BALTIMORE, Md. – The Towson University women's lacrosse traveled over to Catonsville to take on the UMBC Retrievers on Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers (2-3) defeated the Retrievers (4-3) 17-6 at UMBC Stadium.
 
Milana Zizakovic led the Tigers with four goals and two assists. Lindsey Marshall had a season-high five points on three goals and two assists.
 
Key Stats vs UMBC:

• The Tigers finished 4-for-4 on free position shots while the Retrievers went 2-of-6.
• Towson had the edge in the draw control battle, 13-11.
• The Tigers went 21-of-22 on clear attempts versus 11-of-14 for UMBC.
• Jo Torres finished with ten saves for the Tigers while UMBC's Isabella Fontanta had eight saves.

 
How It Happened vs UMBC:

• The Retrievers scored the game's first goal, but Milana Zizakovic responded with a free position to tie the score at one.
• Less than two minutes later, UMBC regained a one-goal lead on Alexis Abe's six goal of the year.
• Lindsey Marshall scored her seventh goal of the year after she juked past her defender and fired a shot near post to tie the score.
• Halley Koras and Hannah Delahaye each found the back of the net to start the second quarter to give the Tigers a 4-2 lead.
• The Retrievers cut the lead to one, but less than a minute later Paige Abbott scored her first goal of the season to restore a two-goal lead.
• The Tigers closed out the second quarter with a 3-0 run, getting free position goals from Luca DeMaio and Katie Roszko to lead 8-3 going into halftime.
• Towson found the back of the net 36 seconds into the third quarter when Roszko bounced a shot past Fontana.
• Zizakovic completed her hat trick after she spun around her defender and blasted a shot that went underneath the crossbar to extend the lead to seven.
• Marshall scored back-to-back goals to earn her first hat trick of the season and give the Tigers a 12-3 lead.
• Lindsay Clarke scored her second of the season when Zizakovic found Clarke open in front of the net who then fired a shot that bounced in off the pipe.
• UMBC cut the deficit to nine, but Zizakovic scored her fourth goal of the game to restore a ten-goal lead.
• Roszko and Delahaye each scored a late goal to extend Towson's lead to 16-4 heading into the fourth.
• Valerie Thompson scored the lone goal for the Tigers in the fourth when she rifled a shot into the top corner to give Towson its largest lead of the day.
• The Retrievers added two late goals to reach the final score of 17-6.

 
Inside the Numbers vs UMBC:

• Katie Roszko finished with her first career hat trick.
• Milana Zizakovic has scored a goal in eight straight games dating back to last year.
• Jo Torres and Shannon Sullivan each scooped up four ground balls.
• Ten Tigers tallied at least one point today.

 
Next Game:
The Tigers will make the short trip down the road to face the #7/8 Loyola Greyhounds on Saturday, March 9th at noon. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.