No. 11 Delaware Tops Lacrosse, 12-8

PHILADELPHIA (April 25) - The Temple Owls fell, 12-8, to No. 11 Delaware today at

Geasey Field. The Owls (7-7) held a 6-3 halftime lead, but the Blue Hens

(12-3) stormed back with five straight second half goals.

Patience Synnestvedt (Bryn Athyn, Pa./Acad. of the New Church) and Deanna

Radcliffe (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) sparked Temple in the first

half with two goals each. After Temple took an early 2-0 lead, Delaware tied

the game, 2-2, on goals from Kate O'Connell and Brooke Mulligan. The Owls

then scored four straight for the 6-3 halftime lead.

Delaware's leading scorer Sarah Edwards scored the first of her three goals

at 27:33 of the second half as the Blue Hens rattled off five straight

scores to take the lead for good. O'Connell added two more in that run and

finished with a game-high four goals. Temple climbed within 8-7 on Jen

Jefferson's (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) score at 12:46, but the Blue Hens'

O'Connell answered right back at 11:41 to keep Delaware ahead.

The Owls return to action on Thursday to conclude their home slate against

city rival Penn at 3:30 p.m. on Geasey Field.

Delaware 3 9 12

Temple 6 2 8

Scoring: Temple - Kelly Ruch 2, Patience Synnestvedt 2,

Deanna Radcliffe 2, Robin Keevan, Jen Jefferson.

Delaware - Kate O'Connell 4, Sarah Edwards 3,

Megan Fortunato 2, Brooke Mulligan 2, Johanna Israel.

Assists: Temple - Kelly Ruch, Liz Frengs.

Delaware - Christy Buck, Megan Fortunato, Sarah Edwards.

Saves: Temple - Iris Alvarado (60:00) 13 saves.

Delaware - Laurie Tortorelli (60:00) 18 saves.

Shots: Temple 22, Delaware 37. Draw Controls Temple 7, Delaware 9. Ground

Balls; Temple 40, Delaware 25.

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