Lacrosse Earns a Senior Day Win Over Cincinnati, 10-4

Saturday, April 23

Geasey Field

12:00 p.m.

Temple University

11-5, 3-3

Cincinnati

4-12, 0-6

Cincinnati

Temple

2016 Temple Lacrosse Senior Day

Photo by: Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University

Lacrosse Earns a Senior Day Win Over Cincinnati, 10-4

4.23.16 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - With her second hat trick in a row along with three assists, senior Brenda McDermott led the Temple lacrosse team to a 10-4 win over Cincinnati (4-12, 0-6) on Saturday afternoon. The Owls (11-5, 3-3), who celebrated their 13 seniors prior to the game, keep their hopes alive for the BIG EAST Conference Tournament.

Temple's lead was down to just two midway through the second half, but the Owls closed out the game on a 4-0 run.

"We've been battling the past couple games, dealing with the runs teams make on us," said Temple head coach Bonnie Rosen. "I think we've gotten a little better each game. Today we just said 'no, we get this done right now.' We talked all week about focusing on the little things and the things you can control, and I was really happy with how people responded and came up with the small things...it allowed us to finish the game strong."

For Rosen, the victory was the 150th win of her career, spanning 10 years at UConn and now 10 at Temple.

McDermott scored three of the Owls' first four goals in the game, completing her hat trick with 11:16 remaining in the first half and giving Temple a 4-1 lead at that point. Also scoring in the opening run was senior Nicole Tiernan, whose goal was assisted by McDermott.

Junior Carly Demato added one more for Temple with 1:14 remaining in the half, sending the Owls into the break with a 5-1 lead.

The Bearcats got two back in the first five minutes of the second half, with Megan Bell and Skylar DeLemos scoring back-to-back goals within 13 seconds of each other, but Cincinnati would get just one more goal the rest of the way.

Demato notched her second unassisted goal at 19:47 of the second half, and Cincinnati scored its final goal four minutes later. From there, it was all Temple the rest of the way.

Seniors Megan Pinkerton and Kirstie Connor both scored on McDermott assists in a two-minute stretch for an 8-4 lead at 8:49. Senior Rachel Schwaab made it 9-4 with 4:29 left, and senior Avery Longstaff scored on a Brooke Williams assist with 3:51 to go for the final tally of 10-4.

Temple out-shot Cincinnati 25-8 in the game, and got 12 draw controls to the Bearcats' four. Junior Morgan Glassford corralled three of those draws, and is now alone atop the all-time single season draws list in program history with 67 draw controls. Senior Summer Jaros also tallied three draws along with a ground ball for the Owls.

In the cage, senior goalkeeper Jaqi Kakalecik stopped three Cincinnati shots. The Bearcats' Meg Gulmi finished with eight saves on the afternoon.

Rosen was very happy for her seniors to do so well on the day they were recognized. "To have 13 seniors all playing except for Kathryn Skahan, who is out with an ACL tear and is just as much a part of the team from the sideline, is a thrill as a coach. For that group to get on the field and help us get this game in the books, along with the rest of the team joining in, is just a wonderful story."

Temple will face Georgetown at home in its final regular season game, set for 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 30. While other game results will factor in, it is likely that the Temple-Georgetown game will be for the final spot in the four-team BIG EAST Tournament.

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