April 19, 2008
Final Stats
PHILADELPHIA- Berkley Summerlin scored a career-high seven goals, including five in the first half, to lead the Temple women's lacrosse team to a 21-7 victory over the Villanova Wildcats on Saturday afternoon. The Owls took a 13-5 lead at the break and never looked back. The Owls improve to 11-4 on the season, while Villanova falls to 4-11.
Juniors Taylor Lucy and Taryn McKenna set the offensive pace for the 'Cats with two goals each. Samantha McKillip, Katie Stone, and Amanda Carlson also scored for Villanova.
Temple seniors Nicole Caniglia, Hillary Richards and Whitney Richards performed well on their designated senior day. Caniglia netted four goals, while Hillary Richards dished four assists and added five draw controls and four caused turnovers. Whitney Richards chipped in with two goals and three assists. Sophomores Alison Incarnato had two goals and an assist and Chelsea Rosiek had one goal and one assist. Brittany Hoffman twice found the back of the net, while Ann Stouffer and Nicholle St. Pierre each got their first career goals.
The Wildcats struck first in the contest, netting an unassisted tally just two and a half minutes into the game. The lead was short-lived, however, as the Owls rattled off four straight goals, including three straight from Summerlin, to take a 4-1 lead at 19:14. Lucy gave `Nova its second goal at 18:34 to make it 4-2 but Temple responded with a two goal run. The Wildcats tried yet again to get something going with a goal at 15:05 but the Owls put together a five goal surge to make it 11-3 with just under nine minutes to play. The squads traded goals for the remainder of the half, with an Incarnato goal with just seven seconds left, making it 13-5 at halftime.
Hoffman allowed the Owls to make it 14-5 with a goal just a minute into the second half and closed out the contest with a five goal run.
Bridget McMullan had one saves in nearly 30 minutes as TU's starting goalie. Jessica Colucci posted two saves in just under 23 minutes of play and rookie Katie Phillips was not tested in her seven minute service. `Nova's Maggie Langan earned three saves before giving way to Lauren Latchford in the second half.
Villanova returns home on Tuesday evening to face Navy at 6:00 p.m.
