The Game: Towson Tigers (9-2-3, 2-1-2 CAA) at UNCW Seahawks (7-5-1, 3-2 CAA)
When: Sunday, Oct. 9 – 1 p.m.
Where: UNCW Soccer Stadium – Wilmington, N.C.
Broadcast: FloSports ($)
Series: UNCW leads 16-3
 
TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's soccer team will head to North Carolina for their final road contest of the regular season against UNCW on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 1 p.m.
 
The Tigers are coming off a big 2-0 win at Charleston on Thursday night to improve their unbeaten streak to four games. Phoebe Canoles and Nia Christopher provided the goals with Jasmine Hamid assisting on both. Riley Melendez made six saves for her eighth shutout of the season.
 
Towson and UNCW will be meeting for the 20^th time with the Seahawks leading 16-3. UNCW took the most recent matchup, 1-0 last Halloween in overtime. The Tigers have never won in Wilmington and their last win in the series came in 2017.
 
Towson will open a three-game homestand to end the regular season, starting with William & Mary on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.
 
CHRISTOPHER - CAA PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Nia Christopher was honored as the CAA Preseason Player of the Year, voted on by the league's head coaches.  Christopher was second in the CAA last season with 13 goals, including five game-winners.
 
CANOLES - PRESEASON ALL-CAA TEAM
Team captain Phoebe Canoles earned a spot on the Preseason All-CAA Team.  The 2021 All-CAA Third Team midfielder started all 18 games last year, scoring three goals and four assists.
 
In addition, team captain Jacey Miller was CAA Preseason Honorable Mention, playing all 1,637 minutes on the back line in 2021.
 
CHRISTOPHER GOING FOR TU GOALS RECORD
Nia Christopher stands with 24 career goals in her Towson career, including 13 as a sophomore in 2021.  The Bermuda National Team forward is going for the record currently held by Emily Banes, who scored 30 goals from 2008-13.
 
Välkommen till Towson universitet
Towson sports two starters from Sweden: redshirt junior Demi Pierre, from Gävle, All-CAA Second Team midfielder in spring 2021, and Maja Hansson, from Sandviken, a junior who played for the U18 Swedish National Team.
 
In addition, Nia Christopher is also from outside the U.S., being a member of the Senior National Team of Bermuda.  She competed with Bermuda in the CONCACAF qualifiers, netting a hat trick against the Cayman Islands.
 
2021-22 USC COLLEGE TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD
For the fourth straight year, Towson was honored with the USC College Team Academic Award for having a team GPA of 3.0 or better.  Towson had a 3.31 GPA during the 2021-22, placing 16 on the CAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
LAST MATCH: TOWSON DEFEATS COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
Towson picked up a big 2-0 win over Charleston on Thursday.
Top Towson offensive player:
--Phoebe Canoles & Nia Christopher: 1 G, 2 SH each
Towson goalkeeper:
--Riley Melendez: 6 SV, SHO

RECORD-BREAKING DAY
The Tigers had a record setting day against Delaware State in their 7-0 win. The team tied the program record for most non-conference win with six. The Tigers also set the program record for longest win streak at five games.
 
Nia Christopher set the program record for most goals in a single game with five, while also moving into sixth place on the all-time scoring list.

tOP SCORERS ARE BACK
Fresh off its first winning season since 2007, Towson returns is top five goal scorers from last year: Nia Christopher (13), Khori Banks (4), Jasmine Hamid (3), Phoebe Canoles (3) and Demi Pierre (2).  Christopher's 13 goals are third all-time in program single season history.
 
In addition, Hamid (6), Canoles (4) and Pierre (3) were the top three Tigers in assists last year.  Hamid's six assists tied for seventh in Towson single season history.
 
RILEY READY
Riley Melendez is a two-time All-CAA goalkeeper in as many seasons with the program.  She played all but 20 minutes in the cage in 2021.  Her 161 saves stand 9th all-time in Towson history plus she has a career 0.91 goals allowed average, which currently is second all-time in program history.
 
FIVE SPOT IN THREE STATES
Towson has five players each from three different states: New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the home state of Maryland.
 
Two Maryland natives reside in Baltimore County: sophomore Chiara Menegatti went to Towson High while Phoebe Canoles attended Perry Hall High.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
UNCW comes into the match with Towson in fourth place in the CAA standings, just one point in front of the Tigers at 7-5-1, 3-2 CAA on the year. Last time out, the Seahawks defeated Elon 4-0 on Thursday. Madison Henry leads the team with seven goals and six assists for 20 points. Kayla Burroughs is just behind her with six goals. Hanna Wise has started the last two games in net, allowing five goals with 22 saves this season.