Lacrosse Storms Back from 6-0 Deficit to Defeat ECU, 15-10

Saturday, April 16

Greenville, NC

12:00 P.M.

Temple University

3-010-4. AAC

East Carolina

8-7, 1-2AAC

TEMPLE

East Carolina

Photo by: Robin Hsiao

Lacrosse Storms Back from 6-0 Deficit to Defeat ECU, 15-10

4.16.22 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The Temple lacrosse team (10-4, 3-0 AAC) took down the East Carolina Pirates (8-7, 1-2 AAC), 15-10 to win its third straight conference game. The Owls were down 6-0 with 7:09 remaining in the first quarter. Temple outscored the Pirates 15-4 the rest of the way to secure the victory and stay perfect in the American Athletic Conference.

Recapping the Game
> ECU scored the first six goals of the game.
> Temple scored the next four to cut the lead down to just two goals (4-6). Quinn Nicolai and Riley McGowan scored two each.
> The Pirates scored two of the final three goals of the second quarter. Mackenzie Roth scored for Temple. ECU took an 8-5 lead into halftime.
> Nicolai scored the first three goals of the third quarter to tie the game at eight with 5:05 remaining in the third quarter. It was the first time the game had been tied since 14:21 in the first quarter.
> East Carolina retook the lead briefly, but Maeve Tobin scored with 57 seconds remaining in the third to tie the match up at 9. ECU never led again.
> Tobin scored to give Temple it's first lead of the game to open the fourth frame. McGowan and Roth found the back of the net to extend the lead (12-9).
> ECU scored once more in the contest.
> The Owls scored the last three goals of the game. Tobin, Abaigeal Ryan, and Julie Schickling scored the final three. Roth assisted on all three goals.
> Temple took the game by a final tally of 15-10.

Statistically Speaking
> Nicolai tied for the game-high in goals with five. She also passed for an assist and picked up a ground ball.
> Tobin scored her first career hat trick. McGowan also scored three goals, as well as passing for an assist and scooping a ground ball.
> Roth scored two goals and tied for the game-high with three assists. This is her third straight game with multiple assists.
> Mastropietro passed for two assists, picked up a ground ball, caused a turnover, and led all players with ten draw controls.
> Katie Shallow scooped two ground balls, caused two turnovers, and controlled eight draws.
> Temple dominated the draw control circle. The Owls controlled 21 draws to ECU's eight.
> This is the second time this season Temple has rallied from a deficit of at least six goals to take the win. The first was a 9-3 halftime deficit against UMBC.

Quotable
> " Very proud of the effort today against a strong ECU team! The American is a great lacrosse conference and this was an important victory today. Our draw team came up big and that gave us some important possessions throughout the game. "– Head Coach Bonnie Rosen

Next Up
> The Owls will travel to No. 10 Florida to face the Gators. The winner of the matchup will clinch a share of the American Athletic Conference regular season title and have leg up in the race for the outright championship. The noon matchup will be streamed on ESPN+.