Lacrosse Season Ends with a Loss to No. 24 Georgetown on Senior Day

Saturday, April 28

Howarth Field

1:00 p.m.

Temple University

9-8, 4-5BIG EAST

Georgetown

12-5, 8-1BIG EAST

Georgetown

Temple

Photo by: Carli Showmaker

Lacrosse Season Ends with a Loss to No. 24 Georgetown on Senior Day

4.28.18 | Women's Lacrosse

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PHILADELPHIA - The 2018 season has come to an end for Temple lacrosse with a 15-8 loss to #24 Georgetown on Senior Day. The Owls finish the year with a winning record overall at 9-8, and a 4-5 mark in the BIG EAST Conference.

Temple will not compete in what would have been its final BIG EAST Tournament after finishing in a tie for fifth in the standings. Starting in the 2019 season, the Owls will join five other teams in the American Athletic Conference.

Keys to the Game
> The Owls were within two goals at halftime, down just 5-3, but the Hoyas opened the second half with a 6-0 run to pull away for good.
> Georgetown finished with a 38-28 advantage in total shots, and got 14 draw controls to the Owls' 11.
> Temple committed just two more turnovers overall than Georgetown, but four of the Hoyas' miscues were in the final minutes with the lead well in hand.

Individual Highlights
> Temple senior Kira Gensler recorded a hat trick to lead the Owls in the final game of her career, scoring on three of her four shots on goal.
> The Owls got two goals from junior Amber Lambeth, and one apiece from senior Toni Yuko, and sophomores Maddie Gebert and Michelle Koscinski. Gebert added two assists for three total points, while Lambeth and sophomore Meghan Hoffman had one assist each.
> Senior Nicole Latgis continued her strong play on defense in her final game, recording a game-high three caused turnovers along with three ground balls.
> Lambeth tallied a team-best four draw controls to go with her two goals, while also posting three ground balls.

Game Summary
> Temple had an early 3-2 lead at 24:42 before the Hoyas scored four straight. Lambeth scored her first goal off an assist from Gebert with 8:48 left in the first half to bring the Owls within two at 5-3, and the score stood through the break.
> Over the first nine minutes of the second half, Georgetown scored six goals to take an 11-3 lead.
> The closest Temple could get the rest of the way was a six-goal deficit, and the Hoyas twice led by nine.
> Gensler scored the final two goals of her career in the final five minutes, with the second getting past the Hoyas' goalkeeper with just a minute to go.

Quotable
> "As a coach I'm always really sad to see a season come to an end. I never wish it away. The first thing we always look at after a game or after a season is 'can we do better as coaches.' It's what makes coaching so rewarding and challenging at the same time...Today is definitely a day to stop and celebrate this unique team and this unique group of seniors. There's plenty of time for the future and today is still about today."

> "I think to know the seniors is to know how hard they've worked over their four years in their personal journeys as well as their journeys on the field. They have been a group that is willing to play every role that this team needs and learn how to play those roles well. I have no doubt that looking back, our current team will understand how unselfish of a group they really were, and the character that they brought to our program."

-Temple head coach Bonnie Rosen

Final Notes
> Temple's five-member senior class of Gensler, Latgis, Yuko, Haile Houck and Kaitlin Suzuki is the first since the Class of 2006 to be a part of winning records in all four years of their careers.
> With 64 draw controls including two today, sophomore Kara Nakrasius finished the season tied for third all-time at Temple in a single season.
> Latgis finished the season with 39 caused turnovers to rank fourth all-time at Temple in a single season. With 64 caused turnovers in her career, Latgis ranks eighth all-time.