JMU Continues its Win Streak, Beats Towson 4-1

Friday, October 8

Towson, Md.

3 p.m.

James Madison University

(7-4)

Towson

(2-10)

JMU

Towson

10/8/2021 6:07:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

TOWSON, Md. - The James Madison field hockey team defeated Towson 4-1 after a close first half Friday afternoon at the Towson University Field Hockey Complex.

The Dukes improved to 7-4 overall and 3-0 in conference play while the Tigers fell to 2-10 overall and 0-3 in conference play.

Caroline Cahill started off the scoring for JMU, with Diede Remijnse following with two additional goals. Samantha Grimes tallied the final goal for JMU and Kara McClure and Rachel Yeager both garnered two assists.

JMU was strong on the defensive end, only allowing six shots, while the Dukes racked up 22 themselves. The Dukes also out-tallied the Tigers in penalty corners, going 11-3.

Goalkeeper Florien Marcussen recorded three saves, while Towson goalkeeper Lena Vandam recorded 14 against the aggressive Dukes' offense.

SCORING SUMMARY
01:28 | JMU 1, TU 0 | Cahill shot one straight to the back of the net from a penalty corner, with assists from Yeager and McClure.
04:16 | JMU 1, TU 1 | Kathryn Parkinson got a goal off of a penalty corner.
33:02 | JMU 2, TU 1 | Remijnse took the ball into the center and shot her goal off of the penalty corner.
53:42 | JMU 3, TU 1 | Remijnse had another goal off of a penalty corner.
54:43 | JMU 4, TU 1 | Grimes tipped the ball in in front of a clustered goal with an assist from Mia Julian

UP NEXT
JMU will continue on the road and take on No. 7 Maryland in College Park, Md. at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon. The contest will be streamed on the BTN+ network.