TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's lacrosse team hosted the Jacksonville Dolphins at Tiger Field on Thursday afternoon. The Tigers (5-5, 2-1 CAA) defeated the Dolphins (3-7, 1-0 ASUN) 11-6 led by
Lindsey Marshall's career-high six goals.
Milana Zizakovic had two goals and two assists, while
Katie Roszko added two assists and one goal.
Key Stats vs Jacksonville:
- The Tigers finished with a season-high 13 caused turnovers.
- Towson accumulated a season-high 27 ground balls today, including 11 in the third quarter.
- The Tigers outshot the Dolphins 36-21.
- Jo Torres totaled eight saves for the Tigers, while Paige Pagano had five saves and Addy Tysdal had six saves for the Dolphins.
How It Happened vs. Jacksonville:
- The Dolphins scored the game's first two goals to jump out to a 2-0 lead early, but Katie Roszko cut the lead in half with her 11th goal of the season.
- Jacksonville added a late goal to take a 3-1 lead into the second quarter.
- The Dolphins gained their largest lead of the day after extending their advantage to three goals.
- Milana Zizakovic cut the deficit to two after Delahaye found Zizakovic open on the right side of the fan who then blasted the shot near post.
- Zizakovic found the back of the net 43 seconds later to reduce Jacksonville's lead to one.
- Lindsey Marshall tied the score at four with her first goal of the game after Roszko found Marshall wide open in front of the net.
- Less than a minute later Marshall gave the Tigers the lead on her 19th goal of the season.
- Marshall completed her hat trick after Zizakovic found Marshall open in front of the crease who then fired a no-look shot past Pagano to give Towson a 6-4 edge.
- Halley Koras capped off a six-goal second quarter for the Tigers to give them a 7-4 lead going into halftime.
- In the third quarter, the teams went back-and-forth trading possessions until Marshall scored as time expired on a late counterattack to extend Towson's lead to four.
- Marshall scored her fifth goal of the game to start the fourth quarter after great ball movement left Marshall one-on-one with Tysdal.
- The Dolphins ended their 32-minute scoring drought with Mackenzie Boyle's second goal of the game.
- Hannah Delahaye scored her 13th goal of the season after firing a shot past Tysdal to restore a five-goal lead.
- Marshall scored her career-high sixth goal after she cut between two defenders and blasted a shot near post to extend the lead.
- Jacksonville added a last second goal to give Towson an 11-6 victory.
Inside the Numbers vs Jacksonville:
- Lindsey Marshall sits tied with Amy Buck for 14th all-time in goals with 106.
- Shannon Sullivan scooped up five ground balls for the second straight game, while tying a season-high in caused turnovers with four.
- Paiton Abbott finished with a career-high three caused turnovers.
- Kristen Carr and Tara Singleton coached against each for the first time since they coached together at Johns Hopkins under Janine Tucker.
Next Game:
The Tigers will return to CAA play with a home game against Hofstra on Saturday, March 30th at 3 p.m. The game will take place at Johnny Unitas® Stadium and will be streamed on LacrosseTV and FloSports.