Lacrosse Travels to Rutgers on Wednesday

PHILADELPHIA - Three straight road games are on tap for Temple lacrosse, and the Owls (1-0) will look for their first win at Rutgers (1-0) on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m. Temple has a strong, 21-8 lead in the all-time series and won 12-8 at home last season. The game was originally scheduled for Feb. 12, but was moved due to inclement weather.

Scouting Temple
> The Owls played strong defense but struggled to score in a 7-4 season-opening loss to Delaware on Feb. 8. The game was knotted at 3-3 before the Blue Hens took over in the latter part of the first half, and Delaware's goalkeeper made 20 saves to thwart Temple offensively.
> Junior Maddie Gebert, the Owls' leading scorer with 33 goals a year ago, scored twice against Delaware while junior Olivia Thompson and sophomore Jen Rodzewich scored one goal apiece.
> Four team captains have been chosen to lead the Owls in 2019: seniors Kelsea Hershey, Amber Lambeth and Thompson along with junior Kara Nakrasius.
> Last year's Owls went 9-8 overall, achieving their fourth straight winning season.
> Lambeth, Nakrasius and Gebert were all named to the Preseason All-American Athletic Conference Team in a vote by the league's eight head coaches.
> After five years as an associate member of the Big East Conference, Temple begins its first season in the American Athletic Conference which is sponsoring women's lacrosse for the first time ever. The Owls will play their first AAC game at home against preseason #6 Florida on March 30 after playing 10 non-conference contests.
> With 64 draw controls, Nakrasius finished the 2018 season tied for third all-time at Temple in a single season.
> Goalkeeper Maryn Lowell, returning for her junior year, was named the IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week on March 21 of last season after the Owls' upset of #22 Denver in which she made 12 saves, including one with 20 seconds left to prevent overtime.
> Head coach Bonnie Rosen, now in her 13th season, earned her 100th win at Temple when the Owls beat Lafayette, 18-15 on Feb. 25, 2018.
> Temple ranked second last season in the BIG EAST in both saves per game (10.29) and save percentage (.470).
> For the seventh year in a row, Temple has at least one pair of sisters on the team with freshman Abaigeal Ryan joining junior Julia Ryan.

Scouting Rutgers
> The Scarlet Knights earned a dominant win in their season opener, taking down LIU Brooklyn by a score of 20-3.
> Sophomore Taralyn Naslonski scored a career-high seven goals and added three assists in the victory, while freshman Marin Hartshorn added six points on four goals and two assists. Senior Abbey Brooks contributed three assists.
> Rutgers went 7-10 in 2018 with a 1-5 mark in the Big Ten Conference.
> The Scarlet Knights returned four of their top seven scorers from a year ago. Junior Samantha Budd tied for the team lead with 30 goals and 37 points, while senior Abbey Brooks led the program in assists with 16 and totaled 33 points overall.

Series History vs. Rutgers
> The Owls hold a commanding, 21-8-1 lead vs. Rutgers all-time, and have won four straight including a 12-8 home victory a year ago.
> The teams last met at Rutgers in the 2017 season opener, with Temple winning 13-11.

Lacrosse Travels to Rutgers on Wednesday

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Players Mentioned

Maddie Gebert

Kelsea Hershey

Amber Lambeth

Maryn Lowell

Kara Nakrasius

Jen Rodzewich

Abaigeal Ryan

Julia Ryan

Olivia Thompson

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