TOWSON, Md. – After opening the 2022 season with a pair of games in North Carolina, the Towson University field hockey team will play team will play three of its next four games at the TU Field Hockey complex, beginning Friday, Sept. 2 versus Longwood.  Game time is 4 p.m.

The game will be streamed on FloSports. Live stats will be available on TowsonTigers.com.

The Tigers (0-2) will head to Richmond for a game on Sunday, Sept. 4 (12 p.m.) before returning home to host Rider (Sept. 9), Ohio (Sept. 11) and Brown (Sept. 16).

Senior midfielder Georgia Beachley scored goals in both games last weekend and now has 16 career tallies, which ranks just outside of the Top 10 in program history. She trails Christina Boarman (46), Julie Lambi (44), Ashley Bacon (27), Kajee Murangi (27), Lisa McCullen (26), Katie DeFilippo (25), Lauren Volk (21), Joann Engestrom (19), Colleen Cahill (17) and Mariah Schuette (17).

Longwood has split a pair of games this season, beating Queens and dropping a 4-2 decision to Richmond.

Richmond is also 1-1 to begin the 2022 campaign. The Spiders lost to James Madison in the season opener before rebounding to defeat Longwood. Sunday's game will be available on ESPN+.

VETERAN LEADERSHIP
The 2022 team features six seniors who have been fixtures in the lineup since arriving on campus in September 2019. After two games, the six have combined to start 175 games.

Midfielder Georgia Beachley and defender Hannah McKeon have each started 43 games while Samantha Aljets and Mackenzie Tillman have 27 career starts. Hannah King (18 starts) and Gianna Antone (17) have also seen significant playing time.

C. MILTON WRIGHT CONNECTION
Three of Towson's top players hail from nearby C. Milton Wright High School in Bel Air, Md. Seniors Georgia Beachley and Samantha Aljets as well as junior Annie Keele played for the Mustangs. In 2017 and 2018, C.M. Wright went 38-3 capturing the 2018 Maryland 3A State Championship and were runners-up in 2017. In Keele's senior season (2019), the team advanced to the regional championship.

Former Towson field hockey player Katie Mattingly coaches C. Milton Wright.

Beachley, last year's leading scorer, and Aljets, the top point producer on the 2019 and spring 2021 teams. have been teammates since elementary school and have player together for more than a decade, including eight years with the H2O club program.

SMALL WORLD
Greg Hatfield, the father of forward Sarah Hatfield, coached Towson University football player D'Ago Hunter at Eastern View High School in Culpepper, Virginia. Under Hatfield's tutelage, Hunter was a two-time All-State kick returner. Hatfield went 109-36 in 13 years at Eastern View before moving to Battlefield High School, where he is now in his third season as head coach.
 
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
Two of the seven freshmen head coach E.A. Jackson brought in this year are from the Netherlands: defensive midfielder Hedwig Veldhuizen and goalkeeper Tessa Scheenstra, bringing the total over international players to three. Sophomore Cate Cook is a native of South Africa.

Towson's 23-person roster features players from six states: Maryland (10), Pennsylvania (3), Virginia (3), Delaware (2), New Jersey (1) and Kentucky (1).

THE MILLER SISTERS…NOT
Although Lydia Miller and Paige Miller are both from Mount Joy, Pennsylvania and attended Donegal High School, the two are not related. Lydia Miller's grandfather, Bob Robertson played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball. In 1971, he hit 26 home runs and helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series. One of Donegal's most accomplished field hockey alums is Longwood assistant coach Rachel Robinson-Petersheim, a three-time All-American defender at Virginia who played on the United States National team in 2020.