PHILADELPHIA - On a cold, snowy Saturday afternoon that affected visibility and ball handling, an outstanding defensive effort by the Temple lacrosse team gave the Owls a 7-3 win against visiting Vanderbilt. It was the first BIG EAST Conference win for Temple, who improves to 9-3 overall and 1-1 in league play, while Vanderbilt falls to 4-8 overall and 0-3 in the conference.
Temple held the Commodores without a goal for more than 50 minutes to close out the game. All three of Vanderbilt's tallies came in the opening nine minutes and 21 seconds. Senior goalkeeper Jaqi Kakalecik made four saves, three of those coming in the second half to hold the Commodores scoreless.