No. 20 Lacrosse Suffers First Loss of Season to No. 11 Princeton, 14-10

Saturday, February 26

Princeton, NJ

12:00 P.M.

Temple University

Princeton

Photo by: Shelley Szwast

No. 20 Lacrosse Suffers First Loss of Season to No. 11 Princeton, 14-10

2.26.22 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

PRINCETON, N.J.– No. 20 Temple lacrosse (3-1) suffered its first loss of the season 14-10 against the No. 11 Princeton Tigers. The game was tied as late as the 4^th quarter before the Tigers notched the final four goals to seal the victory.

Recapping the Game
> The teams were even from the opening draw. Mackenzie Roth and Abaigeal Ryan scored the first two goals for the Cherry and White.
> Belle Mastropietro put the Owls up 3-2 before two straight goals from Princeton gave the Tigers their first lead of the game (4-3). Camryn Zavacky sunk her first goal of the season as time expired in the first frame to tie the match at 4.
> Temple exploded out of the gate in the second quarter with two straight two goals from Roth and Ryan to give the Owls a 6-4 lead. Princeton countered with two goals of their own.
> Ryan scored her third goal of the match to give her a hat trick before Princeton added two more to go up 7-8.
> Mastropietro added her second of the afternoon to tie the game back up at 8 before Princeton scored twice to take a 10-8 lead into the half.
> Quinn Nicolai scored the only goal of the third quarter to bring Temple back within one goal.
> Mastropietro tied the game at 10 to open the final frame.
> Princeton scored four straight goals to end the match and give the Tigers the 14-10 win.

Statistically Speaking
> Mastropietro scored three goals and dished out two assists. She also dominated the draw circle with a game-high seven controls. She has now scored a hat trick in three out of the four games Temple has played this season.
> Ryan shined in her homecoming. This was her second career hat trick.
> Mackenzie Roth scored two goals, passed for two assists, and scooped two ground balls. Nicolai and Zavacky also both added a goal and assist.
> Maddie Barber played a critical role in today's game, with six draw control wins.
> Annie Carroll made ten saves in goal.

Quotable
> "As expected, Princeton is a very good team. We came out and played a really good, strong, and solid three quarters. I think we kind of ran out of gas at the end once we gave up a little bit of a goal run. It was a great learning game, and hopefully, something that might make a difference later in the season for us. I'm really proud of the effort we put out." -- head coach Bonnie Rosen

Next Up
> The Owls head down south to face Kennesaw State on the road. This will be Temple's first-ever game in the state of Georgia. The match will stream on YouTube.