Lacrosse Drops to No. 10 Florida, 18-7

Saturday, April 23

Gainesville, FL

12:00 P.M.

Temple University

10-5, 3-1AAC

Florida

11-4, 4-0AAC

Temple

Florida

Lacrosse Drops to No. 10 Florida, 18-7

4.23.22 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Temple lacrosse (10-5, 3-1 AAC) dropped to No. 10 Florida (11-4, 4-0 AA) in an American Athletic Conference battle on Saturday afternoon. The loss to the Gators serves as the Owls only conference defeat this season.

Recapping the Game
>The Gators struck first, netting the first three goals of the game in the first ten minutes of play.
>Belle Mastropietro halted the Gator momentum with a goal of her own, putting the Owls on the board off a Mackenzie Roth assist with less than three minutes to play in the quarter.
>With only 15 seconds remaining, Florida struck twice to advance the lead to 5-1, before netting one more in the opening minutes of the second quarter for a 6-1 game.
>Roth worked her magic again early in the second quarter, dishing the ball into Abaigeal Ryan for the Owls' second goal.
>Three Gator goals followed before Katie Flynn found the back of the net for the Owls off a Mastropietro assist (9-2).
>Quinn Nicolai worked her way onto the score sheet after netting Temple's fourth goal of the game off yet another Roth assist.
>The Gators closed out the half with three straight goals to lead 13-4.
>The offensive duo of Nicolai and Mastropietro found their stride right from the first whistle of the half, as Nicolai notched the fifth Owl goal of the day off a Mastropietro helper.
>Florida answered back with three straight goals before Riley McGowan broke the momentum with a rocket into the back of the net to close out the third quarter, 16-6.
>Nicolai opened the scoring in the fourth quarter for her third goal of the day with 11 minutes left to play, but the Gators answered back with back-to-back goals to finish the game, 18-7.

Statistically Speaking
>Nicolai led the Owls with three goals, posting her tenth hat trick of the season.
>Mackenzie Roth led the Owls in the assist category, dishing out three helpers to advance to 55 points on the season with 20 goals and 35 assists.
>Annie Carroll stepped up in goal for the Owls, recording 10 saves, her ninth game this season with double-digit saves. Taylor Grollman also made two saves on four shots on target.
>Sophomore Katie Flynn notched her first career goal for the Owls off a Mastropietro assist.

Quotable
> "Florida is an excellent team! I am proud we put ourselves in the position to compete for the regular season championship. While we didn't accomplish that goal today, this team now understands what we will need to do to go after the Amreican conference tournament championship. There is no doubting our heart and toughness. We will get better this week and prepare well for our last regular season game against Old Dominion."– Head Coach Bonnie Rosen

Next Up
The Owls will close out the regular season on Saturday, Apr. 30 as they take on Old Dominion at home for senior day. Game time is set for 1 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+.