TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's lacrosse team hosted the Campbell Camels in a CAA matchup on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers (4-3, 1-1 CAA) defeated the Camels (2-6, 0-1 CAA) 19-9 in Unitas Stadium.
Katie Roszko and
Savannah Safchuck each finished with a career-high six points scoring five goals and tallying an assist.
Milana Zizakovic tied a season-high with five points on three goals and two assists.
Key Stats vs Campbell:
- The Tigers outshot the Camels 32-25 today.
- Towson finished 4-of-8 on free position shots while Campbell went 1-of-5.
- The Tigers scooped up 19 ground balls which is tied for the second most this season.
How It Happened vs. Campbell:
- The Tigers got off to a fast start when Katie Roszko scored her 12th goal of the season 42 seconds in.
- Milana Zizakovic doubled Towson's lead 35 seconds later when Zizakovic found the back of the net with her ninth goal of the year.
- Rasa Welch scored Campbell's first goal, but Zizakovic responded with her second goal of the game after she ran past two defenders and fired a shot past Lepore.
- Roszko scored her second goal of the game when Savannah Safchuck found Roszko open who then fired a shot into the back of the net to give Towson a 4-1 lead.
- Roszko extended Towson's lead to four after she scored her third goal of the first quarter to earn her second hat trick of the season.
- Less than three minutes later, Safchuck ran around the crease and fired a low shot that beat Lepore to give the Tigers a 6-1 edge.
- Welch scored her second goal of the game to cut the deficit to four.
- Ocea Leavy scored on the free position attempt to give Towson a 7-2 lead at the end of the first quarter.
- The teams traded goals to start the second quarter with Luca DeMaio scoring her seventh goal of the season.
- Less than a minute later, Safchuck scored her second goal of the game to extend the lead to six.
- Roszko found the back of the net for her fourth goal of the day to give the Tigers a 10-3 advantage.
- Less than two minutes later, Sam Bischoff scored her 15th goal of the season to trial by six.
- Leavy scored with four seconds remaining when she ran past her defender and fired a low shot that beat Luznar to take an 11-4 lead into halftime.
- Bella Wojcik opened the third quarter with her first collegiate goal on a free position attempt.
- The Tigers pushed the lead to nine when Shannon Sullivan found Safchuck open on the counterattack. Safchuck then fired a no-look shot that found the back of the net for her tenth goal of the year.
- DeMaio made the score 14-4 with her second goal of the day when Roszko found DeMaio cutting to crease who scored the one-on-one opportunity.
- Safchuck gave Towson an 11-goal lead with 10:09 remaining in the third quarter when Leavy found Safchuck open in the middle who then launched a flying shot that beat the goalie at the near post.
- The Camels scored back-to-back goals to trim the deficit to nine.
- Zizakovic got her second hat trick of the year when she juked past her defender and scored near post to restore a ten-goal lead.
- DeMaio scored on a free position attempt to earn her first hat trick of the season to give the Tigers a 17-6 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.
- Roszko and Safchuck opened the fourth quarter by scoring their fifth goal each to give Towson a 13-goal lead, its largest of the game.
- Campbell scored three goals to close out the quarter and give Towson a 19-9 CAA victory.
Inside the Numbers vs Campbell:
- Milana Zizakovic finished with a season-high six draw controls.
- Towson scored a season-high 19 goals today. This is the most goals the Tigers have scored since April 15, 2023 when Towson scored 21 against Monmouth.
- Nine Tigers tallied a point today, tying a season-best.
Next Game:
- The Tigers continue their three-game homestand against the Longwood Lancers on Tuesday, March 18 at 4 p.m. at Tiger Field. The game will be streamed on FloCollege.