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Staten Island, NY – The Wagner College women's soccer team fell at home to the Temple University Owls, 3-0, on Sunday afternoon at Hameline Field.
 
With the loss, the Seahawks are now 1-7 on the season while Temple improves to 4-5.
 
Temple jumped on top with the first goal of the match in the sixth minute as Morgan Morocco completed a give-and-go with teammate, Hailey Gutowski, as she was able to beat Wagner's senior goalkeeper, Katie Viscardi, to put the visitors ahead.
 
The Seahawks had a pair of chances two minutes later. Their first chance was deemed offside, but, junior captain Christine Letendre was able to in position for a shot that was blocked by an Owl defender.
 
Temple nearly added its second goal of the game in the 17th minute when Gabriela Johnson, after receiving the corner kick from Natalie Druehl, fired a shot that was denied by Viscardi. A minute later, there was congestion around the right post as Tobin was able to locate the ball but her attempt ricocheted off the post.
 
Viscardi finished the half with two more saves, one coming in the 30th minute as Julia Dolan's header off the feed from Tobin was stopped by the senior goalkeeper. Temple held a 10-3 advantage in shots attempted in the first half, while Viscardi was able to turn away four of them.
 
The Owls went ahead by two in the 55th minute as Jules Blank was able to go one-on-one against Viscardi and put one past the Seahawk netminder. Wagner then strung together a give-and-go play of its own as sophomore Mattea Reale was able to find junior captain, Christina Letendre, in the 71st minute, found space and booted one towards the net but the veered left of the target.
 
Temple added its third marker of the match in the 74th minute as Emma Wilkins was able to rebound shot attempt from Marissa Digenova and rocket one into the back of the net.
 
Letendre led the way for the Seahawks with two shots in the match while senior Peyton Beck, sophomore Mya Donnelly and freshman Luisa Barone each had one shot in today's contest. Viscardi was credited with six saves, upping her career total to 152.
 
Wagner will now turn its attention to Northeast Conference (NEC) action as the Seahawks kick off conference play on Friday, September 21 when the Seahawks travel to Moon Township, PA to square off against the Robert Morris University Colonials at 3:00 p.m.

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