Towson is CAA Title town!

It’s become clear over the past few years: Lacrosse in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) runs through Towson.

Towson men’s and women’s lacrosse teams both took home CAA championships over the weekend and earned automatic bids to their respective NCAA Tournaments.

The CAA regular season champion men’s team took the tournament title by virtue of its 4-2 win on Saturday over second-seeded Fairfield. The win capped off a dominant league season for the Tiger men. Not only did they take home the regular season and tournament titles, they were awarded several individual honors.

Junior attackman Ryan Drenner was voted as Co-CAA Player of the Year, while Head Coach Shawn Nadelen was named CAA Coach of the Year. Drenner and juniors Jack Adams and Tyler Mayes also earned All-CAA first team honors.

With the win, the No. 10 ranked Tigers will host Hobart College on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Unitas Stadium in a First Four game of the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The winner of Wednesday’s game will head to Colorado to take on second-seeded Denver on Sunday at 3 p.m.

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The Towson women’s lacrosse team punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament in Philadelphia with a 14-6 drubbing of top-seeded James Madison.

With the win, the Tigers picked up their fourth CAA title in the last five years, and seventh overall. This caps off a 15-3 year for Towson, which saw freshman Natalie Sulmonte named CAA Lacrosse Rookie of the Year.

Sophomores Kaitlyn Motalbano and Tianna Wallpher were each named first team All-CAA honorees, while senior Breanna Hamm was named the CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player.

With the win Towson will play its first round game against Old Dominion on Friday at 5:30 p.m. The Tigers will host the first and second round at Unitas Stadium. The quadrant will also feature No. 7 Penn facing Wagner at 3 p.m. on Friday. The second round takes place on Sunday at 12 p.m.

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Softball readies for CAA Tournament

The Towson softball team will look to keep the CAA titles coming this week, as the Tigers travel to James Madison for the 2016 CAA Softball Tournament.

The double-elimination tournament runs from Tuesday, May 10 through Friday, Mat 13 in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

With a record of 35-15, the Tigers enter the tournament as the No. 2 seed and play their first game on Wednesday against the No. 3 seed College of Charleston.

The Tigers will look to power through the tournament after hitting a program-record 66 home runs this season. They are also on a roll, finishing the season winning five of its final seven games.

Learn more about the CAA Softball Tournament

The conference championship game takes place on Friday, May 13 at noon and can be seen live on CAA.tv as well as on the American Sports Network (ASN). A second game will follow, only if necessary, 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.

Women’s Track and Field Places Fifth at CAA Championship

The Towson outdoor track and field program placed fifth during Saturday’s CAA Championship Meet at Elon.

Towson had nine athletes who medaled over the two-day event. The highlight of the weekend was when junior Zanae Freeland became the first Towson athlete to take gold in the 100-meter dash. Freeland also added a silver medal for the 200-meter dash.

Maggie Rampolla became the first Tiger to capture gold in the pole vault, while teammate Brynn Warrington took silver.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Megan Kelly, Amanda Famularo, Arianna Waller and Liz Reid took silver, while Ashleigh Stallings won silver for the javelin throw. Senior Emerald Vickers won bronze in the high jump.

Over the two-day event, Towson had 30 top-10 finishers.