Matchups        Towson vs. Arkansas | Friday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m.
                         Towson vs. Robert Morris | Saturday, Sept. 12 at 4 p.m.
                         Towson vs. Howard | Sunday, Sept 13 at 2 p.m.
Location          SECU Arena | Towson, Md.
Live Stats        TowsonTigers.com
TV/Streams     Monumental Sports Network (Friday only) | FloCollege (All three matches)
Tickets             Tiger Invitational Tickets

TOWSON, Md. – Towson University volleyball welcomes Arkansas, Robert Morris and Howard to town for the Tiger Invitational, hosted at SECU Arena, starting Friday, Sept. 11. The Tigers face the Razorbacks on Friday at 7 p.m. They'll play Robert Morris on Saturday at 4 p.m. and wrap up the weekend vs. Howard on Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
All three matches will stream live on FloCollege. Friday's match will be simulcast on Monumental Sports Network. Live stats for all three matches are available at TowsonTigers.com. Tickets are available for purchase here.
 
Last Time Out
The Black & Gold opened the second weekend of the season against Loyola, topping the Greyhounds in four sets at Reitz Arena. The Tigers won in straight sets over Saint Peter's in their home opener. On Sunday, the Tigers faced Morgan State and topped the Lady Bears 3-0 in the weekend finale.
 
Scouting the Razorbacks
Arkansas enters the weekend at 4-2, coming off a 3-1 victory over Syracuse in the Empire State on Wednesday night. The Razorbacks started the season with three wins at their own invitational before dropping matches to Rutgers and Maryland in the B1G/SEC volleyball challenge in September. Outside hitter Parker Duncan leads the squad with 68 kills, averaging 4.72 per set through the early going of 2026.
 
Scouting the Colonials
Robert Morris enters the weekend winless through their first six matches. The Colonials lost in straight sets against Elon, Eastern Michigan and Duquesne last weekend. Outside hitter Lauren Decker leads the team with 61 kills, averaging 3.29 per set. The freshman finished with double-digit kills in four of six matches played in 2026.
 
Scouting the Bison
Howard comes in at 0-6 overall, with losses to Maryland, Syracuse and Cornell, among others. The Bison have won just two sets in their six matches, both against George Mason. Outside hitter Addison Buckner leads the team with 66 kills, averaging 3.60 per set.
 
Preseason All-CAA Honors
The Coastal Athletic Association released its preseason All-CAA team on Aug. 19.
 
Middle blocker Malinah Purcell-Telefoni garnered a preseason All-CAA team selection after pacing the league with 117.0 total blocks in her freshman campaign. Her 1.04 blocks per set mark ranked third among CAA players. Purcell-Telefoni amassed 182 kills, averaging 1.63 per set, on a .275 hitting percentage, also a top mark among 2025 league leaders. She added 24 aces and 10 assists in 112 sets.
 
Outside hitter Taylor Pagan nabbed a preseason All-CAA honorable mention. Despite missing ten matches last season, Pagan averaged 2.73 kills per set on a .231 hitting mark. In 64 sets, the Florida native totaled 175 kills, 14 assists and eight service aces.
 
In the CAA preseason poll, the Tigers were picked to finish third after garnering two first-place votes. Charleston and Hofstra finished first and second, respectively, while North Carolina A&T, Campbell and Stony Brook rounded out the projected CAA Championship teams.
 
Back in Black (& Gold)
The Tigers feature nine returners from 2025, highlighted by Purcell-Telefoni and Pagan. Other returners include Natalia PeBenito, Ava Drye, Addie Leber, Tshilanda Diouf, Peyton Meyer, Destini Pickett and Katlyn Moran.
 
The Tigers are returning 39.6% of their kill production and 45.8% of their assist production from 2025, with the losses of major contributors.
 
Defensively, they bring back 25.9% of their dig production and 59.3% of their block production.
 
Earning Stripes
The Tigers' newcomer group is highlighted by transfer additions of outside hitter Anna Rice from TCU, opposite hitter Bjanka Stojanovic from Georgia Tech, middle blocker Lilia Duczek from Hofstra and libero Megan Platt from Wheeling. Rice was ranked the No. 1 recruit in Oklahoma out of high school.
 
Among the Tigers' five incoming freshmen, middle blocker Clara Vorel earned 2025 Georgia Volleyball Coaches Association (GVCA) Class 5A Co-Player of the Year. Other first-year additions include setter Kamree Orizotti — who set the Oregon high school all-time career assists record with 3,567 assists — outside hitter Nola Duncan, libero Kayla Zanon and outside hitter Evi Priniotaki.
 
Metil Detector
Towson Head Coach Don Metil is the all-time winningest coach in program history with a 293-95 (.755) record dating back to 2013. Now in his 25th season as an NCAA head coach, Metil is 523-225 (.699). Metil was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coach of the Year in 2019 after winning Towson's first-ever NCAA Tournament game vs. American and finishing the season at 29-3. He's won four CAA Coach of the Year awards during his tenure at TU: 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2022.
Record breakdown
- Metil is 523-225 all-time (.699) as a head coach.
- Metil's records by school: Notre Dame College: 40-30 | Lees-McRae: 30-9 | Coppin State: 15-46 | Maryland Eastern Shore: 145-45 | Towson: 293-95
- Metil passed Cathy Cain as Towson's all-time wins leader after knocking off No. 7 Pittsburgh on Sept. 10th, 2022.
- Metil surpassed 500 career NCAA wins vs. Old Dominion on Aug. 30, 2025.
 
Protect this House
Since moving into SECU Arena full-time in 2013, Towson has racked up an impressive 143-33 (.813) overall record at home. That total includes CAA Championship matches played there. Since 2019, the Black & Gold have amassed an 89-11 (.890) record in their home building.
 
2025 Recap
After dropping the first two matches of the 2025 season, Towson followed with 18 consecutive match wins and finished the regular season at 21-6. The Tigers finished 12-4 in league play, earning the No. 3 seed in the CAA Championship. They faced No. 6 Stony Brook in their opening match of the tournament and fell three sets to one at SECU Arena.