TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's lacrosse team hosted #9/11 Stony Brook in a battle for first place in the CAA. The Tigers (10-5, 5-1 CAA) fell to the Seawolves (11-3, 6-0 CAA) 14-11 after Stony Brook scored eight goals in the first quarter.
Lindsey Marshall had a career-high six points with five goals and an assist while
Gabby Garrett added five points on three assists and two goals.
Jo Torres finished with 13 saves for the second consecutive game.
Key Stats vs Stony Brook:
- The Seawolves outshot the Tigers 39-21.
- Towson totaled 18 turnovers while Stony Brook finished with ten.
- The Tigers went 3-of-4 on free position shots while the Seawolves went 0-for-4.
- Jolie Creo finished with eight assists and Morgan Mitchell added five goals and three assists.
How It Happened vs Stony Brook:
- Halley Koras scored the game's first goal after Lindsey Marshall found Koras open in front of the crease, who scored off-balance to give Towson an early lead.
- The Tigers doubled their lead on Marshall's 36th of the year after Gabby Garrett found Marshall open in the middle.
- The Seawolves responded with a goal on their next possession, but Marshall scored on Towson's next possession to maintain a two-goal lead with 10:08 left in the first quarter.
- Stony Brook closed out the first quarter with seven unanswered goals to take an 8-3 advantage into the second quarter.
- Garrett opened the second quarter with her 19th of the season to cut into the deficit after a nice solo effort.
- Lindsay Clarke made the score 8-5 after scoring on a free position attempt with 9:56 remaining in the second quarter.
- The team traded goals to end the second quarter with the Tigers trailing 9-6 heading into the locker room.
- Marshall started the third quarter with back-to-back goals for Towson to trail 9-8, but the Seawolves countered with consecutive goals to have an 11-8 lead.
- Clarke scored her 20th goal of the year with one second left in the third quarter after firing a shot near post that got past Duchnowski.
- The teams started the fourth quarter trading woman-up goals, which included Marshall's 40th of the year after Garrett found Marshall cutting to the crease and delivered a perfect pass to trail by two goals.
- The Seawolves scored two more goals to extend their lead to four, but Garrett scored a late free-position goal to reach the final score of 14-11.
Inside the Numbers vs Stony Brook:
- Jo Torres has registered double-digit saves in consecutive games for the second time in her collegiate career.
- Samantha Intrieri had a career-high four ground balls while Blair Pearre tied a career-high five ground balls.
- Lindsey Marshall has finished with three or more goals in seven of her last eight games.
- Ocea Leavy registered her first multi-point game in her collegiate career.
Next Game:
The Tigers will travel to Newark to wrap up the regular season against Delaware at noon on FloLive.
