BALTIMORE, Md. – Kerri Thornton recorded a career-high seven points as the Towson women's lacrosse team rolled to a 19-12 decision over UMBC for its second consecutive win. 

Thornton set career bests with five goals and two assists in the outing. Freshman Halley Koras also set a new career-high with five goals, all in the first half. 

Former Under Armour All-American Blair Pearre scored three goals to record her 18th career hat trick. She has scored at least two goals in 24 of 28 games at the collegiate level. Her 85 career goals are fast approaching the Top 20 in school history. 

Milana Zizakovic and Hannah Delahaye added two goals apiece, while Lindsay Clarke scored one goal and handed out four assists. 

The Tigers won the draw controls battle, 23-11. Pearre secured 10 for her second consecutive game with double-digit draw controls. Thornton earned seven draw controls.  

Records   

• Towson – 2-3 (0-0 CAA)   
• UMBC – 3-3 (0-0 NEC)   

How it Happened   

• UMBC got the first goal of the contest before Koras scored off a feed from Clarke to tie the score up, 1-1. The Retrievers answered less than two minutes later to take their last lead of the contest, 2-1.  
• The Tigers went on a four-goal run, led by Koras who found the back of the net twice. She secured her second hat trick of the season just over halfway through the first quarter at the 8:43 mark. The spurt put the team up, 5-2.  
• UMBC answered with three goals of its own to knot it at 5-all. Towson took the lead back before the end of the first, however, with a pair of scores from Pearre and Zizakovic.  
• The Tigers opened scoring in the second with a five-goal run, once again led by Koras who secured two more goals to reach her career-high of five goals. Thornton also added two scores. The Black & Gold went into halftime with a 13-7 advantage.  
• Clarke found Thornton in front of the cage for a goal to start off the third. Each team finished the quarter with two scores as Towson went into the final 15 minutes with the six-goal lead, 15-9.  
• UMBC got on the board first in the fourth, but Pearre and Thornton answered, scoring less than 50 seconds apart to stay in control, 17-10.  
• The Retrievers knotted two more goals before Delahaye ended the day with a pair of goals to secure the 19-12 victory.  

Key Stats 

• Sara Tyssowski made six saves to earn the victory. 
• Olivia Malamphy and Shannon Sullivan caused two turnovers each to pace the team. Sullivan also recorded two ground balls.  
• Erin Williams picked up five grounds balls to lead the team while Clarke and Pearre added four each. 

Inside the Numbers    

• Thornton reset her career-high with five goals for the second contest in a row. She recorded four goals against Saint Joseph's (March 5) last week. She also added two assists for a career best seven points.  
• Clarke matched her career-highs in points (5). She tied a new career best with four assists. She reached her previous high of four feeds last season while playing for Oregon against Stanford (March 22). 
• Gabby Garrett played well behind the cage, recording two assists on the day for a career high. 
• Delahaye picked up the first multi-goal game of her career, as she scored four goals last season, all in different games.  

Next Game   
 
Towson will return to Tiger Field for a trio of home games against Penn State (March 15) No. 19 Vanderbilt (March 23) and Georgetown (March 26).