Temple University Athletics
Saturday, April 20
Philadelphia, Pa.
1:00 p.m.
Temple University
vs
ECU
Seniors to be Honored When Lacrosse Hosts ECU on Saturday
4.18.19 | Women's Lacrosse
PHILADELPHIA -Â There is plenty to celebrate at the final home game of the season for Temple Lacrosse. The Owls' four seniors will be honored for Senior Day prior to Temple's 1 p.m. game vs. ECU on Saturday, April 20, and the Owls' "adopted" sister Lily Adkins will be recognized for Friends of Jaclyn Day. Temple is 4-10 overall and 1-2 in American Athletic Conference play, while the Pirates are 5-10 overall and 0-3 in the league. Temple can clinch a berth in the AAC Tournament with a win.
Senior Day
> The Owls have four seniors in the Class of 2019: Quinn Benintende, Kelsea Hershey, Amber Lambeth and Molly Luderitz.
> Benintende is a marketing major from Kennett Square, Pa. Her role has been limited due to injuries, especially in her junior season, but she has scored six goals and added three assists for the Owls. Benintende has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in each year of her career for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
> Hershey is a kinesiology major from Lititz, Pa. She has seen time in the cage in 20 games over the course of her career and has recorded four goalkeeping wins for the Owls. Hershey has twice been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for her performance in the classroom.
> Lambeth is an adult and organizational development major from Harleysville, Pa. She has scored 56 goals and added 15 assists for the Owls in her four-year career, recording a total of nine hat tricks. She ranks second on the team this season in draw controls. Lambeth has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll ever year for having a GPA above a 3.0.
> Luderitz is an education major from Hershey, Pa. She has played in 28 games for the Owls and has reached double digits in caused turnovers for the past two seasons. Luderitz has stepped up her play in the backfield this year and is tied for the team lead in caused turnovers in American Athletic Conference games.
Scouting Temple
> The Owls are 4-10 overall and looking to rebound in the last couple games of the season after going 1-6 in their last seven contests.
> Temple earned its first-ever American Athletic Conference victory on April 6, winning 17-13 at UConn. Temple's 17 goals were a season high.
> If the Owls defeat ECU, they will earn the fourth and final berth in the upcoming AAC Tournament. After five years as an associate member of the Big East Conference, Temple is in the AAC which is sponsoring women's lacrosse for the first time ever. Four of six teams will advance to the AAC Tournament on May 2 & 4 at Cincinnati.
> Junior Maddie Gebert was named the AAC Attacker of the Week after scoring a season-high five goals and adding an assist in the UConn win. Junior goalkeeper Maryn Lowell was named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll.
> Gebert was matched in goals at UConn by fellow junior Olivia Thompson who also scored five, one shy of her season high of six goals that she scored in the Owls' win at Rutgers early in the year.
> Gebert leads Temple with 29 goals, followed by Thompson with 23 goals. Junior Meghan Hoffman has 15 goals while senior Amber Lambeth and sophomore Jen Rodzewich have 14 goals. Sophomore Bridget Whitaker has 13 goals and Whitaker leads the Owls with 14 assists.
> Defender Kara Nakrasius has collected a team-best 54 draw controls and also has 14 caused turnovers. She is moving up the all-time record lists and currently ranks fifth all-time with 125 draw controls.
> Sophomore Courtney Taylor leads the Owls with 22 caused turnovers and also has 37 ground balls, second only to Lowell's 40 ground balls.
Scouting ECU
> The Pirates are 5-10 overall and 0-3 in the AAC, and are coming off a pair of losses to ranked teams.Â
> ECU lost 22-9 to #12 Duke and then lost 20-10 to #17 Florida. The Pirates are still looking for their first-ever AAC win.
> Brittany Borchers led ECU with seven points across the two games, scoring three goals and handing out four assists.Goalkeeper Christina White made 22 saves in the two games as well.
> Ally Stanton leads ECU with 35 points, having scored 23 goals and added 12 assists.Right behind her is Borchers (15 goals, 18 assists) with 33 points while Nicole LeGar has 25 goals and leads the team with 57 draw controls.
> On the defensive end, Hannah Melton (13) and Jordyn Cox (11) both have at least 10 caused turnovers. In goal, White has set new program records with 156 saves and 10 games with double-digit saves.
All-Time Series vs. ECU
> Temple and ECU are meeting for just the second time in program history, as ECU competed for the first time in the 2018 season.
> The Owls won last year's meeting 15-6 in Philadelphia on March 6, 2018.
Friends of Jaclyn Day
> Temple lacrosse is celebrating Friends of Jaclyn Day. The FOJ Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for children with pediatric brain tumors and their families.Â
> In April of 2010, the Owls made their second Friends of Jaclyn adoption when they welcomed then-four-year-old Lily Adkins and her family into the Temple lacrosse family. Now 13 years old, Lily Adkins and her family are on hand today and Lily will be welcomed as an honorary starter.
> When Lily first met the team, she was a shy four-year-old and only three years removed from the discovery and treatment of an ependymoma brain tumor when she was 14 months old. She has now been cancer-free for 12 years.
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Senior Day
> The Owls have four seniors in the Class of 2019: Quinn Benintende, Kelsea Hershey, Amber Lambeth and Molly Luderitz.
> Benintende is a marketing major from Kennett Square, Pa. Her role has been limited due to injuries, especially in her junior season, but she has scored six goals and added three assists for the Owls. Benintende has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in each year of her career for having a GPA of 3.0 or above.
> Hershey is a kinesiology major from Lititz, Pa. She has seen time in the cage in 20 games over the course of her career and has recorded four goalkeeping wins for the Owls. Hershey has twice been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for her performance in the classroom.
> Lambeth is an adult and organizational development major from Harleysville, Pa. She has scored 56 goals and added 15 assists for the Owls in her four-year career, recording a total of nine hat tricks. She ranks second on the team this season in draw controls. Lambeth has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll ever year for having a GPA above a 3.0.
> Luderitz is an education major from Hershey, Pa. She has played in 28 games for the Owls and has reached double digits in caused turnovers for the past two seasons. Luderitz has stepped up her play in the backfield this year and is tied for the team lead in caused turnovers in American Athletic Conference games.
Scouting Temple
> The Owls are 4-10 overall and looking to rebound in the last couple games of the season after going 1-6 in their last seven contests.
> Temple earned its first-ever American Athletic Conference victory on April 6, winning 17-13 at UConn. Temple's 17 goals were a season high.
> If the Owls defeat ECU, they will earn the fourth and final berth in the upcoming AAC Tournament. After five years as an associate member of the Big East Conference, Temple is in the AAC which is sponsoring women's lacrosse for the first time ever. Four of six teams will advance to the AAC Tournament on May 2 & 4 at Cincinnati.
> Junior Maddie Gebert was named the AAC Attacker of the Week after scoring a season-high five goals and adding an assist in the UConn win. Junior goalkeeper Maryn Lowell was named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll.
> Gebert was matched in goals at UConn by fellow junior Olivia Thompson who also scored five, one shy of her season high of six goals that she scored in the Owls' win at Rutgers early in the year.
> Gebert leads Temple with 29 goals, followed by Thompson with 23 goals. Junior Meghan Hoffman has 15 goals while senior Amber Lambeth and sophomore Jen Rodzewich have 14 goals. Sophomore Bridget Whitaker has 13 goals and Whitaker leads the Owls with 14 assists.
> Defender Kara Nakrasius has collected a team-best 54 draw controls and also has 14 caused turnovers. She is moving up the all-time record lists and currently ranks fifth all-time with 125 draw controls.
> Sophomore Courtney Taylor leads the Owls with 22 caused turnovers and also has 37 ground balls, second only to Lowell's 40 ground balls.
Scouting ECU
> The Pirates are 5-10 overall and 0-3 in the AAC, and are coming off a pair of losses to ranked teams.Â
> ECU lost 22-9 to #12 Duke and then lost 20-10 to #17 Florida. The Pirates are still looking for their first-ever AAC win.
> Brittany Borchers led ECU with seven points across the two games, scoring three goals and handing out four assists.Goalkeeper Christina White made 22 saves in the two games as well.
> Ally Stanton leads ECU with 35 points, having scored 23 goals and added 12 assists.Right behind her is Borchers (15 goals, 18 assists) with 33 points while Nicole LeGar has 25 goals and leads the team with 57 draw controls.
> On the defensive end, Hannah Melton (13) and Jordyn Cox (11) both have at least 10 caused turnovers. In goal, White has set new program records with 156 saves and 10 games with double-digit saves.
All-Time Series vs. ECU
> Temple and ECU are meeting for just the second time in program history, as ECU competed for the first time in the 2018 season.
> The Owls won last year's meeting 15-6 in Philadelphia on March 6, 2018.
Friends of Jaclyn Day
> Temple lacrosse is celebrating Friends of Jaclyn Day. The FOJ Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for children with pediatric brain tumors and their families.Â
> In April of 2010, the Owls made their second Friends of Jaclyn adoption when they welcomed then-four-year-old Lily Adkins and her family into the Temple lacrosse family. Now 13 years old, Lily Adkins and her family are on hand today and Lily will be welcomed as an honorary starter.
> When Lily first met the team, she was a shy four-year-old and only three years removed from the discovery and treatment of an ependymoma brain tumor when she was 14 months old. She has now been cancer-free for 12 years.
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