Nittany Lions Upset Temple Lacrosse, 13-11

PHILADELPHIA - The No. 18 Temple Owls fell to unranked Penn State, 13-11,

today at Geasey Field. Patience Synnestvedt (Bryn Athyn, Pa./Acad. of the

New Church) led Temple with four goals.

Temple led 8-7 at the half. Synnestvedt scored all four of her goals in the

first half, including the Owls' first three scores. But the Lions roared

back with seven unanswered goals. Kate Affonsa (Springfield,

Pa./Springfield) started the comeback just before the break with a score at

1:43 in the first. Jenn Webb (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights), Penn

State's leading scorer, had two goals, and Julie Tice (Arnold, Md./Severn

School) scored her third of the afternoon in the second half run.

The Owls made a last minute comeback. Trailing 13-9, Kelly Ruch

(Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville) powered in for two scores with under a

minute to play but it was not enough.

Temple returns to action tomorrow to host Lafayette at 3:30 p.m. on Geasey

Field.

Penn State 7 6 13

Temple 8 3 11

Scoring:

First Half - PSU Christine Kenney (28:51 assist Julie Tice); PSU

Carey Bush (28:16 assist Colleen O'Hara); TU Patience Synnestvedt (27:49

assist Noelle Cebron); TU Patience Synnestvedt (15:28); TU Patience

Synnestvedt (23:59); TU Jen Jefferson (22:24); PSU B.J. Lucey (19:59); TU

Patience Synnestvedt (19:23 assist Jessica Yemm); PSU Tice (17:05 assist

Molly Ford); TU Robin Keevan (14:10); TU Jefferson (12:21); PSU Jennifer

Webb (11:56 assist O'Hara); PSU Tice (10:05); TU Kelly Ruch (9:39 assist

Jefferson); PSU Kate Affonsa (1:43 assist O'Hara).

Second Half - PSU Webb

(29:31 assist O'Hara); PSU Webb (26:20 assist O'Hara); PSU O'Hara (23:21);

PSU Tice (19:59); PSU Bush (15:50 assist Tice); PSU Kenney (14:09); TU Ruch

(1:18); TU Kelly Ruch (:55.6); TU Kelly Ruch (:24.0).

Goalie: TU Iris Alvarado (43:00) five saves and nine GAA; Sheena Oommen

(17:00) one save and four GAA. PSU Megan Ames (60:00) seven saves and 11

GAA.

Shots: PSU 22; TU 21.

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