Hempstead, NY - Katie Kelly had a career-high eight draw controls and added a pair of assists for the Pride in a narrow 10-7 loss for the Hofstra women's lacrosse team to Towson on Saturday afternoon at James M. Shuart Stadium. 

The Pride closed the gap to one in the second half after facing an early three goal deficit early in the contest. 

Hofstra fell to 3-7 overall and 0-2 in conference play with the loss. Towson improved to 7-3 and 2-0 in Colonial Athletic Association action. 

Taylor Mennella led the Pride with two goals, while Kelly and Chloe Sedlar each tallied two assists in the game. Hofstra saw eight different players tally points in the game. 

The Tigers scored the first three goals of the game before Megan Flannery got Hofstra on the scoreboard via a free-position goal. Towson would open up a 5-1 lead before back-to-back Pride goals from Rachel Graff and Mennella made it 5-3 with 4:32 left in the half. 

After Towson took a three-goal lead into the break, Hofstra would steal the momentum and got goals from Lauren Coletti and Mennella to make it 6-5 in favor of Towson with 10:49 left in the third quarter. Neither team was able to capitalize on their chances over the next few minutes until Towson took a 7-5 lead with 4:05 left in the quarter. The two defenses would stand tall over the next 11-plus minutes with both teams being held scoreless. The Tigers would finally find the back of the net with just under eight minutes remaining to retake a three-goal advantage. The Pride got goals from Kerry Walser and Grace Pupke in the final six minutes to get to within two, 9-7, but Towson was able to hold off the Pride in the waning moments of the game before tallying a meaningless goal with four seconds remaining. 

Courtney Carollo added five draw controls for Hofstra, which held a 13-7 advantage in that category. Luchianna Cardello posted eight saves and two ground balls in the game, while Kate Fiola had two caused turnovers for the Pride. 

Milana Zizakovic had four points on three goals and an assist for Towson. Shannon Sullivan had three ground balls, two draw controls, two caused turnovers and two points (1G and 1A) for the Tigers. 

Hofstra is back in action on Tuesday when it hosts Connecticut at 3 p.m. 

NOTES
- Towson leads the all-time series with Hofstra, 27-18. 
- Kelly's previous career-high in draw controls was three, set at Brown last February. 
- The goal for Pupke was her first career point.