Towson University Athletics

TOWSON, Md. - The Towson University field hockey team defeated Georgetown 3-1 in its home opener to improve to 1-2 on the young season. The Tigers responded to a first quarter Hoya goal by scoring three unanswered with two coming from Ava McConnell earn Towson's first win of the season.
 
Key Stats

• The Tigers scored three unanswered goals after going down 1-0 in the first quarter.
• Towson outshot the Hoyas 11(7) to 7(4) and had a 5 to 3 advantage in penalty corners.
• Ava McConnell scored her first two goals of the season.
• Anouk Westerink netted her first of the year.
• Gianna Tripodi, Delfina Larripa, and Ella Jefferson all notched assists.
• Riley Redding earned her first career win in goal making three saves.
• For Gerogetown, Katherine Malloy scored a goal from Kate McManaman's assist. Alex Duff receives the loss in goal after allowing three goals with four saves.

 
Key Situations

• 1^st Quarter: The first frame started quietly but picked up in the final few minutes leading to a Towson back pass being intercepted by the Hoyas right in front of the Tiger's goal leading to Colleen Maloney opening the scoring right before the end of the quarter.
• 2^nd Quarter: Towson came out firing in the second quarter and halfway through Gianna Tripodi sent a ball into the top of the circle towards Ava McConnell who deflected the ball into the net to tie the game at one.
• Towson earned its fourth penalty corner of the quarter with ninety second left in the half and Delfina Larripa played it to Anouk Westerink whose shot from the top of the circle found the far bottom corner to give Towson a halftime lead.
• 3^rd Quarter: Georgetown earned a corner four minutes into the period and a pair of Hoya shots in quick succession were saved by Riley Redding to keep the Tigers ahead entering the final frame.
• 4^th Quarter: Georgetown picked up a yellow card seven minutes into the frame, two minutes later Ella Jefferson received the ball in the bottom corner of the Hoya circle, turned towards goal, and flicked the ball in the air toward McConnell who slammed home her second of the game to seal a 3-1 Tiger win.

 
Behind the Numbers

• Towson came back from a 1-0 deficit to earn the 3-1 win after being unable to come back from a losing situation and win in any game in 2025.
• Ava McConnell scored multiple goals in a game for the first time in her career.
• Delfina Larripa and Ella Jefferson both picked up their first points as Towson players.
• Towson's nine shots in the second quarter were the most in a single quarter so far this season.
• Towson ended the game with a 5-3 advantage in penalty corners won, the Tigers have now earned more corners than its opponents in all three games so far in 2026.

 
Next Game

• The Tigers are back in action Sunday at noon at the TU Field Hockey Complex. Towson will host Rider to close out the second weekend.