By Joanna Venditto

A solid victory over longtime rival University of Delaware on Oct. 1 gave the Pride a great deal of momentum going into its showdown against Towson University on Oct. 3.

The Pride hosted the Tigers and defeated them 1-0. However, this score was not telling of how well the Pride played, as it out-shot Towson 17-4 on the day.

With the win, the Pride increases its winning streak to three, and has now won seven of its last eight games.

The first 12 minutes of the first half brought the Pride its first and only goal. Junior midfielder Chrissy Arnone put on a clinic as she dribbled through four defenders and hammered a lower-right corner ball into the net.

Arnone received the ball about 30 yards out, off the foot of senior midfielder Emma Kilduff, and made a cut around one defender toward the middle of the field. She then split two defenders and took on a fourth for a foot race to the goal.

It was Arnone’s fourth goal of the season, and Kilduff’s fourth assist of the season.

The remainder of the first half was spent in Towson’s defensive zone, with the Pride tallying 15 shots by halftime.

Thanks to all-star play by Towson goalie Brandi Daniels, the Pride’s many challenges were stifled. Daniels made five saves in the half and came up with some spectacular stops, including two off of Kilduff.

Unfortunately for Towson it only got two shots off in the first half, both off of headers in front of the net.

Despite a scare at the 83 minute mark for the Pride, which involved a header from Towson’s Jaime Swears that missed just wide off of a corner kick, the second half was fairly quiet for both teams.

Each team only registered two shots, and senior goalie Becky Wachsberger needed to make only one save on the day. With this victory, Wachsberger recorded her fourth shutout of the season, and the 23rd of her three year career as the starter for the Pride.

This victory boosts the Pride’s Colonial Athletic Association record to (3-1), and its overall season record to (9-3-1).

At home, the Pride has lost only one game this season (5-1), and the team hopes to keep it that way when it plays its final two home games on Friday, Oct. 15 and Sunday, Oct. 17.

Friday will bring George Mason University to the Pride’s turf, and Sunday the Pride will face off against James Madison University. Until then, the team is on a 12 day hiatus.