No. 13 Rutgers women’s lacrosse remained unbeaten and earned its first ranked win of the season on Wednesday night in defeating No. 18 Temple on the road 15-9. The Scarlet Knights are now 7-0 and off to the best start to a season in the program’s 46 year history. It’s been a tremendous start to the season and their No. 13 national ranking is also the highest in program history.
“We spoke before the game about how tonight was going to be a battle,” said head coach Melissa Lehman. “The team who was grittier and would be able to take advantage of the 50-50 wins was going to take it I felt we controlled the middle of the game and locked it down defensively.