Temple Lacrosse TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 2014 SCHEDULE Location.........................................Philadelphia, Pa. Date Day Opponent...........................................................Time Founded...........................................................1884 Feb. 15 Sat. SAINT JOSEPH’S..................................................................1:00 p.m. Enrollment....................................................39,000 Feb. 19 Wed. LA SALLE............................................................................3:00 p.m. President ........................................Neil D. Theobald Feb. 23 Sun. at Cornell .........................................................................12:00 p.m. Director of Athletics .........................................Kevin Clark Mar. 1 Sat. OREGON.............................................................................1:00 p.m. Nickname.........................................................Owls Mar. 4 Tue. at Colorado ........................................................................5:00 p.m. Colors............................................Cherry and White Mar. 8 Sat. at Denver ...........................................................................3:00 p.m. Home Field ................................................Geasey Field Mar. 15 Sat. DELAWARE.........................................................................1:00 p.m. Capacity................................................................1,000 Mar. 19 Wed. HOFSTRA............................................................................3:00 p.m. Conference.......................................................BIG EAST Mar. 22 Sat. at UMBC...........................................................................12:00 p.m. Mar. 29 Sat. * UCONN...............................................................................1:00 p.m. COACHING STAFF Apr. 5 Sat. * VILLANOVA ........................................................................1:00 p.m. Head Coach.........................................Bonnie Rosen Apr. 11 Fri. * LOUISVILLE.........................................................................3:00 p.m. Alma Mater.............................................Virginia ‘93 Apr. 13 Sun. * CINCINNATI ......................................................................12:00 p.m. Temple Record/Years...................................55-66/7 Apr. 17 Thurs. * at Marquette......................................................................3:00 p.m. Overall Record/Years .............................123-147/17 Apr. 19 Sat. * at Georgetown...................................................................4:00 p.m. Phone................................................215-204-6668 Apr. 25 Fri. * at Rutgers ..........................................................................7:00 p.m. [email protected] BIG EAST Tournament Assistant Coach..................................Jennifer Wong May 1 Thurs. ** BIG EAST Semifinal....................................................................TBA Phone................................................215-204-6423 May 3 Sat. ** BIG EAST Final............................................................................TBA E-Mail [email protected] Grad. Asst. Coach............................Molly Fernandez Home games in CAPS; * BIG EAST Conference game; Phone................................................215-204-6423 ** BIG EAST Tournament (in Washington, D.C.); [email protected] All times Eastern and subject to change. THE TEAM Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..........................21/7 Starters Returning/Lost ......................................7/4 2013 Overall Record............................................9-8 2013 A-10 Record...............................................4-3 2013 A-10 Regular Season Finish.....................T-3rd Postseason......................................A-10 Semifinals ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Contact............................................Karen Auerbach Office Phone......................................215-204-3850 Office Fax...........................................215-204-7499 E-mail [email protected] Website....................................www.owlsports.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Outlook..................................................................3 Head Coach ............................................................6 Coaching Staff........................................................8 Roster.....................................................................9 Under Armour® is the official outfitter of Temple Athletics. The originators of performance ap- Player Profiles.................................................11-21 parel, Under Armour has transitioned athletes into moisture-wicking apparel since 1996. Newcomers.....................................................22-24 Under Armour products are sold worldwide and worn by athletes at all levels, from youth to professional, on playing fields around the globe. 2013 Year in Review.............................................26 2013 Statistics......................................................27 BIG EAST Conference ............................................28 CREDITS Record Book....................................................30-31 The 2014 Temple Lacrosse Media Guide was written and edited by Karen Auerbach. Layout and cover design by Kelli All-Time Roster.....................................................37 Sheesley and Karen Auerbach. Additional editing provided by Larry Dougherty and Al Shrier. Cover photos and interior pho- All-Time Results..............................................38-40 tography provided by Mitchell Leff, Zohrab Kazanjian, Joseph V. Labolito, Paul Keener and Greg Carroccio. Published by the Tem- ple University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Temple University & Philadelphia...................42-58 2 New Conference. New Traditions. New Rivalries. 2014 Season Outlook As Temple lacrosse enters its first season in the senior class and has made key contributions in the standing freshman year and shows a real knack for BIG EAST Conference with a roster made up prima- midfield, including scoring two goals and adding a being able to organize and attack and see things. In rily of underclassmen, eighth-year Temple head pair of assists last season. terms of physical ability to get to goal, we have a lot coach Bonnie Rosen says to “expect the unexpected.” “I expect our senior class to be really strong,” of different options. The Owls are largely unknown to most of the oppo- said Rosen. “Especially early in the nents they will face in 2014, but they are somewhat season, we expect all four of them unknown to themselves as well. to be key leadership on the field. Temple has had its fall season and a month of They all have a lot of experience spring practice to start working on its new group dy- and have seen a lot and are com- namics, and the approach will be very different with fortable on the field right now.” the make-up of this year’s team. The junior class is also a “We are wide open right now,” said Rosen, in small one with four players, cov- speaking about who she expects to step up offen- ering every position on the field sively. “Our seniors last year did a really fantastic job from goalkeeper to attack. Juniors for us. They were anchors to the program and all the Macie Hauck and Molly Seefried underclassmen were athletes that helped make a combined for seven goals last year, big difference. This year it’s more about who can do while junior Rachel Hall will be that, plus know more and be more veteran in their vying for goalkeeping time along play.” with redshirt sophomore Jaqi The Owls have four seniors on the roster, in- Kakalecik. Both were backups to cluding one fifth-year player in defender Nina Fal- Meghan Clothier in 2013. cone. Senior Jaymie Tabor is the team’s leading Including Kakalecik, the returning scorer with 27 goals scored in 2013, and sophomore class is the largest by senior Kelly Syphard was also among last year’s far with 13 members. Among that leaders with 10 goals. Lea Britton rounds out the group is attacker Rachel Schwaab, Senior Jaymie Tabor an Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team se- “I think the difference from last year will be lection last year after tying for that we played to our experience to try to win fourth on the team with 23 goals. games, and this year it’s going to take a true team She was second on the squad with effort to take advantage of everyone’s talents.” 10 assists, and her 33 total points One of the anchors of Temple’s defense, in ad- ranked third. Fellow sophomores dition to Falcone, will be sophomore Summer Jaros. Kirstie Connor and Nicole Tiernan “Defensively, we’re going to be more athletic were also A-10 All-Rookie Team than we’ve been,” said Rosen. “We look to see Sum- honorees in their debut campaigns mer help us out defensively after being on offense for Temple. Tiernan finished her last year. She brings size and aggressiveness in con- freshman year with eight goals, junction with others who have already been in that while Connor recorded four. position. So I think we’ll be using size and foot speed “If you look at the stats, we to anchor our defense initially, as we learn to be lost our leading scorers,” said smarter.” Rosen, “but that isn’t to say we lost As the Owls adjust to their new look on the our scoring