Lacrosse Tops ECU 11-6 On Senior Day, Earns Sixth Straight Win

Sunday, April 18

Philadelphia, Pa.

11:00 A.M.

Temple University

10-3, 6-2

ECU

3-11, 1-7

ECU

Temple

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Lacrosse Tops ECU 11-6 On Senior Day, Earns Sixth Straight Win

4.18.21 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple lacrosse team defeated ECU 11-6 Sunday afternoon to close out its home slate. With the win, the Owls improve to 10-3 (6-2 AAC) while the Pirates fall to 3-11 (1-7 AAC). Temple's nine seniors were honored following the game as part of senior day activities.

Recapping the Game
> The Owls struck first, with Belle Mastropietro netting the ball off a pass from Bridget Whitaker.
> The Pirates took their only lead of the game at the 21-minute mark, scoring back to back goals to goal up 2-1.
> Temple scored the next three to go up 4-2, as Whitaker, Abaigeal Ryan, and Julie Schickling each dished a goal with two assists from Mackenzie Roth and one from Jen Rodzewich.
> ECU scored the final goal of the half with eight minutes left before the break, and the Cherry and White would take a narrow 4-3 lead into halftime.
> Temple would score three of the next four to open the second half, going up 7-4 with just over 20 minutes left in the game.
> East Carolina attempted to chip away at the Owls' lead, putting the score at 7-5 on an unassisted goal from Megan Pallozzi.
> The Cherry and White scored four-straight goals to secure the victory, while a Pirate goal with one second left on the clock sealed the game.

Statistically Speaking
> Whitaker and Mastropietro each recorded a hat trick, while Ryan scored twice. Three other Owls found the back of the net.
> Mastropietro played a complete game, firing six shots, causing three turnovers, and picking up two ground balls and six draw controls. Courtney Taylor also picked up a team-leading six draw controls.
> Temple dominated the draw once again, recording 15 to ECU's five.
> Roth dished a team-leading four assists. Meghan Hoffman remains in the hunt for the single-season assist record, needing two to break the record.
> Shana Hecht made five saves and Olivia Martin made three.

Quotable
> "This was a big goal of ours to win both games with weekend. It keeps us moving forward in so many ways and it's certainly nice to win on Senior day as well, but from a big picture standpoint it keeps us in the hunt and for potentially being considered for at large down the stretch in the NCAA tournament and that is really really important." -- head coach Bonnie Rosen

Next Up
> Temple will close out the regular season at Vanderbilt, with a pair of games set for next weekend in Music City.