Lacrosse Falls to City Rival Saint Joseph's, 18-11

Wednesday, February 21

Howarth Field

3:00 p.m.

Temple University

2-2

Saint Joseph's

2-1

Saint Joseph's

Temple

Photo by: Tommy Meehan

Lacrosse Falls to City Rival Saint Joseph's, 18-11

2.21.18 | Women's Lacrosse

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PHILADELPHIA - Saint Joseph's Francesca Donato scored seven goals and added four assists in leading her team to an 18-11 win over Temple lacrosse at home on Wednesday afternoon. The Hawks improve to 2-1 in the early season, while the Owls now stand at 2-2.

Keys to the Game
> Shots were 39-31 in favor of Saint Joseph's, who also won 17 draw controls to Temple's 14.
> The game was an extremely physical one, resulting in five cards for each team.
> Temple never led in the contest, but trailed just 4-3 before a 4-0 run for the Hawks gave them an 8-3 lead at 13:52 of the first half.
> Trailing 11-5 with 24:44 remaining in the game, the Owls picked up some big momentum with four straight goals to cut the deficit to two, but could get no closer.
> SJU scored five straight to answer the Owls' run, and the teams then traded two goals each in the final 7:48.
> Six of Donato's seven goals were scored in the second half, including four in the final 12 minutes.
> Temple scored seven of its goals on free-position opportunities, while the Hawks went 0-for-4.

Individual Highlights
> Sophomore Olivia Thompson led Temple with four points, adding an assist to three goals. She scored all three on free-position chances, going 3-for-5.
> Also recording a hat trick was sophomore Maddie Gebert, who got two of her goals on three free-position attempts. Gebert also tallied three caused turnovers and three ground balls.
> Senior Toni Yuko scored twice for the Owls.
> Leading the Owls in draw controls was sophomore Kara Nakrasius with five.
> Sophomore Maryn Lowell made seven saves and recorded a team-best four ground balls.

Quotable
> "I definitely don't think our play today represented what we have the ability to do, but very clearly we have to get back to work a little more...Our free positions today were a huge asset to us and that's something we've been working on, so that's great. But it was a tough day for us today.

"I think our heads got the better of us today, getting more fouls and cards than we ever put on the field. That really put the pressure on us in a lot of different ways...We have to play a much more controlled game. But as a coach I look back on a game like this and say 'alright, I've got to do a better job preparing our team to be better.'" - Temple head coach Bonnie Rosen

Next Up
> Temple heads to Lafayette for a 1 p.m. game on Sunday, Feb. 25.