8-18-2025 6:38am

TU Soccer Dominates

Hunt Valley Life Staff

0 Mount St. Mary's (0-2-0, 0-0-0)

5 Winner Towson (1-0-0, 0-0-0)Score By Periods

Team	1	2	F
Mount St. Mary's	0	0	0
Towson	2	3	5

Towson Women's Soccer Defeats Mount St. Mary’s 5-0 to Open 2025 Season

Box Score (PDF)

Next Game:

at Florida

8/21/2025 | 7 p.m.

TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's soccer team opened the 2025 season with a 5-0 victory over Mount St. Mary's Sunday night at Tiger Field in a game delayed more than 100 minutes due to lightning in the area as soon as the first half ended. The Mount drops to 0-2.

Redshirt sophomore Payton Todd, who appeared in one game during her first two years at Towson, scored twice to lead the way, while freshman Riley Matthews added a goal and two assists. Redshirt sophomore Teagan Gardner in her first career start pitched a shutout – making two saves.

"We got better as the game went on," said Towson head coach Katherine Vettori. "We were able to get different combinations and good rotations. What a great night for Payton Todd and a debut for Riley Matthews. We have lots to work on, but I am excited about the result."

Key Stats:

Towson outshot The Mount 29-4, including 16-0 in the second half.
Nine Tigers had at least one point. Sophie Thibeault and Emely Rubio also scored goals for Towson. Emma Kirkpatrick had a pair of assists. Malin Bernt Schöps, Kale'a Perry, Emma Levin and Brooke Birrell each had assists.

How It Happened:

The Tigers got on board in the ninth minute. Bernt Schöps controlled the ball then Birrell crossed it to Thibeault, who found the back of the net.
Mount St. Mary's starting goalkeeper Abby Makela made eight first half saves, including six spectacular stops to keep the game close in the opening 45 minutes. She denied Thibeault on three breakaway attempts and also turned back Kirkpatrick, Levin and Bernt Schöps.
With two minutes remaining in the opening half, Gardner made a big stop.
With less than 30 seconds remaining in the half, Kirkpatrick sent a long pass to Matthews who found Todd for her first collegiate tally.
In the 14th minute of the second half, Matthews scored after Levin flicked Perry's cross to the freshman wing.
Twenty-one minutes later, Todd scored her second goal – pouncing on a loose ball after Kirkpatrick's shot hit the crossbar.
With about five minutes to play, Matthews found Rubio, whose shot got by The Mount's backup keeper.

Inside the Numbers:

Towson improved to 21-4-0 all-time versus The Mount. The Tigers have won seven straight games in the series.

Next Game:
Towson will travel to Gainesville on Thursday night, Aug. 21 to take on the University of Florida for the second consecutive season. The teams played to a 1-1 tie last September. The Gators (0-1) dropped a 5-0 decision to Florida State on Thursday. The game begins at 7 p.m. and will air on SEC Network +.