ELON – The Elon women's lacrosse team (7-7, 3-2 CAA) goes for its third straight conference win Sunday in a pivotal game against Towson (5-9, 3-2 CAA). Opening draw at Tiger Field is scheduled for noon.
 
The Phoenix and Tigers are currently tied for third in the CAA standings. The winner of Sunday's game will clinch a spot in the CAA Tournament. 
 
Elon vs. Towson Briefing
Game Details: April 19, 2026 | Towson, Md. | Tiger Field | 12 p.m. 
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The Matchup

• Towson holds a 10-3 advantage in the all-time series against the Phoenix, but Elon has won the last two meetings in the head-to-head.
• Last season, Elon cruised to a 16-8 victory over Towson at Rudd Field. Ana Lee Vandiver paced the Phoenix with a game-high five goals with Sammy Fisher following closely behind with four. Elon had seven other goal scorers in the game.
• Elon won its last trip to Towson in 2024, clinching a spot in the CAA Tournament on the final day of the regular season with a 12-11 overtime triumph. Fisher scored the overtime winner on an assist from Mia Zebley after Kailey McKenna tied the game in the final minute of regulation.
• Towson won 10 of the first 11 matchups in the series. Elon's only other victory against Towson came in 2017, a 10-9 overtime win at Towson.
• Elon is 2-7 all-time at Towson, with both wins coming in overtime games.

 
About The Phoenix

• The Phoenix is 7-7 this season and 3-2 in CAA play with back-to-back conference victories over Campbell and William & Mary.
• Elon was tabbed to finish fourth in the CAA preseason poll behind just Stony Brook, Drexel and Towson.
• Eight Phoenix have reached double-digit points on the season – Ana Lee Vandiver (37), Anna Hackett (32), Lizzie Scalzo (29), Lillian Austin (21), Mackenzie Coleman (17), Danielle Swietoniowski (13), Maddie Engelkraut (10) and Gwen Eilender (10).
• Vandiver and Hackett both reached 100 career points this season, becoming the seventh and eighth Phoenix to do so, respectively.
• MJ Santa Barbara is second in the CAA with 6.00 draw controls per game. Santa Barbara surpassed 300 draw controls earlier this season, extending her all-time program record in career draw controls.
• Reagan Kuehn is leading the Phoenix defense and ranks top 10 in the CAA in both ground balls per game (2.14) and caused turnovers per game (1.36).
• Eliza Ritter (1.57) also ranks top 10 in the conference in caused turnovers per game.
• Caitlin Walsh has anchored Elon's net this season, starting all nine games. She surpassed 400 career saves on March 23 in Elon's game against No. 16 Duke.
• Elon is led by head coach Josh Hexter, who is in his 13th season with the program. He has guided the Phoenix since its inaugural campaign in 2014 and is up to 94 wins leading the maroon and gold.

 
 
Last Time Out

• Elon dropped a 19-6 decision to No. 12 Stanford on April 12 at Rudd. It was the fourth and final game for Elon against an ACC opponent this season.
• Coleman extended her career-long goal scoring streak to 10 with a team-best two goals.
• Brooke Holmes became the 14th Elon goal scorer this season with her first career tally in the fourth quarter. Fellow freshman Scalzo assisted on the goal.
• With her fifth goal of the season, Eilender became the eighth Phoenix to hit double-digit points this season. Her 10 points are a career best.
• Stanford outshot Elon, 31-22. Of Stanford's 31 shots, 29 were on goal. Hackett led Elon with six shot attempts.
• Arianna Silvestri grabbed a career-high five draw controls to pace the Phoenix. The junior had never recorded a draw control before Sunday. Silvestri was also one of seven Phoenix to cause a turnover.
• Jamie Fardin made her Elon debut, causing a turnover and scooping a ground ball.
• Walsh started in goal, making six saves and securing a team-high three ground balls. Evelyn Tull Springer took over goalkeeping duties in the second quarter, stopping four Cardinal attempts.
• The teams both finished with 13 ground balls. Stanford turned the ball over 12 times compared to just 11 giveaways by the Phoenix.

 

Hack Is Back

• Hackett became the eighth player in Elon history to reach 100 career points on April 4 against William & Mary, reaching the milestone with her second goal of the game.
• After missing last season due to injury, Hackett made her first appearance since April 14, 2024, in Elon's season opener at Queens on Feb. 11, starting in the midfield and finishing with two goals and four points against the Royals.
• Hackett notched hat tricks in four straight games earlier this season against Old Dominion, East Carolina, Virginia Tech and High Point. The redshirt junior's six hat tricks are tied with Vandiver most on the Phoenix.
• Hackett leads the Phoenix with 27 goals this season and her 32 points are second to Vandiver.  The redshirt junior has netted 12 goals in the last six outings and had her five-game goal scoring streak snapped against Stanford.
• Against Campbell on April 10, Hackett assisted on Scalzo's double-overtime goal with time expiring.
• Hackett's 27 goals this season have also moved her into a tie for fourth in program history in career goals (91).
• With 1.93 goals per game, Hackett currently ranks ninth among CAA scorers.

 
 
Ana Lee-ding The Way

• Vandiver leads the Phoenix with 37 points this season (25g, 12a) and is second on the team in goals behind only Hackett.
• On March 31 against VCU, Vandiver became the seventh Phoenix to surpass 100 career points. She had six points against the Rams (3g, 3a) to match her season-best scoring output.  
• Vandiver is up to 107 career points, the sixth most in program history. She is just five points behind Mae McGlynn for the fifth most.
• Vandiver's 12 assists are the most on the team. She has an assist in nine of 14 games this season.
• Vandiver had her best goal scoring outing of the season against High Point on March 5, netting five goals, one shy of her career best. The five goals against the Panthers were tied with Scalzo for the most by a Phoenix in a game this season.
• Vandiver has three five-plus point games this season, as she also had a three-goal, two-assist outing against Old Dominion.
• With six hat tricks this season, Vandiver is tied with Hackett for the most on the Phoenix. Elon is 5-1 this season when Vandiver scores three or more goals.
• The attacker leads the Phoenix with 60 shot attempts this season, tied for the ninth most in the conference.

 
Mack Attack

• Coleman has blossomed into a dynamic scoring threat for the Phoenix in recent weeks, netting all 17 of her goals this season in the last 10 games.
• The junior had hat tricks in consecutive games against Monmouth (March 20) and No. 16 Duke (March 23), the first time in her career she netted three or more goals in consecutive outings.
• Coleman's three goals in the win over Monmouth on March 20 were her most against a CAA opponent. She tied Scalzo for the team lead in Elon's conference victory over the Hawks.
• With two goals against Stanford, Coleman extended her scoring streak to a career-best 10 games, surpassing her previous best stretch of seven from 2024.
• Eight of Coleman's 17 goals this season have come in CAA games as she is tied with Austin and Hackett for the most by a Phoenix in conference play.
• Coleman's current 10-game goal scoring streak is the longest on the Phoenix. The junior has multiple goals in five of those contests.

 
 
MJ The History Maker

• Entering her junior season, Santa Barbara was already Elon's all-time leader in career draw controls and has re-written the Phoenix record books in several categories.
• With 344 career draw controls in her 42 career games, Santa Barbara is 149 clear of second place in program history. She has the top two single season draw control totals in program history with 151 in 2024 and 109 in 2025.
• She has also set the top two marks in program history for draw controls in a conference season, with 73 in CAA games in 2024 and 72 in 2025. The next highest total in a season is 35.
• With Santa Barbara on the draw, Elon has set new team records for draw controls in a season. The Phoenix secured a program-record 283 draw controls in 2024, Santa Barbara's freshman campaign, before accruing 255 in 2025, Santa Barbara's sophomore campaign. Those are the top two totals in program history, smashing the previous record of 231 set in 2022.
• Santa Barbara has also turned in the top five single game draw control efforts in program history, highlighted by her program-best 16 last season against Queens.
• Santa Barbara's 9.29 career draw controls per game were the third most in NCAA history entering this season.
• Santa Barbara has secured double-digit draw controls in 16-of-42 career games.
• The junior is second in the CAA this season with 6.00 draw controls per game. She recently scooped 10 draw controls in Elon's CAA road win at Campbell.
• Santa Barbara is just eight draw controls away from becoming the CAA's all-time career leader. She enters Sunday with 344 career draw controls and is just seven behind Karson Harris, who recorded 351 draw controls at Drexel from 2018-22.
• In addition to her prowess in the draw circle, Santa Barbara has become a steady scoring threat in 2026. The junior scored a goal in each of Elon's first four games this season, the longest goal-scoring streak of her career. She added another goal in Elon's win over Campbell last weekend.

 
 
Sophomore Scoring Duo

• Austin and Swietoniowski are both building on strong rookie campaigns in their sophomore seasons this spring.
• The sophomores are two of eight Elon players to reach double-digit points this season.
• Austin has scored a goal in 11 of 12 games she has appeared in this season and has netted multiple goals on six occasions, including scoring the tying goal in regulation in Elon's double-overtime win at Campbell last weekend.  
• Austin is fourth on the Phoenix in both points (21) and goals (17). Eight of Austin's goals have come in CAA play, including two-goal outings against Hofstra, William & Mary and Campbell. She is tied with Coleman and Hackett for the most goals by a Phoenix in conference play.
• Swietoniowski was the only Phoenix to score a goal in Elon's first six games this season, racking up 12 points in those contests. The sophomore netted a hat trick in a win against Old Dominion on Feb. 14.
• Austin leads the Phoenix with five free position goals while Swietoniowski's four are for the second most.
• Austin's 15 points in CAA play last season were tied for the third most by an Elon freshman in a single season, while Swietoniowski was close behind with 13 points in conference games.
• Austin and Swietoniowski both registered six assists in CAA play, tied for the third most in a conference season by freshmen in program history.
• Both Swietoniowski (22) and Austin (21) surpassed 20 points in their freshman seasons and were two of seven Phoenix to do so in 2025.

 

Chaos Coordinators

• Elon's defensive corps of Kuehn, Eliza Ritter, Mimi Economus and Jessie Penner have wreaked havoc on opposing offenses this season.
• Ritter leads the Phoenix with 22 caused turnovers, with Kuehn (19) and Penner (16) and Economus (15) all in double-digits.
• Ritter took home CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Week on April 6 after forcing four turnovers in the win against William & Mary on April 4. She also caused three VCU giveaways on March 31.
• Economus has forced a career-high four turnovers in back-to-back CAA wins over William & Mary and Campbell. The senior has already set career bests in both caused turnovers (15) and ground balls (17) this season.
• Kuehn and Penner have both surpassed 50 caused turnovers this season. Kuehn is third in program history with 66 caused turnovers, with Penner's 56 ranking fifth in Phoenix history. 
• Kuehn is pacing the Phoenix with 30 ground balls. The junior has moved up Elon's all-time ranks in ground balls this season, as she is now tied with Abby Godfrey for fourth in program history with 98. 
• Penner is also top 10 in Elon's history with 77 ground balls. She surpassed Quinn Daly for sixth all-time with a pair against Stanford over the weekend.
• Penner became the first Elon defender to score in a game since Bridget Lamb in 2018 with her goal against William & Mary.

 
 
Sensational Scalzo

• In her freshman campaign, Scalzo is third on the Phoenix with 29 points (18, 11a).
• Scalzo leads the Phoenix with 13 points in five CAA games. She has three more points than the second-best total.
• Scalzo netted the game-winning goal in double overtime last weekend at Campbell. It was Scalzo's fourth game-winning tally this season.
• The freshman's 11 assists are the second most on the team to Vandiver. The rookie has multiple assists on four occasions this season, most recently in the Campbell win.
• Scalzo matched her career high with five points in Elon's CAA victory against Monmouth on March 20. The freshman had three goals, including the game winner, to go along with a pair of assists.
• The rookie tied for a game-high five goals in her collegiate debut on Feb. 11 against Queens. The freshman scored a first-half hat trick before scoring two more goals, including the game winner, after the break.
• Scalzo became the first Elon freshman to score five goals in her debut game since Stephanie Asher also scored five on Jan. 31, 2015, against Kennesaw State.
• The five goals by the rookie were also the most by any Phoenix freshman in a game since Vandiver had six against VCU on Feb. 17, 2024, as a redshirt freshman and the most by an Elon true freshman since Margaret Stephan netted five against Radford on March 7, 2021.
• The freshman has points in 11 of 14 games this season, only being held scoreless in three of Elon's games against ACC opponents. 
• Scalzo has a trio of hat tricks this season, with the most recent coming in a win at VCU on March 31. 

 
 
Brick Wall-sh

• Walsh has become a mainstay in net for the Phoenix, starting 60 career games in four seasons with the program, including each of the last 56 contests. 
• Walsh became the second goalie in program history to surpass 400 career saves on March 23 against Duke, joining Rachel Ramirez.
• Walsh has made 100-plus saves in each of her first three seasons with the Phoenix and ranks second in program history in career saves (435).
• The senior was named to the All-CAA Tournament Team last season. She made a season-high 12 saves in the CAA semifinals against Stony Brook.
• Walsh earned her first CAA Defensive Player of the Week honor last season on April 21 for her 10 saves and seven ground balls in wins against Towson and Queens.
• Walsh is second in program history with 27 career victories.
• Walsh has 88 saves this season and made a season-best 11 stops against No. 11 Notre Dame on March 10.

 
Scouting Towson

• The Tigers are 5-9 this season but enter Sunday with a 3-2 CAA record.
• Towson has won conference games against Campbell, William & Mary and Drexel. The only CAA losses for the Tigers have come against Hofstra and Stony Brook, the top two teams in the league standings.
• The Tigers are coming off a 14-12 CAA victory over Drexel last weekend. Towson lost its most recent outing Wednesday to Princeton, 20-9.
• Towson is 2-3 at home this season, including the conference victory over Drexel.
• The Tigers are the lowest scoring team in the CAA with just 140 goals in 14 games this season.
• Three Tigers have scored 30-plus points this season – Hannah Lewis (35), Luca DeMalo (33) and Katie Roszko (33). Elise Smigiel is fourth on the Tigers with 28 points.
• Lewis is Towson's leading goal scorer with 30 on the season, the seventh most in the CAA. DeMalo and Smigiel are tied for second with 21 goals each.
• Roszko has been Towson's top distributer with 14 assists. DeMalo (12) and Savannah Safchuck (10) also have double-digit assists on the campaign.
• Alexis Aaron and Elise Smith are pacing the Tiger defense with 13 caused turnovers apiece. Casey Meredith (11) has also forced double-digit turnovers.
• Meredith (19) is second to only goalkeeper Jenna Cardeno (22) for the team lead in ground balls this season.
• Cardeno has started all 14 games in goal this season, making 125 saves. She has a .408 save percentage for the campaign.
• Towson is led by head coach Kristen Carr, who is in her third season guiding the program.

 
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