2008 continues to be a terrific year for Tiger Athletics as the softball team and the women’s lacrosse team each earned post season tournament berths.
After earning a berth in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament by sweeping a three-game weekend series from UNC Wilmington, the fourth-seeded Tigers (36-24) open CAA Tournament play on Thursday, May 8 against top-seeded Hofstra (39-10) at 12:00 noon.
Making their first appearance in the CAA Tournament since 2005, the Tigers will be playing in their fifth CAA Tourney. The Tigers have a 7-8 record in previous CAA Tournaments. The Tigers, who have finished as CAA runners-up three times, are 1-7 against Hofstra and 7-1 against the balance of the CAA.
After winning its second Colonial Athletic Association championship in the last four years, the Tiger women?s lacrosse team will face fifth-seeded Syracuse University in a first round game of the NCAA Division I Women?s Lacrosse Championships on Sunday, May 11, it has been announced by the NCAA Division I Women?s Lacrosse Committee.
The game will be played at the Carrier Dome at 3:30 p.m. Tickets for the game will go on sale at the Carrier Dome box office and on Syracuse?s official athletics website, www.suathletics.com, on Tuesday, May 6 at 10 a.m. They are priced at $5 for adults and $3 for students with a valid ID card and youth ages 12 and under.
With a 13-5 record, the 18th-ranked Tigers will be making the second NCAA Tournament appearance in the program?s history. In 2005, the Tigers won the CAA championship and lost at Georgetown by a 15-14 margin. Meanwhile, Syracuse will be playing in the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in its women?s lacrosse history and has reached the postseason in three of the last four years.
Follow TowsonTigers.com all week for further information on both events.
