Towson University Athletics

TOWSON, Md. - The Towson University field hockey team defeated UC Davis in its senior day game on Sunday. The Tigers (6-10) took a second quarter lead and kept the scoring going the rest of the game to beat the Aggies (3-12) by a final score of 6-0.
 
Key Stats

• The Tigers attempted 14 shots putting 11 on goal and earned seven penalty corners compared to seven shots with two on target and five penalty corners from the Aggies.
• Anouk Westerink had a five-point game with two goals and an assist.
• Skylar Santucci scored her first goal of the season.
• Olivia Miller, Lydia Bennett and Bailey Masten all scored their second goals of the season.
• Delfina Larripa and Olivia Thunnissen each tallied an assist.
• Riley Redding earned her fifth win and second shutout of the season in goal while making two saves.
• For UC Davis, Addison Collingwood receives the loss in goal while making five saves.

 
Key Situations

• 1^st Quarter: The Tigers jumped on the ball quick at the start of the game forcing a high turnover for a chance in the first minute of the game but Olivia Miller was denied by the first of three first-quarter saves from the Aggie goalie to keep the game scoreless after 15 minutes.
• 2^nd Quarter: Towson broke through in the second period earning a corner midway through the period that saw Anouk Westerink's ball from the top of the circle deflected into the goal by Bailey Masten to open the scoring. Six minutes later Westerink picked up a loose ball and carried into the left side of the UC Davis circle before playing a ball across goal that was deflected in by an Aggie defender to make it 2-0 Tigers at the half.
• 3^rd Quarter: The Tigers earned a pair of corners in the first five minutes of the second half. The first saw Josefina Sayal Aguirre's shot saves but the second was delivered by Olivia Thunnissen to Westerink whose shot couldn't be kept out of the net as the Junior's second goal of the game gave Towson a 3-0 lead entering the fourth.
• 4^th Quarter: The fourth period started slow but picked up in the second half as another Tiger corner saw Sayal Aguirre's initial shot blocked but Skylar Santucci picked up the rebound and scored to make it 4-0. Just over a minute later, Miller picked up the ball from an Aggie turnover at the halfway line and carried all the way to the UC Davis circle and scored on her won to push the lead to five. Two minutes after that another Tiger corner saw Delfina Larripa deliver to Lydia Bennett who fired into the far bottom corner to cap off a three-goal quarter. Riley Redding made a pair of saves in the final minute of the game to seal a 6-0 shutout win for Towson.

 
Behind the Numbers

• Six goals is the most Towson has scored in a game this season and the most scored since October 14, 2009, in a 6-2 win over Georgetown.
• Five points is a single game career high for Anouk Westerink.
• The Tigers had five goal scorers which is the most since a 5-1 win over St. Francis on September 6, 2024.
• The Tigers scored a season high four goals resulting from corners.
• Skylar Santucci and Lydia Bennett both scored on their senior day.

 
Next Game

• The Tigers are back in action Friday, October 30 at 1 p.m. when Towson will host Hofstra for its final CAA game and final home game of the regular season.