JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Towson University women's lacrosse team faced off against the Jacksonville Dolphins on Friday afternoon. The Tigers (2-1) defeated the Dolphins (0-4) 15-7 at Rock Stadium to win Towson's second straight game.
 
Valerie Thompson finished with a career-high five points scoring a career-high four goals and adding an assist. Milana Zizakovic finished with a season-high five points (3g, 2a) and a season-best five draw controls. Katie Roszko scored a career-high four goals.
 
Key Stats vs Jacksonville:

• Jenna Cardeno had nine saves with a 56.3% save percentage.
• Towson won the draw control battle 15-11.
• The Tigers had 26 shots on target compared to only 16 for Jacksonville.

 
How It Happened vs. Jacksonville:

• The Tigers got on the board first when Valerie Thompson gave Katie Roszko a little flip pass who then fired a shot past Hodgin to give Towson an early lead.
• Jacksonville tied the score on a Maddie Herman free position goal.
• Milana Zizakovic scored back-to-back goals to give Towson a 3-1 lead.
• Thompson extended the advantage to three 17 seconds later after she got past her defender and fired a shot that beat Hodgin.
• Less than a minute later, Hailey Waldron scored her third goal of the season when she ran around her defender and fired a low shot that got through Hodgin.
• Luca DeMaio extended Towson's lead after scoring her second goal of the year to give the Tigers a 6-1 lead in the first quarter.
• The Dolphins scored two goals to open the second quarter to trail by three.
• Ocea Leavy found the back of the net at the 8:24 mark after she ran through the entire defense to score her fourth goal of the season.
• Thompson closed out the second quarter with two more goals to have a first half hat trick and give the Tigers a 9-3 lead at halftime.
• Roszko scored on a free position attempt to push Towson's lead to seven to start the third quarter.
• Waldron found Thompson cutting to the net who then fired a shot that found the back of the net to give her fourth goal of the game.
• The Dolphins cut their deficit to seven on a Brigid Manning goal that ended their 23 minute and 43 second goal drought.
• Roszko added two more goals, including a goal where she caught the pass in mid-air and fired a shot past Alewine to extend Towson's advantage to nine goals.
• Jacksonville added a goal before the end of the third quarter to trail 13-5.
• The Dolphins started the fourth quarter by scoring two goals.
• Waldron and Zizakovic each added a late goal to seal a 15-7 victory for the Tigers.

 
Inside the Numbers vs. Jacksonville:

• Hailey Waldron finished with a career-high three points and three ground balls.
• Shannon Sullivan, Emma Baker and Valerie Thompson each had three draw controls.

Next Game:

• The Tigers will wrap up their Florida trip by taking on South Florida on Sunday, February 23rd at noon. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.