2 0 0 2


 


#19 Temple 11, Delaware 10
April 24, 2002

Hens Can't Hold On To Late Lead, Fall To Owls

Michelle Campolettano scored two goals for Delaware

PHILADELPHIA -- No. 19 ranked Temple University scored the final three goals of the game, including the game-winner by Patience Synnestvedt with 5:06 left to play, to post an 11-10 non-league women's lacrosse victory over the University of Delaware Wednesday afternoon.

Temple (10-4), the ninth top 20 opponent for the Blue Hens this season and current league leader in the Atlantic 10, got three goals each from Synnestvedt and Noelle Cebron and won for the fourth straight game and for the seventh time in its last eight outings.

The Blue Hens, who got two goals each from Michelle Campolettano (St. Anthony's/Massapequa, NY), Corinne Shuck (Broadneck/Annapolis, MD), and Nikki Kucharski (Cherry Creek/Englewood, CO), had a two-game win streak snapped to fall to 4-10. It's been a hard luck season for the Blue Hens, who lost their sixth game this season that was decided by two goals or less.

Delaware will play an exhibition game against its alumni Sunday at 3 p.m. before returning to regular season action May 1 at No. 6 ranked Cornell. The Hens will finish the season May 4 at home against No. 15 ranked Penn State.

Delaware took a 5-4 lead into intermission as five different players scored a goal. Temple regained the lead early in the second stanza, going up by one two minutes in, but the Hens regained the lead behind three straight goals from Campolettano, Shuck, and Shannon Kron in a span of three minutes to go up 8-6.

Goals from Temple's Robin Keevan and Tiffany Pulaski knotted the score at 8-8 with 18:30 remaining before Delaware came back again on goals by Kucharski with 15:21 left and from Kateri Linville with 11:21 remaining for a 10-8 lead.

But the last rally belonged to the Owls. Cebron scored twice in a span of 70 seconds to tie the game at 10-10 and four minutes and 35 seconds later, Synnestvedt delivered the game-winner. Neither team managed to score over the final five minutes of action.

Temple outshot Delaware by a 36-21 margin with Blue Hen senior goalkeeper Laurie Tortorelli (Haverford/Havertown, PA) posting 19 saves, including the 700th of her career for third place all-time at UD. The 19 saves was the second highest total of the year for Tortorelli.

AGATE:

Delaware.........5..........5...........10
Temple............4..........7...........11

Scoring:

Goals: Delaware - Michelle Campolettano-2, Corinne Shuck - 2, Nikki Kucharski - 2, Katerin Linville, Shannon Kron, Erin Edell, Kelly O'Connor; Temple - Noelle Cebron- 3, Patience Synnestvedt-3, Tiffany Pulaski - 2, Robin Keevan, Jessica Yemm, Liz Frengs.

Assists: Delaware - Corinne Shuck; Temple - Liz Frengs-2, Robin Keevan-2, Patience Synnestvedt, Jen Jefferson.

Saves: Delaware - 19 (Laurie Tortorelli), Temple - 10 (Sheena Oommen); Shots: Delaware - 21, Temple - 36; Groundballs: Delaware - 16, Temple - 32; Draw Controls: Delaware - 8, Temple - 13; Caused Turnovers: Delaware - 6, Temple - 16; Attendance: na

 

- DDD-