Field Hockey Falls at No. 6 Liberty

Sunday, April 4

Lynchburg, VA.

1:00 P.M.

Temple University

(5-9, 2-8BIG EAST)

#6 Liberty

(12-2, 10-2BIG EAST)

Temple

LIBERTY

Photo by: Don Felice

Field Hockey Falls at No. 6 Liberty

4.4.21 | Field Hockey

Box Score

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Temple field hockey team fell 2-0 at No. 6 Liberty Sunday afternoon to close out the four-game series with the team. With the loss, the Owls fall to 5-9 (2-8 BIG EAST) while the Flames improve to 12-2 (10-2 BIG EAST).

Recapping the Game
> Liberty went up quickly, scoring off a penalty corner at the three-minute mark.
> The Flames put the game away five minutes into the second quarter with Jodie Conolly scoring on another penalty corner.
> Temple couldn't get much going offensively but was able to successfully defend 10 penalty corners for the second day in a row.

Statistically Speaking
> Temple fired one shot, with Kerrie Lorenz making the attempt.
> Senior Cristina Carotenuto tied her career-high seven saves to put her season total at 58.

Quotable
> "I'm proud of the effort from our team this weekend. Liberty played a brilliant game in terms of their APC threat. All six goals scored against us this weekend were on penalty corners. We are proud of our ability to limit field goals and have seen massive progress in this young group. We're excited for next weekend against Villanova." – Temple head coach Susan Ciufo

Next Up
> Temple will close out BIG EAST next weekend with a home and home against Big 5 rival Villanova.