Women's Lacrosse defeats No. 4 Duquesne in Atlantic 10 Semifinal Action, 15-9 ::

Temple advances to face UMass in Sunday's championship game

AMHERST, Mass. (May 6) Temple senior Kelly Ruch (Phoenixville, Pa.) scored an

Atlantic 10 Women's Lacrosse Championship record four goals and five

assists to lead the top-seeded Owls to a 15-9 victory over fourth-seeded

Duquesne this afternoon in the A-10 semifinals at Totman Field on the

campus of the University of Massachusetts.

The victory advances Temple to Sunday's 1:00 p.m. championship game

versus UMass at Totman Field.

Temple opened the scoring on a goal by freshman Deanna Radcliffe

(Collegeville, Pa.). Duquesne tied it up when junior Erin Sakal

(Phoenixville, Pa.) scored off a pass from sophomore Katie Harner

(Boyertown, Pa.). The Owls regained the lead when sophomore Noelle

Cebron (Yorktown, N.Y.) scored at the 24:08 mark. Sophomore Jen

Jefferson (Annapolis, Md.) scored to give the Owls a 3-1 lead at 23:49.

The two teams traded goals to end the first half with Temple holding a

6-4 lead.

Duquesne cut the Temple lead to 6-5 when sophomore Lauren Dutch

(Ellicott City, Md.) scored her second goal of the game. Jefferson

netted her second goal of the game, and Ruch scored her third and fourth

goals of the game to push the Temple lead to 9-5 at the 23:13 mark. The

Dukes rebounded with two goals, before Temple scored six of the last

eight goals in the game to win 15-9.

Temple was led by Ruch's four goals and five assists, and freshman Liz

Frengs (Collingswood, N.J.), who scored four goals and an assist.

Duquesne was paced by the scoring of Dutch (three goals) and Katie

Harner (three assists). Sophomore Kristin Harner (Boyertown, Pa.) and

freshman Lauren Mincher (Annapolis, Md.) each added two goals for the

Dukes.

No. 4 Duquesne (9-5, 3-3 A-10) 4 5  9
No. 1 Temple (9-8, 5-1 A-10)  6 9  15

Duquesne Goals: Lauren Dutch 3, Kristin Harner 2, Lauren Mincher 2,

Meghan Hungate, Erin Sakal; Temple Goals: Liz Frengs 4, Kelly Ruch 4,

Jen Jefferson 2, Deanna Radcliffe 2, Noelle Cebron, Veronica George,

Robin Keevan.

Duquesne Assists: Katie Harner 3, Meghan Hungate, Erin Sakal; Temple

Assists: Kelly Ruch 5, Noelle Cebron, Jennifer Devinney, Liz Frengs.

Duquesne Saves: Becky Stauffer 13; Temple Saves: Iris Alvarado 11.

Shots: Duquesne 21, Temple 29; Free Positions: Duquesne 1 of 4, Temple 1

of 9; Draw Controls: Duquesne 13, Temple 14; Groundballs: Duquesne 31,

Temple 36.