TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's lacrosse team welcomed Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) foe RV Drexel on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers (5-3, 1-0 CAA) held off a late comeback by the Dragons (5-3, 0-1 CAA) to start conference play 1-0.
 
Lindsey Marshall had a season-high four goals with eight draw controls while Lindsay Clarke added two goals and two assists.
 
 
Key Stats vs Drexel:

• The Tigers dominated the draw 16-6, including a 5-0 advantage in the fourth.
• Towson outshot the Dragons 29-21.
• Blair Pearre filled up the stat sheet with four draw controls, three ground balls, two goals, two caused turnovers and one assist.
• Jo Torres registered eight saves for the Tigers while Drexel's Jenika Cuocco finished with 11 saves.
   

How It Happened vs Drexel:

• The Dragons got the game's first goal on a free position shot to take an early lead.
• Milana Zizakovic tied the score at one after she juked out her defender and fired a shot past Jenika Cuocco to get her 20th goal of the season.
• The Tigers took a 2-1 edge 33 seconds later after Lindsey Marshall found Ocea Leavy wide open in the middle, who converted the one-on-one to give Towson its first lead of the game.
• Drexel scored with 1:20 left in the first quarter to tie the game at two apiece.
• The second quarter started with the teams trading possessions, then Marshall scored her first of the day on a free position attempt to take a 3-2 advantage.
• Blair Pearre found the back of the net 36 seconds later to double Towson's lead with 6:24 remaining in the quarter.
• The Dragons scored another free position goal to cut the deficit to one, but Lindsay Clarke scored on the following possession after she ran past her defender and rifled a shot near post.
• Pearre capped off a four-goal second quarter when she fired a shot that found the top corner to give Towson a 6-3 advantage going into halftime.
• Drexel opened the third quarter with its third free position goal to reduce the lead to two.
• Marshall responded with her 12th goal of the year after the defense let her walk through the left side and fire a wide-open shot to restore a three-goal advantage.
• The Tigers extended their lead when Gabby Garrett ran from behind the net and found Marshall wide open in front of the crease to complete her hat trick.
• Clarke and Marshall each scored to finish the third quarter with four answered goals to have a 10-4 edge.
• The Dragons started the fourth quarter with three quick goals to force Towson to take a timeout.
• Halley Koras scored her eighth goal of the season on a nice pass from Clarke to take an 11-7 lead.
• Drexel tried to close the margin, but Jo Torres sealed the win with three late saves to secure the Tigers' first CAA victory of the season.

Inside the Numbers vs Drexel:

• Milana Zizakovic has scored in 16 consecutive games.
• Olivia Malamphy tied her career-high with three caused turnovers and added a season-high four ground balls.
• Blair Pearre tied a season-high in draw controls (4), caused turnovers (2) and assists (1).

 
Next Game:
Towson hits the road to face Vanderbilt in Nashville on Tuesday, March 21st at 2 p.m. eastern time on ESPN+.