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CINCINNATI – Senior Elaina Enich (New Albany, Ohio/New Albany) tied her career high with four goals but the University of Cincinnati lacrosse team could not withstand a late rally from Temple, falling 11-9 on Wednesday afternoon at the Sheakley Athletics Center.
The Bearcats held a 9-5 advantage with 8:31 remaining in the game, but the Owls stormed back, scoring six unanswered goals for the 11-9 final score. The UC defensive line held strong for most of the game, keeping Temple to just five goals through 51 minutes played, but could not contain TU in the final segment of the clock.
// NOTABLES
- With the loss, Cincinnati moves to 5-7 on the season and 1-3 in the BIG EAST while Temple improves to 10-2 and 3-1.
- Freshman Monica Borzillo (Devon, Pa./Conestoga) recorded an assist in the second half and upped her program single-season points record to 63 and her single-season assists record to 31.
- Senior defender Skylar DeLemos (Cranbury, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro) tied a career high with five ground balls.
- Borzillo tied a career high with three ground balls.
- Junior Schuyler Nissen (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) led the Bearcats with four draw controls, a goal scored, a ground ball and a caused turnover.
- Currently, Borzillo owns the team's single season records for points (63), points per game (5.25, assists (31) and assists per game (2.58).
- Cincinnati topped Temple in shots (28-24), draw controls (12-10) and caused turnovers (14-13) while the Owls collected more ground balls (30-25), saves (8-7) and free position goals (4-1).
// KEY PLAYERS
Cincinnati
Elaina Enich | 4 goals | 1 ground ball
Schuyler Nissen | 1 goal | 4 draw controls | 1 ground ball | 1 caused turnover
Temple
Brenda McDermott | 3 goals | 2 assists | 6 ground balls | 1 draw control | 1 caused turnover
Nicole Latgis | 6 ground balls | 4 caused turnovers
// IN THE CAGE
CIN | Alex MacAffer | 11 goals against |7 saves | 60:00 minutes
TU | Maryn Lowell | 9 goals against | 8 saves | 60:00 minutes
// KEY GOALS
15:25 1st | CIN | Elaina Enich
Enich scored her first goal of the day after collecting what appeared to be a Cincinnati turnover deep in the Temple defensive third. She snatched the ball out of the air and fired an immediate shot into the cage for a 2-1 Bearcats lead.
4:59 1st | CIN | Elaina Enich
The second goal for the senior was the start of a big momentum swing in favor of the Bearcats. With just under five minutes to play before halftime she maneuvered around a defender and sent a shot across the face of the cage to tie the score at 3-3.
4:49 1st | CIN | Schuyler Nissen
Just 10 seconds after Enich tied the score, Nissen scored her second goal of the season to give Cincinnati the lead. She won the draw control and took the ball straight to the cage for a 4-3 UC advantage.
3:32 2nd | TU | Brenda McDermott
After battling from a four-goal deficit to within one, Temple tied the game at 9-9 on a goal from Brenda McDermott. It was her third goal of the game and second consecutive goal to swing the momentum back in the Owls' favor. The game-winning goal came two minutes later from Carly DeMato.
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati travels to Gainesville, Florida, for a BIG EAST matchup at No. 3 Florida on Saturday, April 8. The first draw is scheduled for noon at UF's Donald Dizney Stadium.
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