After missing the deadline to participate in the 2011 National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association’s National Campus Championship Series National Soccer Championships, the women’s club soccer team applied just minutes after registration opened for this year’s competition Sept. 25. The team was wait-listed, but after a week of wondering if they had made the final cut, the Tigers received the news they had been anticipating. The Tigers were officially accepted Oct. 3 to participate in the 2012 [...]

It was announced Thursday that Co-captain senior forward Cheyenne Skidmore was named to the Colonial Athletic Association All-Conference Second Team. Skidmore started in all 18 games Towson played this season. She finished the season with six goals and one assist, totaling 13 points. She also had  54 shots and 21 shots on goal. In her career, Skidmore recorded 20 assists, 58 points, 15 goals, 155 shots and four game-winning goals. The Tigers finished with a [...]

After losing 5-2 to UNC-Wilmington (11-6-1, 6-3 Colonial Athletic Association) Friday, the Tigers (1-14-2, 1-7-1 CAA) earned a 1-1 draw against Georgia State Sunday afternoon. In their final home game of the season, the Tigers were down 1-0 after Jordan Young of Georgia State (4-10-1, 1-7-1 CAA) scored with less than 11 minutes left in the game. Towson answered when sophomore defender Katie Ponce sent a cross into the box that senior forward Cheyenne Skidmore [...]

Towson (1-13-1, 1-6 Colonial Athletic Association) dropped both games this weekend, falling to Northeastern Friday and Hofstra Sunday. Both games were hotly contested with the Tigers holding 1-1 ties in each, but second-half struggles led to 2-1 and 3-1 losses respectively. Hofstra (10-5, 6-1 CAA) scored in the 13th minute of the game, but Towson was able to force a 1-1 tie entering halftime through junior forward Emily Banes. The Tigers’ chances were stomped out [...]

Towson tasted victory for the first time this season, defeating Old Dominion (2-9, 0-3 Colonial Athletic Association) 3-1 on Friday, but then subsequently fell to William & Mary (9-3, 3-0 CAA) 5-0 on Sunday. The Tigers (1-10-1, 1-3 CAA) let up the first goal of the game in the eighth minute and William & Mary never looked back from there, cruising to victory. “We had a game plan and we didn’t execute it,” Head Coach [...]

Towson opened Colonial Athletic Association play against Delaware (5-4, 2-0 CAA) Friday night and Drexel (7-1-2, 1-0-1 CAA) Sunday afternoon. The Tigers (0-9-1, 0-2 CAA) are still searching for their first win of the season after they were shut down in both games, 1-0 to Delaware and 4-0 to Drexel. Towson was able to hold off Drexel until the second half when the Dragons scored all four of their goals. The first was scored in [...]

The Tigers (0-7-1) dropped their fourth-straight game Friday, losing to West Virginia 5-0. Towson was only able to generate four shots, two of them from junior forward Emily Banes, while West Virginia had 20 shots, forcing sophomore goalkeeper Erin Quinn to make three saves. The Mountaineers scored their first goal of the game at 9:00, when forward Kate Schwindel beat Quinn from 22 yards out. The Tigers held West Virginia scoreless until the second half, [...]

The Tigers (0-6-1) lost back-to-back games over the weekend, both by a score of 2-1, against George Washington and Navy. The Navy Midshipmen started off the scoring on Sunday 15:41 into the game on an unassisted goal by midfielder Fallon Puppolo. Navy scored again at 73:59 after forward Caprice Kelty beat Towson sophomore goalkeeper Erin Quinn to give the Midshipmen a 2-0 lead. The Tigers didn’t score until there were only 43 seconds left in [...]

After tying at Loyola Friday night, Towson (0-4-1) lost to the University of Maryland 5-0. The Tigers gave up the first goal of the game at 14:25 and were never able to recover, giving up another goal in the first half, and three more in the second. “The score was definitely lopsided and Maryland controlled the game,” Head Coach Greg Paynter said. “However, we played well defensively, and we had some legitimate scoring chances.” Although [...]

After starting the season with three losses, Head Coach Greg Paynter said that the Tigers need to start out games with more intensity if they are going to be successful in conference games. “It’s about work ethic and changing our approach,” Paynter said. “We need to have a blue-collar approach and I think we’ve forgotten what was the key to winning games last year, which was out-working our opponents.” After getting out-shot 46-18 in the [...]