PHILADELPHIA – The Temple lacrosse team (6-3) claimed victory over the UC Davis Aggies (3-4) 11-6 Sunday afternoon. Riley McGowan, Maddie Barber, and Margot Hotham all set new career highs. Recapping the Game > UC Davis scored the only goal of the first quarter. > Quinn Nicolai scored the first goal of the second frame to open the scoring for the Owls (1-1). > Riley McGowan scored the next three goals straight for the natural hat trick to extend the lead to 4-1. > Camryn Zavacky found Mackenzie Roth with ten seconds remaining to give Temple a 5-1 cushion at the half. > The Aggies scored the first goal of the third quarter before McGowan scored her fourth of the contest. > Maeve Tobin found the back of the net, but UC Davis scored three straight to end the third quarter (7-5). > Belle Mastropietro and McGowan scored in the first few minutes of the final frame to put the Owls up, 9-5. > UC Davis scored once more before Julie Schickling and Mastropietro topped off the day for Temple to give the Owls the 11-6 win. Statistically Speaking > McGowan's five goals paced all scorers by a wide margin. The junior tied her career high. > Mastropietro scored twice, she also picked a up a ground ball and controlled four draws. > Four Temple players scored one goal. > Roth and Zavacky dished out two assists each. Roth also scooped three ground balls. > Barber set a new-career high in draw controls with eight, she also had five ground balls. > Margot Hotham had the best game of her career. The senior shattered her career-high with six ground balls. Prior to today, she had five on the season. Quotable > "I thought this was a really great game for us today. It's been a good week of practice and I think coming off last week's losses this was a big test on how we could perform and handle playing a game confidence wise. UC Davis has been playing really good lacrosse, so we knew this would be a challenge for us. I'm really proud of us staying in the game after a slow start and finding a way for us to build a lead."– Head Coach Bonnie Rosen Next Up > The Owls hit the road Wednesday for an afternoon battle at Monmouth. The 3 PM match will be streamed on ESPN+.