BOONE. – Despite enduring a brief weather delay to open the game, the App State Mountaineers shut out the Towson Tigers 3-0 to open the regular season on Friday. It was the third straight year that App State (1-0) has shut out the Tigers (0-1).
App State led for the entire game, scoring their first goal in the dying embers of the first period. The Mountaineers would go on to score in the third and fourth period, while making it hard on the Tigers to get into attacking position.
Junior Samantha Connors scored the first goal of her collegiate career late in the game, extending the Mountaineers' lead to three.