Temple midfielder Robin Keevan scored six goals and Jessica Yemm scored five to lead the Owls (3-2) to an 18-14 victory against the No. 11 Penn State women's lacrosse team (3-4, 1-1 ALC) yesterday at Temple.

The Owls came out strong on offense and recorded 33 shots on Lions' goalies Lee Tortorelli and Andrea Sorgi.

Temple midfielder Liz Frengs scored a hat trick to add to Keevan's and Yemm's totals.

Lions coach Suzanne Isidor said her team allowed too many one-on-one Owls scoring chances.

"We just didn't play good enough team defense," Lions coach Suzanne Isidor said.

"They came at us and we didn't double team them like we should. It was a combination of us not playing well and Temple having a great game."

Lions attacker Colleen O'Hara, Penn State's second leading goal scorer last season, notched her second four-goal game of the season, while attacker Kelly Jeschke scored three goals to lead the Lions.

Penn State midfielders Jamie Donahue and Alison DeCecco tallied two goals apiece.

Jeschke had been held scoreless in three out of her last four games entering the match, though she scored four goals against Johns Hopkins last Wednesday. Isidor said it was important to have Jeschke scoring again.

However, she added that the Lions need to take more than the 22 shots they registered against the Owls, and that her team shot at a high percentage (14-22).

The Lions did not play a team game for 60 minutes, a problem for the last two seasons, and an aspect of the game many players have talked about improving.

"We did not play tough enough," Isidor said.

"We did not take care of the ball enough."

The Lions' too many turnovers disrupted them from developing their strong fast break game.

"We turned the ball over before we could get the fast break going," Isidor said.

The loss was the Lions' second straight defeat, after dropping a 17-8 decision to No. 2 Princeton at home on Saturday. Penn State's schedule does not get any easier this weekend, as the Lions will take on No. 7 Maryland (4-3), the seven-time defending national champions, and No. 5 North Carolina (5-2) with both games to be played at Maryland.

To have success in the future, Isidor said her team must play more intelligently.

"With the competition we play, we have to play a smarter game than we've been playing," she said.