Towson Runs Roughshod over George Mason
from press release
TOWSON, Md. – Senior attacker Jacie
Kendall scored a career-high five goals and added an assist to lead
the eighth-ranked Tigers (8-3, 2-1) to their second win in the last
three games, an 18-5 Colonial Athletic Association victory over
George Mason University (3-8, 0-2) at Johnny Unitas® Stadium on
Sunday afternoon.
Kendall scored three of her five goals in the first half as the
Tigers built a 9-2 half-time lead en route to the victory.
“I think we did some things today well that we were trying to
do regardless of who we played,” Towson Coach Missy Doherty
said. “We wanted to shoot better because we had a poor effort
on Friday night. We scored on nearly half of our shots, so the team
did a good job.
“We still need to be smarter in our shot selection,”
Coach Doherty added. “Most of the goalies we will face are
tall and if we shoot high, they will make the save. But, we came
out shooting the ball well today and made some better
decisions.”
After the Tigers built a quick 2-0 lead in the opening 1:21 of the
first half, sophomore midfielder Emily Ellisen narrowed the
Patriots’ deficit to 2-1 on a free-position shot with 28:08
left in the period.
However, the Tigers ran off four straight goals over a four-minute
span to take a commanding 6-1 advantage with 23:19 remaining in the
first half. Kendall scored a goal and added an assist during the
spurt.
Sophomore midfielder Julianne Tela ended the Tigers’ run with
her first goal of the season off a pass from junior midfielder
Chelsea Gamble with 21:54 remaining. But, the Tigers ended the
first half by scoring three unanswered goals to take a 9-2 lead at
the intermission.
Gamble and junior attacker Madalyn Jamison scored back-to-back
goals to open the second half to narrow the margin to 9-4 with
25:31 remaining. With 23:16 left, senior midfielder Hillary Fratzke
scored to give Towson a 10-4 advantage before Ellisen answered just
24 seconds later with her second goal of the game.
But, the Tigers held George Mason scoreless for the final 22
minutes and scored eight unanswered goals to seal the victory.
Kendall and senior midfielder Nikki Marcinik each had two goals
during the spurt for the Tigers.
While Kendall led the Tigers with her career-high six-point effort
on Sunday, Marcinik added a career-high five-point effort with two
goals and a career-high three assists. Fratzke tallied the 40th
“hat trick” of her career with three goals and two
assists.
Ellisen led the Patriots with two goals while Gamble added a goal
and an assist. Senior goalkeeper Sara Longobucco made 14 saves for
the Patriots, who were outshot by a 39-14 margin.
The Tigers will begin a three-game road trip on Friday night when
they travel to Old Dominion for a 7 p.m. game against the Lady
Monarchs. Meanwhile, the Patriots wrap up their three-game road
trip on Tuesday night at fifth-ranked Virginia.
College Women’s Lacrosse: #8 Towson University 18, George
Mason University 5
George Mason (3-8, 0-2) 2-3 / 5
#8 Towson (8-3, 2-1) 9-9 / 18
Goals: GMU – Emily Ellisen 2, Chelsea Gamble 1, Madalyn
Jamison 1, Julianne Tela 1; TOW – Jacie Kendall 5, Hillary
Fratzke 3, Nikki Marcinik 2, Ashley Waldron 2, Jess Dunn 2, Ali
Lathroum 1, Sarah Appelt 1, Katie Cloud 1, Kelly Custer 1. Assists:
GMU – Chelsea Gamble 1; TOW – Nikki Marcinik 3, Hillary
Fratzke 2, Jacie Kendall 1, Jackie LaMonica 1, Ali Lathroum 1,
Ashley Waldron 1. Saves: GMU – Sara Longobucco 14 (57:55, 18
goals allowed), Brittany Pastrana 1 (2:05, 0 goals allowed); TOW
– Mary Teeters 6 (49:15, 5 goals allowed), Kristy Hankinson 1
(10:45, 0 goals allowed). Shots: GMU – 14; TOW – 39.
Free Position Shots: GMU – 2 for 5; TOW – 4 for 13.
Attendance: 439.
Post-Game Notes:
• The Tigers and the Patriots met for the 16th time on Sunday
in a series that Towson leads by a 9-7 margin … The Tigers
have now won eight of the last nine games in the series.
• The Tigers improved to 6-1 at home this season.
• The Tigers also scored the game’s first goal for the
eighth time in their 11 games this year … They are 8-0 when
scoring first this season.
• The Tigers are now 6-0 when playing an unranked opponent
this season … They are also 6-0 this year when playing on
either a Saturday or Sunday.
• The Tigers are 5-0 this year when holding their opponents to
under ten goals … The Tigers have held opponents to less
than ten goals in five of their seven home games.
• The Patriots were held to under ten goals for the third time
in the last four games … It is also the eighth time they
have failed to score at least ten goals.
• George Mason has now lost four straight games and six of its
last seven outings … The Patriots’ last win came
against American on March 24, a 13-9 decision in Washington.
• The Tigers improved to 8-3 in the month of April over the
last two years … They have won eight of their last nine
April games.
• The Tigers improved to 7-1 this season when scoring on at
least 40 per cent of their shot attempts … They converted
46.2 per cent of their attempts against the Patriots on Sunday.
• Fratzke extended her goal-scoring and point-scoring streaks
on Sunday afternoon … She has now scored a goal in 59
straight games and has a point in all 65 games of her college
career.
• With three goals and two assists on Sunday, Fratzke has now
scored 14 goals with seven assists in her career against the
Patriots.
• Fratzke also tallied the 55th multi-goal game of her college
career and the 57th career multi-point game … She has
recorded at least five points 22 times in her career.
• Fratzke has eight “hat trick” efforts in the
Tigers’ 11 games this season.
• Fratzke leads the Tigers with ten goals during the month of
April … She also has a team-high 12 points in their three
April games.
• Fratzke has scored 21 of her team-high 34 goals at home this
season … Prior to Sunday, she had not recorded an assist at
home this year.
• Fratkze has now scored 182 career goals, which ranks third
among active players in NCAA Division I … She also has 240
career points, which is third in the nation among active
players.
• With three ground balls in the win over George Mason on
Sunday afternoon, Fratzke now needs just four ground balls to break
the Towson career record, which is held by Melissa Garner,
’03 … Garner had 181 ground balls in her career.
• Kendall has now recorded a point in eight straight games and
has a six-game goal-scoring streak … Kendall has tallied 16
goals with seven assists during the last eight games.
• Kendall has now scored 17 of her 19 goals this season at
home … In addition, 24 of her 28 points have come at Unitas
Stadium.
• Over the last six games, Marcinik has scored 11 goals with
10 assists … She had tallied just six points in the
Tigers’ first five games.
• Marcinik also became the sixth player in school history to
reach 150 career points and has 153 career points … She has
scored 111 goals with 42 assists.
• Junior attacker Jess Dunn has scored a goal in all 11 games
for the Tigers this year … She recorded her tenth career
multi-goal game and her tenth career multi-point game.
• Freshman midfielder Ashley Waldron posted her fifth
multi-goal game of the season against the Patriots on Sunday
… She also has six multi-point games in 11 games.
