Lacrosse Falls 12-10 in BIG EAST Action at Marquette

Saturday, April 16

Milwaukee, Wis.

2:35 p.m.

Temple University

9-5, 1-3BIG EAST

Marquette

5-9, 2-2BIG EAST

Temple

Marquette

Senior Nicole Tiernan

Photo by: Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University

Lacrosse Falls 12-10 in BIG EAST Action at Marquette

4.16.16 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - After a three-goal halftime lead, Temple lacrosse fell victim to a huge run by Marquette in the second half and the Owls' late comeback attempt fell short in a 12-10 loss. The Golden Eagles (5-9, 2-2) ran off seven straight goals in the second period before Temple (9-5, 1-3) was able to score a pair in the final minutes.

Senior Nicole Tiernan notched her first hat trick of the season for the Owls, while senior Rachel Schwaab and junior Morgan Glassford scored two goals apiece. Senior Brenda McDermott added two assists to a goal for the day. Allison Lane, Amanda Bochniak and Julianna Shearer all recorded a hat trick for the Golden Eagles with three goals apiece.

Temple trailed 3-0 after six and a half minutes to start the game, but made a quick recovery. The Owls scored the next three to tie it up, including two goals just 14 seconds apart. After briefly trailing 4-3, Temple scored four in a row and five of the last six goals in the half. Senior Carly Demato got the 4-0 run started by converting on a free position opportunity at 10:56, and Nicole Tiernan did the same at 7:10. Senior Megan Tiernan assisted on a Glassford goal with 4:29 remaining, and Nicole Tiernan completed her hat trick with 4:11 left in the half to give Temple a 7-4 lead.

Both teams scored once in the final three minutes of the first half, and the Owls took an 8-5 lead into the break.

Turnovers were extremely costly for the Owls in the second half. Temple turned the ball over 13 times in the second half compared to seven turnovers by the Golden Eagles, negating the Owls' 7-3 advantage in draw controls. Marquette scored the first of its seven straight goals just over three minutes in, and completed the run with just 5:34 remaining.

"We just didn't play a very good game today," said Temple head coach Bonnie Rosen. "I think we had some lapses in our transition defense and lapses in our defensive end. We made a lot of unforced turnovers offensively in transitioning the ball. The inability to keep the game simple really hurt us today."

Senior Avery Longstaff finally broke Temple's drought thanks to a pass from McDermott with 4:12 left, and Schwaab was able to add one more with just under two minutes remaining. Senior Kara Stroup corralled the final draw control, but all four of the Owls' last four shots in the game were either blocked or wide.

"We have to decide that we're going to do the little things instead of just trying to win games," said Rosen. "Our players tried hard but didn't play smart...We gave Marquette too many options to get on a run. When we decided to go after it in the last three minutes we looked a lot better. We're still learning how to finish a season strong, but we need to remember you do that one game at a time and one play at a time."

The Owls' next game takes them across town to Villanova at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20. The game will be televised by the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN) and can be watched online at foxsports.com/foxsportsgo.