Senior Melissa Mueller (Hereford H.S./White Hall, Md.) scored the sixth goal of her college career late in the first half to break a scoreless tie and lead Towson University (1-0) to a 5-1 non-conference victory over UMBC (0-1) in the season opener for both teams on Friday afternoon at the Tigers' Towson Center Field. Mueller was one of five Tigers to score in the game as Towson jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first 75 minutes. Mueller gave Towson a 1-0 lead at 37:32 when she took a pass from sophomore Melissa Raszewski and blasted a 20-yard shot past UMBC goalkeeper Robin Babaris (Sir Oliver Mowat/Ontario, Canada). Early in the second half, junior Holly Noga (Severna Park H.S./Severna Park, Md.) gave Towson a 2-0 lead when she scored on a breakaway, chipping the ball over Babaris into the net. The Tigers upped their lead to 3-0 at 64:07 as junior Natalie Klisas hit a 25-yard shot into the near post. Sophomore Mollie Merkel scored the first goal of her career at 75:56 when she tallied an unassisted goal to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead. A rebound goal by junior Lori Quintavalle (Haddonfield Memorial H.S./Haddonfield, N.J.) at 77:00 put UMBC on the scoreboard, cutting the lead to 4-1. Sophomore Annie Hay closed out the scoring at 88:01 when she scored the first goal of her college career off another assist by Raszewski. Junior goalkeeper Yasmin Alter (Archbishop Spalding H.S./Bowie, Md.) had three saves for the Tigers, who outshot UMBC by 15-6. Babaris made four saves for the Retrievers. Women's College Soccer: Towson 5, UMBC 1 UMBC 0 1 - 1 Towson 1 4 - 5 GOALS: UMBC - Lori Quintavalle (77:00) TOW - Melissa Mueller (37:32), Holly Noga (49:30), Natalie Klisas (64:07), Mollie Merkel (75:56), Annie Hay (88:01) ASSISTS: TOW - Melissa Raszewski 2 SAVES: UMBC - Robin Babaris, 4 TOW - Yasmin Alter, 3