Rutgers Women's Lacrosse Drops 11-10 Decision to Temple
Mar 31 | Women's Lacrosse
PISCATAWAY, NJ - Despite four goals for both junior midfielder Katie Batiuk (Jackson, NJ) and freshman midfielder Michelle Poole (Hackettstown, NJ), the Rutgers University women’s lacrosse team saw a four-goal halftime lead erased as Temple earned an 11-10 victory on Friday evening at Yurcak Field.
Batiuk tallied seven first half points and four goals by Poole and one more from freshman attacker Nina Frankoski (Maplewood, NJ) gave Rutgers a 9-5 advantage going into the halftime.
Temple responded out of the break and scored five unanswered goals to take a 10-9 lead with 12 minutes remaining. Rutgers sophomore attacker Kate Shomo (Medford Lakes, NJ) scored an equalizing goal for the Scarlet Knights at the 6:47 mark to knot the game at 10-10. However, a goal by Temple’s Nicole Cataldo at the 6:01 mark proved to be the game-winner as the Owls escaped with an 11-10 victory.
Rutgers freshman goalie Sandra Abel (Monrovia, MD) stopped nine shots; however, it was not enough as her counterpart, Caitlin Gregory, stopped seven shots for Temple and came away with the win.
The loss dropped the Scarlet Knights to 5-5 on the season. They are also 0-2 in BIG EAST Conference play.
With the win, Temple improved its record to 4-4 on the year.
The Scarlet Knights will be back in action on Saturday, April 8 when they travel to Storrs, CT to take on BIG EAST Rival Connecticut at 1:00 p.m.
Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
Temple vs Rutgers (Mar 31, 2006 at Piscataway, NJ)
Temple (4-4) vs. SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 Tot
Rutgers (5-5) -------------------------------
Date: Mar 31, 2006 Attendance: 255 Temple.............. 5 6 - 11
Weather: Partly cloudy, mild Rutgers............. 9 1 - 10
Temple SCORING: GOALS: LEADER, Corey 2; CATALDO, Nicole 2; FRENGS, Allison 2;
RICHARDS, Whitney 1; SUMMERLIN, Berkley 1; CECH, Casey 1; GLAVIN, Patty 1;
CANIGLIA, Nicole 1.
ASSISTS: RICHARDS, Whitney 3; CAPALDO, Johna 1; LEADER, Corey 1; SUMMERLIN,
Berkley 1.
Rutgers SCORING: GOALS: Batiuk, Katie 4; Poole, Michelle 4; Shomo, Kate 1;
Frankoski, Nina 1.
ASSISTS: Batiuk, Katie 3; Poole, Michelle 1; Shomo, Kate 1.
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 Tot
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Temple.............. 8 19 - 27
Rutgers............. 19 4 - 23
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 Tot
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Temple.............. 5 9 - 14
Rutgers............. 10 6 - 16
TURNOVERS BY PRD 1 2 Tot
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Temple.............. 8 4 - 12
Rutgers............. 4 9 - 13
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 Total
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Temple.............. 0-0 0-0 - 0-0
Rutgers............. 0-0 0-0 - 0-0
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 Total
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Temple.............. 5-6 5-5 - 10-11
Rutgers............. 6-8 5-7 - 11-15
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 Total
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Temple.............. 0-0 0-0 - 0-0
Rutgers............. 0-0 0-0 - 0-0
FREE-POSITION SHOTS 1 2 Total
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Temple.............. 1-2 1-4 - 2-6
Rutgers............. 0-0 0-0 - 0-0
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 Tot
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Temple.............. 5 2 - 7
Rutgers............. 1 8 - 9
DRAW CONTROLS BY PRD 1 2 Tot
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Temple.............. 5 6 - 11
Rutgers............. 10 2 - 12
PENALTIES - Temple 0/0:00; Rutgers 0/0:00.
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