Towson, Md. – The Towson University Field Hockey team took on the Georgetown Hoyas on Friday at the TU Field Hockey Complex. In a nine-goal game highlighted by a seven-goal third quarter, Towson came out on top 5-4.
Record

• Towson: 2-3, 0-0 CAA
• Georgetown: 1-3, 0-0 Big East

Key Stats

• Towson's five goals came from five different scorers.
• Anouk Westerink scored her third goal of the season; all three came from corners.
• Lexi Bove scored her first goal of the season.
• Kristin Strijdom scored her first career Towson goal.
• Olivia Miller and Shannon Quaile both scored their first collegiate goals.
• Strijdom also had two assists; Bove, Westerink, and Lydia Bennett each had one assist.
• The win went to Tessa Scheenstra.
• For Georgetown, Katherine Malloy, Colleen Maloney, Sophie Towne, and Elena Leahy scored goals; Ella Fahey had five saves in the loss.

How it Happened:

• Anouk Westerink scored from a corner to open the scoring with under a minute left in the first quarter.
• Kristin Strijdom had a shot under two minutes into the second quarter, but it went just wide of the post.
• Midway through the second, Tatum Dobbins was one on one with Hoya goalie Ella Fahey, but her shot was knocked away.
• Towson had another good chance saved by Fahey late in the second when a Shannon Quaile shot from a corner was also pushed away.
• The Tigers would double the lead under a minute into the second half when Kristin Strijdom scored her first Tiger goal.
• Towson would add another a few minutes later with Strijdom the assister for Lexi Bove.
• Georgetown would get on the board three minutes later from a goal from Katherine Malloy.
• Less than two minutes later, Elena Leahy added another for the Hoyas.
• Towson would respond in less than a minute when Quaile tipped in a ball from Westerink off a corner.
• It was Georgetown's turn to respond in under a minute as Sophie Towne brought the deficit back to one.
• With under two minutes left in the third, Olivia Miller restored the Tigers two-goal advantage.
• Midway through the fourth, Colleen Maloney scored to once again make it a one-goal game.
• With five minutes to go, the Tigers would draw a penalty stroke, however Fahey would save Westerink's shot. Towson closed out the game from there 5-4.

Inside the Numbers:

• Kristin Strijdom now has five assists on the season, more than any Towson player had in the previous year.
• The nine goals scored in this game are the most in a Towson field hockey game since September 16, 2018.

Next Up:

• The Tigers are back in action at 12 PM on Sunday when they host the Queens Royals at the TU Field Hockey Complex.