HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The Towson University women's lacrosse team continued CAA play by traveling up to Long Island to take on the Hofstra Pride on Friday night. The Tigers (6-6, 2-3 CAA) fell to the Pride (8-5, 3-2 CAA) 10-7.
 
Ocea Leavy led the Tigers with three goals, tying a career-high. Katie Roszko finished with a goal and an assist while five Tigers tallied a point.
 
Key Stats vs Hofstra:

• The Pride scooped up 13 ground balls compared to nine for the Tigers.
• The Tigers forced five caused turnovers while Hofstra forced only one.
• Hofstra had the edge in draw controls, 11-9.
• Jenna Cardeno made ten saves while Hofstra's Luchianna Cardello finished with 12.

 
How It Happened vs Hofstra:

• The Pride opened the game by scoring two quick goals, but Ocea Leavy scored her 14th goal of the season to trail 2-1.
• Hofstra responded less than two minutes later to restore a two-goal lead.
• The teams exchanged goals at the end of the first quarter with Katie Roszko scoring her 22nd goal to trail 4-2 at the end of the first quarter.                   
• The Pride extended their lead to three to start the second quarter with Kristen Redding's second goal of the game.
• Gabby Bjugan and Valerie Thompson scored goals less than a minute apart to cut the deficit to one.
• Hofstra's Kayleigh Bender scored on a free position attempt to give the Pride a 6-4 edge heading into halftime.
• The Pride scored less than two minutes into the third quarter to extend their lead to three.
• Hofstra added two more goals in the third quarter to have a 9-5 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.
• Leavy opened the fourth quarter with her second goal of the night when she ran past her defender and fired a shot past Cardello.
• Less than two minutes later, Luca DeMaio scored a free position attempt to cut the deficit to three with 11:54 remaining.
• Hofstra responded 48 seconds later with Bender's fourth goal of the night.
• Leavy completed her second hat trick of the season when she juked past a defender and fired a shot that beat Cardello to trail by three with 3:06 left in the fourth quarter.
• The Tigers had a couple of possessions late, but couldn't find the back of the net as Hofstra defeated Towson 10-7.

Inside the Numbers vs Hofstra:

• Valerie Thompson totaled a team-high six draw controls, tying a season-high.
• Katie Roszko has registered two or more points in ten games this season.
• Jenna Cardeno finished with double-digit saves for the fourth consecutive game and nine game this season.

 
Next Game:

• The Tigers will have a quick turnaround and return home to host the Delaware Blue Hens on Sunday, April 13th at 3 p.m. The game will be streamed on FloCollege.