On a night that saw goals scored by nine different players, the Penn State women's lacrosse team routed visiting Temple, 17-5, in Holuba Hall.

Penn State senior attackers Lindsay Dutch and Karen Long each had three goals, while sophomore Kerry Shea also had three of her own.

After scoring 11 first half goals, the Nittany Lions (6-1) made sure not to let up on their attack. The Lions tallied six more in the second half, led by two goals from sophomore midfielder Mariel Bryan.

After the game, Penn State coach Suzanne Isidor was quick to recognize the amazing job her underclassmen have been doing on the offensive side of the ball.

"Freshmen and sophomores on the team have been coming up big," Isidor said. "That is key going into our conference games because it allows us to have weapons all around."

In addition to the offense coming up big against Temple (2-4), the defense was no slouch either. After allowing five goals in the first half, the Lions shut out the Owls in the second half.

"Our defense had a great game today," Isidor said. "Temple had a lot of big weapons and we did good on our slides and double teams to contain them."

After coming off of an upset win against No. 8 Princeton on the road March 17, the Lions were quick to make sure there was no let down, coming out strong and playing well the full 60 minutes.

Last season, after a huge upset of then No. 1 Princeton, the Lions loss to the 6-5 Owls in the very next game. Entering last night's game with that memory in the back of their minds, , the Penn State women's lacrosse team was sure to not let the same thing happen again.

"Playing the full 60 minutes is something that is always stressed in practice and from the coaches," senior attacker Karen Long said. "As a team we knew we had to come out strong and not let up."

While Isidor is quick to recognize the improvement on both sides of the ball, she is also quick to point out that the team still needs to work on some areas of its game.

"We need to make sure and take care of the ball better and be smarter with our decisions on each possession," Isidor said. "With a team like Vanderbilt who has a lot of weapons, we have to especially improve on this."