TOWSON, Md. – Towson women's soccer used an eight-goal barrage, including five first-half goals in an 8-1 win against local-rival UMBC on Thursday. The win keeps the Tigers unbeaten to start the season and now move to 4-0-0 to open the season for the first time in program history.

Jasmine Hamid led the Tigers (4-0-0) with four goals including three in the first half to distance themselves from the Retrievers (2-3-0). The eight goals was the most in a single game since the Tigers defeated Howard 8-0 in 2006.

Key Stats:

• Hamid led four different goal scorers with four goals on six shots.
• Phoebe Canoles scored twice and added two assists for six points with Reese Borden chipping in a goal and an assist.
• Demi Pierre scored her first goal of the season with an assist with Julie Lynch and Nia Christopher adding assists in the win.
• Towson outshot UMBC 18-14. Riley Melendez made two saves in the win with Kalli Williams making two stops in 14 minutes of action.

How It Happened:

• The Tigers controlled play early in the first half. Phoebe Canoles would get the scoring started in the 8^th minute
• She took a feed from Nia Christopher and ripped a shot off the crossbar and down to give Towson a 1-0 lead.
• Just minutes later Jasmine Hamid would net her first of the game with a goal off a Reese Borden corner kick to make it 2-0.
• Riley Melendez would come up big in the 15^th minute with a stop on a shot from point blank range.
• UMBC would cut the lead in half with a goal, but the Tigers quickly responded just four minutes later thanks to a Demi Pierre goal, her first of the season off an assist from Canoles.
• The scoring would continue with Hamid scoring twice in a 27 second span to make it 5-1 Tigers at the break.
• The Towson onslaught would continue in the second half. Jasmine Hamid got her fourth of the contest in the 52^nd minute, slotting home a shot in the upper right corner with an assist from Christopher and Alexandra Rush.
• Reese Borden would get a goal of her own off a corner kick that went right into the goal with Canoles capping the scoring in the 71^st minutes off a Julie Lynch assist. The assist for Lynch is her first point as a Tiger.

Inside The Numbers:

• This is the second straight win against UMBC in the series and the most goals scored by Towson in the series.
• Nia Christopher has now recorded a point in every game this season with her two assists.
• Towson improves to 4-0-0 for the first time in program history, beating their previous best start of 3-0-0 in 2007.

Next Game:

• Towson will hit the road for their final non-conference matchup of the season at Maryland on Sunday, Sept. 3. Kick-off with the Terps is set for 1 p.m. on Big Ten Plus.