TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's lacrosse team hosted the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers in Johnny Unitas ® Stadium for the 2024 season opener. The Tigers (1-0) were victorious 14-10 over the Mountaineers (0-1) on Saturday afternoon in Kristen Carr's first game as head coach of Towson.
 
Milana Zizakovic finished with a career-high six goals while Valerie Thompson, Lindsey Marshall and Hannah Delahaye each added two goals.
 
Key Stats vs Mount St. Mary's:

• The Tigers outshot the Mountaineers 39-24, including a 9-2 advantage in the first quarter.
• Towson won the draw control battle 16-9.
• Jo Torres finished with ten saves for the Tigers while the Mount's Ashlyn Watkins totaled nine saves.

How It Happened vs Mount St. Mary's:

• The Tigers scored the first goal of the game after Milana Zizakovic ran past her defender and rifled a shot that beat Ashlyn Watkins near post.
• Towson doubled its lead on the next possession when Zizakovic wrapped around the crease and fired a shot that went between Watkins legs.
• Katie Roszko scored her first collegiate goal to make the score 3-0 when she fired a shot that went far post with two defenders guarding her.  
• Zizakovic completed her hat trick early in the second quarter after rifling a shot just under the crossbar to extend the lead to four.
• Anna Salerno got the Mount on the board on the following possession, but Hannah Delahaye scored her first goal of the game the game to restore a four-goal lead.
• Valerie Thompson made the score 6-1 after Lindsey Marshall found Thompson open on the break and Thompson blasted the shot past Watkins.
• The Mountaineers scored two goals 30 seconds apart to cut the lead down to 6-3 heading into halftime.
• Towson started the third quarter with Zizakovic's fourth goal of the game to lead by four again.
• Marshall extended the lead to 8-3 after spinning past her defender and fired a shot that found the top corner.
• The Mount scored back-to-back player advantage goals to cut the deficit to three, but Zizakovic scored her fifth goal of the game on a free position attempt to give the Tigers a 9-5 edge.
• Delahaye scored her second goal after she rifled a shot that found the top corner after faking a flip pass to extend the lead 10-5.
• The Mountaineers scored two late goals to trail 10-7 going into the fourth quarter.
• Abby Wesko scored a free position attempt to cut the deficit to two, but Zizakovic answered with her sixth goal of the day to restore a three-goal advantage.
• Towson grew the lead to 12-8 after Marhsall scored her second after she split two defenders and fired a high-low shot that got past Watkins.
• The teams traded free position goals, before Lindsay Clarke sealed the game with her first goal to make the score 14-9 with 4:11 left.
• The Mount added a late goal as the Tigers emerged victorious 14-10 over the Mountaineers.

Inside the Numbers vs Mount St. Mary's:

• Kristen Carr picked up her first win as head coach of the Tigers.
• Lindsey Marshall totaled a game-high nine draw controls.
• Hannah Delahaye finished with a career-high three points.
• The Tigers improved to 8-1 all-time against the Mount.
• 14 goals are the most goals that Towson has scored in a season opener since 2020 when they scored 16 against UMBC.

Next Game:
The Tigers will host Georgetown on Wednesday, February 14th at 4 p.m. on Tiger Field. The game will be streamed on FloSports.