Lacrosse Comes up Short to Delaware in Season Opener, 7-4

Friday, February 8

Philadelphia, Pa.

3:00 p.m.

Temple University

0-1

Delaware

1-0

Delaware

Temple

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Lacrosse Comes up Short to Delaware in Season Opener, 7-4

2.8.19 | Women's Lacrosse

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PHILADELPHIA - Despite a huge advantage in shots on goal, Temple lacrosse was unable to convert on enough opportunities in a 7-4 loss to visiting Delaware (1-0) in the season opener for both teams.

Keys to the Game
> The Owls (0-1) had 24 shots on goal to the Blue Hens' 13, but Delaware goalkeeper Kate Brewster made 20 saves to frustrate Temple for most of the game.
> Temple held Delaware scoreless in the second half, but was only able to get one goal closer after trailing 7-3 at halftime.
> Draw controls hurt the Owls in the first half, with Delaware getting eight to Temple's three.

Individual Highlights
> Junior Maddie Gebert scored twice for Temple, with senior Olivia Thompson and sophomore Jen Rodzewich also netting one goal each.
> Senior Amber Lambeth assisted on two of the Owls' goals, while junior Julia Ryan also notched an assist.
> In goal for the Owls was junior Maryn Lowell who made six saves.
> Delaware's Christine Long had a hat trick with three goals and also tallied one assist.

Game Summary
> Temple struck first in the second minute of action with the goal by Rodzewich, but Delaware answered with back-to-back goals.
> Gebert's goal with 20 minutes left in the first half tied the game at 2-2, and each team scored one more over the next few minutes to make it 3-3 at 17:21.
> Over the final 12 minutes of the opening period, Delaware rattled off four straight goals for a 7-3 halftime advantage.
> Gebert's unassisted second goal midway through the first half was the only one scored by either team.
> The Owls forced 17 turnovers on Delaware in the second half and took 15 total shots, but were unable to narrow the gap any further.

Quotable - Temple Head Coach Bonnie Rosen
> "I think it was a good battle. I kind of characterize it as the things we did to hurt ourselves a little bit today. I certainly credit Delaware's goalie for making the stops. When you make 20 saves it's hard to put the ball in the net. But overall I think today was a little bit of a tale of us still not doing the little things that we know how to do well and we're learning to do well right now."

> "I was really proud of the defensive effort of our attack all the way back to our goalie. We caused a ton of turnovers in transition and really tightened play up and gave ourselves opportunities. But we wasted a lot of those with shots that maybe weren't the most high-percentage shots and some turnovers."

Up Next
> Temple will travel to Rutgers for a 3 p.m. game on Tuesday, Feb. 12.