TOWSON, Md.- The Towson University Tigers tennis team travels to Williamsburg, Virginia to face No. 5 seed Stony Brook in the First Round of the CAA Tournament. If the Tigers advance, they will play the No. 4 seed Elon on Friday at noon.
Records
#12 Towson: 5-16, 1-9 CAA
#5 Stony Brook: 10-7, 3-1 CAA
Highly Awarded
Sarah Pospischill was selected as the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Women's Tennis Player of the Week. Pospischill is the first Tiger to win CAA Player of the Week since Phoebe Collins won the honor in 2019. She went 2-0 at No. 1 singles to lead Towson to victories over Rider (4-2) and CAA foe Monmouth (5-2) last week.
The senior from Reisenburg, Austria, defeated Rider's Leila Koster, 6-2, 6-4, as the Black & Gold swept the top three singles spots. She followed with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 win over Monmouth's Ann Spurka as Towson again won the top three spots. Pospischill went 1-0 at No. 1 doubles, picking up a win against the duo of Koster/Agnese Ceccarelli from Rider 6-2.
Last Time Out
The Black & Gold welcomed Delaware State on Monday for Senior Day. The Tigers fell 7-0 to the Hornets with
Sarah Pospischill dropping the tiebreaking set 11-9 after winning the second set 7-5.
Schedule Update
The Tigers have a couple of changes to their spring schedule. The Black & Gold have added CAA newcomers North Carolina A&T and Hampton to the schedule. The Tigers will play the Aggies on March 24th in Greensboro while hosting Hampton at the Tiger Tennis Complex on April 10th. Towson also added Loyola on April 13th at the Tiger Tennis Complex.
Fall Recap
Towson competed in three tournaments during the fall season. The Tigers opened play at the Tribe Invitational and picked up a double win from the duo of
Antonia Lawson/
Olivia Rothfeld. The team then competed in the Bedford Cup, where Rothfeld won her singles bracket over former Tiger
Sissi Axelsson.
Sarah Pospischill finished as a runner-up in her flight, falling to Sifa Butcher 6-4, 6-3. In doubles, the duo of Lawson & Rothfeld won their bracket over Morgan State's Lauryn Hall/Averiana Mitchell. The final tournament Towson participated in was the Fall Tiger Classic. The Tigers picked up 14 wins across three days of play, with
Jessica Assenmacher winning two matches in her final two games as a Tiger.
Stony Brook Scouting Report
The teams have played each other earlier this season with the Seawolves winning 6-0. Since the last meeting, Stony Brook has accumulated a 4-3 record. The Seawolves lost the following two matches to Villanova (4-1) and UC Irvine (4-0). Stony Brook defeated Wagner 6-1 but fell to Delaware 4-0. The Seawolves come into the CAA Tournament winning their last three matches including two 7-0 sweeps against Hofstra and Binghamton.
