Lacrosse Falls to City Rival Drexel in Double Overtime

Wednesday, April 12

Philadelphia, PA

5:00 PM

Temple University

5-8

Drexel

9-4

OT 1

OT 2

DUWLAX

Temple

Lacrosse Falls to City Rival Drexel in Double Overtime

4.12.23 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – Temple lacrosse (5-8, 0-3 AAC) dropped to crosstown rival Drexel (9-4, 2-2 CAA) on Wednesday afternoon at Howarth Field in double overtime. The Owls put up a great fight, making a three-goal run at the end of the fourth quarter to bring the game to overtime, but Drexel found the game-winner after a back-and-forth battle.

Recapping the Game

The Dragons struck first, netting the first two goals of the game, but a Maeve Tobin goal put the Owls on the board.
Drexel found their third of the day to advance the lead to 3-1, but Mackenzie Roth answered back in the fourth minute.
A Drexel goal followed, but Camryn Zavacky capitalized off a Charessa Crosse dish to end the first quarter 4-3.
Zavacky kept her foot on the gas, finding her second of the day to tie it up with Tobin following suit, finding the back of the net for the 5-4 lead.
As halftime approached, the Dragon offense did not let up, posting a three-goal run to close out the first 30 minutes with the 7-5 lead.
Mia Ciancio opened scoring in the third quarter just over a minute into play, but the Dragons found two more to keep the three-goal cushion into the fourth quarter.
With just over six minutes remaining, the Cherry and White turned on the jets, going on a three-goal run, which included back-to-back goals from Belle Mastropietro. Zavacky tallied her third of the day, which served as the game-tying goal to advance to overtime.
The Dragons and the Owls went head-to-head in the first six minutes of overtime, in which goalie Taylor Grollman came up big with three saves, forcing the contest into double overtime.
Drexel earned the possession after forcing a turnover in midfield, which resulted in a run down the field for the game winning goal.

Statistically Speaking

Freshman Kat Bielinski made her first career start, filling in for an injured Taylor Moncman.
Maddie Barber posted a career-best four caused turnovers, while also earning a season-best in draw controls with seven in addition to six groundballs.

Quotable
"We have seen a lot of players step up and take on big roles recently," Head Coach Bonnie Rosen said. "We see them work every day in practice, but today it was great to see everyone step up in the game. It's not the result we wanted, but this is all preparation for Saturday when we head back into conference play."

Up Next
The Owls will hit the road on Saturday, Apr. 15 to take on Old Dominion in conference play. First draw is set for 12 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.