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The No. 11 Gators won 15-9 against the No. 25 Temple Owls Friday. It was their first conference win this season, breaking their long 692-day streak without playing an AAC team. This victory makes for a 10-0-win streak against the Owls.

The Gators played a cruel game and recovered from their 11-12 close loss against the Jacksonville Dolphins Mar. 13.

Maggi hall opened the game with a quick over the shoulder shot two minutes into the period.

Big time league win on the road 💪#FLax #GoGators pic.twitter.com/MlpwM3tf2w

— Gators Lacrosse (@GatorsLAX) March 19, 2021

She snagged an assist shortly after from a goal by freshman midfielder Ashley Gonzalez and followed with another under the hand of senior midfielder Shannon Kavanagh in the second half. The freshman attacker now holds eight goals and 12 points.

Kavanagh brought her A-game once again with the phenomenal five goals she put up and her fifth hat trick of the season. She’s only seven games short of breaking the record for consecutive games with a goal, currently held at 40 games by Shayna Pirreca.

Senior Grace Haus broke the 100-goal milestone in a top-shelf free position goal and brought the team 3-1 against the Owls. She became the 13th Gator to reach the milestone. Haus ran it back with a second consecutive free position goal.

Already up 4-1 twelve minutes into the game, the team sat on a two-minute man-down situation, and strategically planned from there. Florida got possession of the ball, and winded down the penalty clock. With ten seconds left on the shot clock, senior attacker Kassidy Bresnahan scored through traffic to give the Gators a four-point lead. Bresnahan holds six goals this season.

As the game teetered on its end, the Gators persevered. Down by six goals, the Owls scored with 33 seconds left. The Gators combatted with a goal by Hannah Mardiney with a scant ten seconds left on the clock. It’s the first goal of the season for the junior attacker.

Redshirt freshman Sarah Reznick strongly defended the net, as the goaltender put up 11 saves and eight just in the first period. Freshman goaltender Julia Hammerschlag replaced Reznick in the game’s final two minutes to get net time and did not disappoint. She let in an Owls goal with 33 seconds left but was stealthy in her attentiveness. The goaltending further rounds out the stacked Gators team.

Florida rematches Temple on Sunday, Mar. 21 at 12 p.m. in Philadelphia. The game can be watched live on ESPN+