Lacrosse Defeats Delaware in Back-and-Forth Battle, 9-7

Wednesday, February 22

Newark, DE

4:00 PM

Temple University

3-1

Delaware

2-1

TEM

Delaware

Lacrosse Defeats Delaware in Back-and-Forth Battle, 9-7

2.22.23 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score Photo Gallery

NEWARK, Del. – Temple lacrosse (3-1) earned their second straight road win on Wednesday afternoon, defeating the Blue Hens (2-1), 9-7 at Delaware Stadium. Both teams put on a show, ensuing in a back-and-forth battle. The Owls found the edge on a fourth quarter push, outscoring the Blue Hens 4-2 in the final 15 minutes of play to come away with the win.

Recapping the Game

Defender Katie Shallow kicked off the scoring efforts for the Owls off the first draw, securing the first goal of the game, which also served as her first career goal just nine seconds into play.
The Blue Hens answered back, netting back-to-back goals to take the 2-1 advantage with five minutes remaining in the first quarter.
Mackenzie Roth found the back of the net for the Owls with just two minutes remaining in the quarter after dodging the goal circle and slipping a shot past the stick of Mercy McCarthy for the equalizer.
The second quarter remained scoreless for six minutes until Amelia Wright capitalized off a free position to put the Owls back in front.
The Blue Hens hung around, tying the game at three by the end of the half before finding the opening goal of the second half for the 4-3 advantage.
Belle Mastropietro netted her first goal of the day to bring the Owls to four, but Delaware soon converted once more, advancing their lead to 5-4.
Camryn Zavacky found the stick of Maeve Tobin streaking through the eight meter, sending a bounce shot into the back of the net for the Cherry and White's fifth goal of the day.
Charessa Crosse opened the scoring in the fourth quarter with a free position conversion to put the Owls in the lead, but Delaware responded with two goals of their own to bring the game to 7-6.
Julie Schickling halted the Blue Hen momentum with a goal of her own, bringing the game back to a tie with less than five minutes remaining.
Amelia Wright dished a pass into the eight meter, finding Crosse for the quick stick finish with four minutes remaining, putting Temple in the lead, which they never lost.
Mastropietro tallied one more for the Owls to advance the lead to two and finish the game 9-7.

Statistically Speaking

Shallow found her first career goal against the Blue Hens, putting the ball in the back of the net just nine seconds into play to kickstart the day.
Mastropietro tallied a career-high five caused turnovers in addition to her three ground balls and six draw controls.
Junior Mia Ciancio scooped up a career-high four groundballs.

Quotable
"I am so proud of the grit this team showed today," Head Coach Bonnie Rosen said. "We played tough for four quarters and it paid off in the end. We are getting better every day and today was the next step in that progression. It was a great win."

Next Up
The Owls will return to Howarth Field on Saturday, Feb. 25 to host their second home contest of the year as they welcome No. 17 Princeton. First draw is set for 12 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN+. The game will serve as the "Grow the Game" matchup, as the Temple lacrosse program invites all local clubs, youth teams, and players to attend in support of not just Temple lacrosse, but the game of lacrosse as a whole in an effort to expand and ever-growing sport.