Towson eyeing CAA title repeat

It’s time for a Tigers title defense.

AND THE TOWSON WOMEN ARELOOKING FOR A REPEAT.

THETIGERS ARE GEARING UP FOR APOSTSEASON TRIP TO NORTHCAROLINA.

WMA━2 NEWS SHAWNSTEPNER CAUGHT UP WITH THETEAM TODAY.Itdefense.

Nukiya Mayo, TigersSenior Guard/Forward: I thinkwe have a great opportunity togo bac━ t━back.

The TowsonUniversity womenteam plays Northeastern onThursday in the auarterfinalsof the Colonial AthleticAssociation tournament.

TheTigers enter the tourney asthe defending CAA Champs.

Theywon it all last year for thefirst time in program history,earning their first trip tothe*NCA* tournament.

Youbetter believe theythat this week.

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Murray,Tigers Senior Guard: Webeen here before.

Wereturning four of the fivestarters.

So, using thatexperience, knowing that itgoing to be hard work, knowingthat no matter how ugly it iswe only have to win one gameby one point.

DianeRichardson, Tigers Head Coach:We know what it takes now.Last year we went in blind andwe came out on top.

So, now weknow what we need to do.Tha━ seededHuskies.

Towson is the fourseed.

They split withNortheastern during theregular season.

Thethre━point loss coming withfour Tigers missing theFebruary contest with the flu.Kionna Jeter, Tigers JuniorGuard: They kind of got uswith the shooting andrebounding especially.

So,itWe played hard but we didplay hard enough.

Towsonenters the tournament on athree game losing streak.

Butthat may not be such a badthing.

Entering the postseasonlast year the Tigers were alsothe four seed and also ridina thre━game skid.

DianeRichardson: This is where wewere last year, the same placelast year and we saw theresults.

So, we know thatcan do it again.

Mayo: Weconfident because we knowMarch is a whole new seasonand this conference tournamentgives us another chance.

Ita second chance at doing whatwe know we can accomplish.Murray: Coming off threelosses, wethat motivation to get back onthat winning streak.

If we cango ━0 we are champions again.Their quest begins Thursday at2:30 p.m.

In Elon, NorthCarolina.

In Towson, ShawnStepner, WMA━2 News.THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'SMEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASK