The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team was upended at Temple by the score of 12-8. Although starting the season with a loss is never ideal, it is worth noting that Temple was 13 and 5 a season ago including winning 7 of its 8 home games.
It was always going to be a tough task for Coach Laura Brand Sias’s squad, but made even tougher by a reduced camp thanks to a uniform start date set by the NCAA.
Coach Sias indicated that the new start date cost the team about two weeks of training, which took away valuable time for a young team to prepare.