Lacrosse Finishes Season with Loss to Vanderbilt

Saturday, April 29

Nashville, TN

1:00 PM ET

Temple University

7-9 (2-4AAC)

Vanderbilt

4-11 (2-4AAC)

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Temple	2	2	3	4	11
Vanderbilt	4	3	2	3	12

Lacrosse Finishes Season with Loss to Vanderbilt

4.29.23 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Temple lacrosse (7-9, 2-4 AAC) fell to Vanderbilt (4-12, 2-4 AAC) on Saturday afternoon in Nashville, Tenn., in their final conference test of the year. Despite facing an early deficit, the Owls battled it out, tying the game up with a minute left, but a Vanderbilt goal with 21 seconds remaining proved to be the game-winner.

Recapping the Game

The Owls opened scoring for the day on a Katie Flynn goal off a Mia Ciancio assist.
Vanderbilt quickly answered back, going on a four-goal run to take the early lead.
With just 15 seconds remaining in the quarter, Mackenzie Roth made a run through the eight meter, rocketing a shot into the back of the net to cut the lead to 4-2.
Julie Schickling continued the scoring for the Cherry and White, finding the first goal of the second quarter, but the Commodores found back-to-back goals just moments later.
With just under a minute left to play, Camryn Zavacky came up with the groundball after an unsettled situation in the eight meter, finding herself on the doorstep for a quick bouncing finish to enter the half at the 7-4 disadvantage.
Maeve Tobin opened the second half with a goal of her own, but the Commodores answered back just moments later with a two-goal run.
Roth created an opportunity for herself, finding a dodging lane and converting to bring the score to 9-6.
Zavacky continued to push forward for the Cherry and White, finding a goal on a free position opportunity to end the third quarter only down by two.
The Commodores opened the fourth quarter with two goals, but Tobin found a goal of her own with seven minutes remaining to bring the game within three.
Belle Mastropietro found her first of the day off a Zavacky assist, in which she drew the foul on the play to give the Owls the player-up opportunity following the goal.
A Temple yellow card shortly after resulted in an even six vs. six matchup.
Mastropietro came through again for the Owls, finding the back of the net to bring the game within one with just under two minutes to play.
Just seconds later, Temple won the draw and Tobin capitalized with a goal to tie the game up at 11.
With 21 seconds remaining, Vanderbilt found game-winner, which didn't allow the Owls enough time to make one more offensive run, ending the day with the 12-11 loss.

Up Next
With the loss, the Commodores knocked the Owls out of the American Athletic Conference Tournament, ending their season with a 7-9 record, which includes a 2-4 conference slate.