Aggressive Play Lifts S. W. Missouri State Over Temple Field Hockey, 2-1, in Overtime

PHILADELPHIA (October 7) - The Temple field hockey team lost, 2-1, today in overtime

to S.W. Missouri State at Geasey Field.

The Bears' Abigail Rolfe scored the first goal of the game with 13:22

left in the first half.

Virginia Gonzalez (Reading, Pa./Twin Valley) responded with a goal for

the Owls with 20:56 left in the game. She was assisted on the goal by

Haley Dervinis (Larksville, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) and Jessica

Jaworski (Voorhees, N.J.).

Aggressive play on both sides held the score tie at 1-1 and forced

overtime. The Owls had control over play for the first ten minutes of

overtime, but they could not stop the Bears. Shannon Keaveny scored the

game winning goal for S. W. Missouri State with 5:31 left in overtime.

She was assisted by Liz Lopez.

The Owls will next be in action on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at the University of

Pennsylvania at 7:00 p.m. Their next home game is on Saturday, Oct. 14

at noon against Atlantic 10 rival, No. 7 Massachusetts.

Scoring by Periods 1 2 OT Total

Temple 0 1 0 1

S.W. Missouri State 1 0 1 2

Scoring: 1 S.W. Missouri State 13:22 Abigail Rolfe

2 Temple 20:56 Virginia Gonzalez

OT S.W. Missouri State 5:31 Shannon Keaveny

Goalkeeping: Saves: Temple-Serene McGrath-4

Temple-April Herman-1

S.W. Missouri State-12

Team Stats: Shots on Goal: Temple-12; S.W. Missouri State-2

Corners: Temple-28; S.W. Missouri State-1

Temple University Athletics