday, the Tigers defeated the Rams 7-3 and 6-5. On Sunday, they won 3-2 and 13-5.
Nicole Kidwiler hit her first home run of the season in the first victory over Rhode Island.
Melissa Abrahamian was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Pitcher of the Week after appearing in three games pitching 13.0 innings and recording a 2-0 record to begin the season. First, in Towson's 6-5 win over Rhode Island, she pitched 6.1 innings to help the Tigers sweep the Rams. Then in a 3-2 victory over Coppin State, she into the circle in a relief appearance pitching 3.0 innings and not surrendering a single hit while striking out four.
Scouting the Tigers
Kidwiler leads the Tigers with a .600 batting average, playing in all five games going 8-0f-9 with three doubles and one home run.
Chloe Poulich is 5-of-8 with four doubles.
In the circle,
Julia Jackson has a 3.18 ERA and 1-0 record and Abrahamian is 2-0 with a 3.77 ERA.
Scouting Howard
Howard is 5-2 after winning three out of four games at Robert Morris over the weekend. On Sunday, the Bison won 10-9 in eight innings. Kiana Carr recorded two wins and a save in three appearances. Freshman Sydni Jones recorded seven RBIs, six hits, a double and scored twice.
The Tigers lead the all-time series 13-0 winning a pair in 2019. On April 9, 2019 they won 6-4.
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
The Tigers will host La Salle for a weekend series March 13-14. The first game is scheduled for noon on Saturday, March 13 inside Tiger Softball Stadium.
