TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's lacrosse team closed out its three-game homestand by hosting the #10 Princeton Tigers on Friday night. Towson (5-4) fell to #10 Princeton (7-1) 17-13 at Tiger Field.
 
Milana Zizakovic led the Tigers with a season-high five goals while Luca DeMaio scored three goals, tying a season-high. Ocea Leavy totaled three points tonight tallying two goals and an assist.
 
Key Stats vs Princeton:

• Princeton went 6-of-8 on free position shots while Towson finished 2-of-8.
• Princeton had the edge in draw controls, 19-15.
• Jenna Cardeno made 12 saves while Princeton's Amelia Hughes had ten.

 
How It Happened vs. Princeton:

• Princeton opened the game by scoring three goals in the first four minutes.
• Valerie Thompson scored Towson's first goal when she fired a shot far post that got past Hughes.
• Milana Zizakovic cut the deficit to one a few minutes later when she scored a no-look goal.
• Princeton scored less than two minutes later to restore a two-goal lead, but Zizakovic scored her second goal of the game right before the end of the first quarter to trail by one.
• Ocea Leavy evened the score at four less than two minutes into the second quarter on a shot that beat Hughes at the near post.
• Princeton regained the lead on Colette Quinn's ninth goal of the season, then Leavy scored a free position attempt to tie the score again.
• Princeton closed out the second quarter by scoring five goals in the last six minutes to lead 10-5 at halftime.
• The teams traded goals to open the third quarter, but Princeton scored three straight goals to lead by eight with 7:02 remaining in the third quarter.
• Zizakovic completed her hat trick when she fired a high shot that beat Hughes.
• McKenzie Blake scored her third goal of the game to lead by eight again.
• Zizakovic scored two more goals to close out the third quarter to trail 15-9.
• Savannah Safchuck found the back of the net 35 seconds into the fourth quarter when she fired a shot near post.
• Luca DeMaio scored less than three minutes later when Leavy found DeMaio open who then fired a shot past Hughes to cut the deficit to four with 11:36 left in the fourth quarter.
• Blake countered with two goals to extend Princeton's lead back to seven.
• DeMaio scored her third goal of the game with 2:36 remaining.
• Thompson added a late goal, but Towson fell to Princeton 17-13.

Inside the Numbers vs Princeton:

• Valerie Thompson finished with a career-high six draw controls while adding two goals.
• Casey Meredith and Hailey Waldron each finished with a career-high four ground balls. Meredith also had a career-high two caused turnovers tonight.

Next Game:

• The Tigers resume CAA play against the Drexel Dragons in Philadelphia on Saturday, March 29th at 3:30 p.m. The game will be streamed on FloCollege.