Fratzke, No. 10 Towson Handle Richmond 23-12
from press release
TOWSON, Md. – Senior midfielder Hillary
Fratzke (Queen Anne’s County H.S./Centreville, Md.) scored a
career-high six goals and added eight draw controls as 10th-ranked
Towson University (5-1) posted its fifth win in the last six games
with a 23-12 non-conference victory over the University of Richmond
(3-6) at the Tigers’ Johnny Unitas® Stadium on Saturday
afternoon.
Led by Fratzke’s 37th career “hat trick,” the
Tigers posted the second-highest single-game goal total in school
history with their 23 goals. The Tigers set the school record with
27 goals against Frostburg State on April 27, 1984.
“We had a really good game offensively today,” Towson
Coach Missy Doherty said. “Nearly half of our goals were
assisted, so we are starting to make those connecting passes. We
just have to continue to improve with a tough stretch against
Stanford, Maryland and Delaware coming up.”
Fratzke gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead in the opening five minutes by
scoring back-to-back goals off assists from senior defender Megan
Mullis (Broadneck H.S./Annapolis, Md.) and senior midfielder Nikki
Marcinik (Southern H.S./Deale, Md.).
The teams traded goals three times before freshman attacker Olivia
Turner (Stephen Decatur H.S./Bishopville, Md.) ignited a four-goal
Towson run with the first goal of her college career, converting a
pass from senior attacker Jacie Kendall (Souderton Area
H.S./Harleysville, Pa.) with 17:18 remaining in the first half.
After Kendall scored to give Towson a 7-3 lead, sophomore
midfielder Jackie LaMonica (Hereford H.S./Parkton, Md.) tallied
back-to-back free-position goals for a six-goal advantage with
12:20 left in the period.
Junior attacker Danielle Schaevitz (Greenwich Academy/Bedford,
N.Y.) ended the Tigers’ run with a free-position goal with
10:19 remaining in the first half before sophomore midfielder Sam
Tajirian (Springfield H.S./Springfield, Pa.) followed with her
first goal of the season off an assist from junior midfielder Anne
Ryan (Darien H.S./Darien, Conn.).
But, the Tigers responded with another four-goal run, including a
pair of goals from junior attacker Jess Dunn (Fallston H.S./Forest
Hill, Md.), to extend the margin to 13-5 with 4:57 remaining in the
first half.
Led by a goal and an assist from sophomore midfielder Mary Flowers
(Cape Henry Collegiate H.S./Virginia Beach, Va.), the Spiders
scored three consecutive goals over a four-minute span to narrow
the deficit to 13-8 before Fratzke ended the first half scoring
with an unassisted goal with ten seconds left.
Just 51 seconds into the second half, Fratzke took a pass from
Dunn and scored her fourth goal of the game to start a four-goal
run by the Tigers, who led by 18-8 with 26:25 remaining.
Led by a pair of goals by Flowers, the Spiders responded with
three consecutive goals to trim the margin to 18-11 with 21:26
left, but the Tigers countered with three goals in a row to regain
a ten-goal advantage with 14:34 remaining.
Freshman attacker Sam Stevenson (Darien H.S./Darien, Conn.) scored
on a free-position shot with 10:24 remaining before Turner and
sophomore midfielder Katie Cloud (Severna Park H.S./Severna Park,
Md.) ended the scoring in the final nine minutes.
While Fratzke led the Tigers with six goals, Dunn and LaMonica
each contributed three goals with an assist in the victory for
Towson, which outshot Richmond by a 48-21 margin.
Marcinik added two goals and added two assists in addition to
becoming the ninth player in school history to score 100 career
goals.
“Nikki has been a pivotal player for us throughout her
career and thankfully, she has been doing a great job in the
midfield for us whether it is scoring or getting draw controls or
causing turnovers,” Coach Doherty said. “We are looking
for her to continue to score the way she did today for
us.”
Flowers led the Spiders with five goals and an assist while
Schaevitz and sophomore attacker Molly Early (Radnor H.S./Radnor,
Pa.) each scored two goals. Senior goalkeeper Erica Marrocco
(Duxbury H.S./Duxbury, Mass.) made 16 saves for the Spiders, who
lost for the second time in the last three games.
