University of Delaware Athletics
Blue Hens Welcome Temple for 3 p.m. Match Saturday
3/13/2015 4:01:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
#19 Delaware (5-2, 0-0 CAA) vs. Temple (7-1, 0-0 BIG EAST)
DATE: Saturday, March 14, 2015
TIME: 3 p.m.
LOCATION: Delaware Stadium – Newark, Del.
WELCOME HOME
The Blue Hens would like to welcome back all former lacrosse student-athletes to Saturday's game. The group of talented Hens that will be in attendances have claimed three national championships and seven conference titles to date.
BROADCAST
All Blue Hens women's lacrosse home contests will be live streamed, for free, via Hens All-Access on www.BlueHens.com. Full rebroadcasts will be available on Delaware's YouTube page within 24 hours of completion of the game.
LIVE STATS
Live stats will be available via www.BlueHens.com.
ONLINE
Follow Delaware women's lacrosse online at facebook.com/DelawareWomensLacrosse and on Twitter at @DelawareWLax.
Alex Zaugra is ninth all-time with 256 career saves. Lisa McBeth (1978-79) is in eighth with 301 career stops.
SERIES INFORMATION
· Temple leads the all-time series over the Blue Hens at 17-14 since 1978.
· Delaware has won eight of the last nine contests against the Owls.
· Last season, Chelsea Fay posted her 100th career goal as the Hens tallied their fourth straight victory by defeating Temple, 16-9, at Geasey Field.
· In the last meeting at Delaware Stadium, UD picked up a 15-11 win over Temple in 2013.
· A 2010 US Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee, Bonnie Rosen (Virginia '93) is in her ninth season at the helm of Temple lacrosse. She is 68-77 during her tenure with the Owls and 136-158 in 19 overall years as a head coach.
ABOUT TEMPLE
The Owls are off to their best start in 18 years with a 7-1 mark. Temple is coming off of an 11-10 win at Rutgers in which Nicole Tiernan collected a career-high six goals. Tiernan leads TU with 23 goals, which is good for 12th nationally, in addition to 17 draw controls, 13 caused turnovers and 13 groundballs. Defensively, the Owls are guided by Jaqi Kakalacik, who has registered 48 savse with 9.66 goals allowed in 478:11 minutes played. The team's lone loss came to Cornell on Feb. 21 as the Big Red came out victorious, 17-8, in Philadelphia. Saturday's game will be Temple's fourth straight on the road before they return home next weekend.
