Temple Shuts Out Rams In Field Hockey ::

RICHMOND, Va. - Senior Jessica Jaworski and junior Virginia

Gonzalez each scored goals and senior goalkeeper Serene McGrath made nine

saves to lead Temple (10-9) to a 2-0 victory over Virginia Commonwealth

(4-12) in field hockey Saturday afternoon at Cary Street Field.

Gonzalez gave the Owls an early advantage when she scored off a

feed from freshman Haley Dervinis just 12:15 into the game. McGrath made

the lead stick with six first-half saves, and Jaworski added an insurance

goal when she knocked in a pass from junior Jessica Grisafi with under nine

minutes remaining. Temple controlled play for the majority of the second

half, as the Owls outshot VCU 8-4 after intermission and were awarded seven

penalty corners.

The Rams' best scorin g opportunity came with 11:35 left in the

opening period. Freshman Nicole Sullivan (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes)

drove home a rebound of a shot from senior Masha Sonina (Moscow,

Russia/Lafayette (Va.) High) to seemingly tie the game at 1-1, but the goal

was waved off.

VCU will close out its 2000 regular season at home tomorrow

afternoon when the Rams host Villanova at 1 p.m. Temple travels to #1 Old

Dominion on Sunday in its regular-season finale.

Temple 1 1 -- 2

Virginia Commonwealth 0 0 -- 0

First Half - 1. Temple, Virginia Gonzalez 4 (Haley Dervinis), 12:15.

Second Half - 2. Temple, Jessica Jaworski 3 (Jessica Grisafi), 61:12.

Shots - Temple 8-8 16 . Virginia Commonwealth 8-4 12.

Penalty Corners - Temple 2-7 9. Virginia Commonwealth 4-1 5.

Goalies - Temple, Serena McGrath (9 saves, O GA), 70:00. Virginia

Commonwealth, Anne Forrester

(3 saves, 1 GA), 35:00, Abby Stiles (4 saves, 1 GA), 35:00.