Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 2/12/23
From Press Release
Julie Schickling (Springfield-Delco) scored a career-high four goals and led a late comeback but the Temple women’s lacrosse team (1-1) fell to Big Ten competitor, Ohio State (2-0), 10-9 this afternoon.
The Owls took the early lead, but a third quarter burst from the Buckeyes proved to be enough.
Recapping the Game
The Owls entered the game firing on all cylinders, finding the first goal of the day just five minutes into play from Belle Mastropietro (Springfield-Delco) on a Maeve Tobin dish.
Just a minute later, the Buckeyes answered back with the equalizer, but a three-goal run was in store for the Cherry and White. Schickling netted back-to-back goals, while Mastropietro found her second of the day off a Camryn Zavacky (Southern Lehigh) helper to advance the Owl lead to 4-2.
With just 44 seconds remaining, the Buckeyes found a goal to close out the first quarter facing a one-goal deficit.
Both teams played lock-down defense in the second quarter, with only two goals allowed collectively. Amelia Wright found her first of the season just over a minute into play, while Ohio State closed out the half with their only goal of the quarter.
The Buckeyes came out strong in the second half, going on a four-goal run, which was split by a Mackenzie Roth (Parkland) conversion. Ohio State answered back, netting one more to close out the third quarter with the 9-6 lead.
With only 14 minutes remaining in play, Schickling drew a foul, resulting in a free position. She converted, closing in on the Buckeye lead.
The Owl defense held strong, but Ohio State found their last goal of the day with just five minutes remaining to advance the score to 10-7.
The Cherry and White did not let up, with Roth finding Schickling in front of the net and advancing the Owls total to 8.
Amelia Wright found the back of the net next, but with only 23 seconds remaining after the goal, the Buckeyes held on to the 10-9 lead and finished with the win.
Statistically Speaking
With six draw controls today, Mastropietro surpassed the 200 career draw control mark, sitting at 205. The standout midfielder is 32 draw controls away from setting the all-time career draw control record for the Owls.
Katie Shallow (Cardinal O’Hara) had a standout day for the Cherry and White, causing five turnovers and scooping up eight groundballs to anchor the Owl defense. Her eight ground balls proved to be a career-best, while her five caused turnovers tied her single game career-high.
