Temple Women Win Conference Opener

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple Owls continued their winning streak Tuesday

afternoon (9-26-00) with a 3-2 defeat of Atlantic-10 rival St. Joseph's. This

game marked the conference opener for both teams.

The Hawks got on the board first with a Katie Watson (Lansdale, Pa./Lansdale

Catholic) goal just six-and-a-half minutes into the contest to give her team

the 1-0 lead. The Hawks kept that lead for most of the first half, but

Temple's leading scorer Brandi Wright (Olathe, Kan./Olathe North) found the

net at 42:19. Junior Jeanette Hibbs (Philadelphia/St. Hubert's) assisted her.

The teams entered halftime knotted at one goal apiece.

Less than five minutes into the second period, Watson struck again,

unassisted, to put the Hawks up by one, 2-1. It would take the Owls twenty

minutes to find the net again. Freshman defender Rachel Silver (Allentown,

Pa./Parkland) came off the bench and recorded her first career goal to knot

the score at two goals apiece. Hibbs and Wright teamed up again just minutes

later to put Temple ahead for good, 3-2. Hibbs scored the game-winning goal

off a Wright pass.

Wright's goal, the 22nd of her career, places her fourth on Temple's all-time

goal scoring list. She has 48 career points, placing her fourth on the

all-time scoring record.

The Owls improve to 8-2-0 overall, 1-0-0 conference. Temple hosts George

Washington on Friday, September 29, at Temple Stadium at 4:00 p.m.

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