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Late goal lifts Bonnies past Temple, 2-1

Junior Courtney Bosse's goal in the 89th minute of regulation broke a 1-1 tie and kept the St. Bonaventure women's soccer team unbeaten in Atlantic 10 play as it defeated Temple, 2-1, on Friday afternoon at Ambler Soccer Complex.

Bosse's team-high sixth goal of the season was her third in conference play. Oddly enough, all three of those goals have been game-winners for the Bonnies as they are off to their A-10 start in program history at 4-0.

"It's good to get another conference road win against a really hard working and competitive Temple team, but we should have been sharper in the second half especially after playing as well as we did in the first half," said head coach Manoj Khettry. "Even though we are 4-0, we have a long way to go before we can be considered an elite team in the conference. We have to play with more urgency and at a higher level if we want to be better."

The four-game A-10 win streak is the longest in program history, as St. Bonaventure now stands at 7-6 overall on the year. The Bonnies have taken three straight meetings from the Owls (4-8-1, 0-5).

For the fourth straight game, the Brown and White got on the board first. Freshman Nicole Rosso picked up the second point of her collegiate point as she found sophomore Tori Burchett for the opening goal in the 24th minute. The goal is Burchett's fourth of the season.

The Bonnies took the 1-0 lead into the break, marking the seventh straight half they kept their opponent off the scoreboard. St. Bonaventure held a commanding 7-2 shot advantage over the opening 45 minutes and had the only two corner kicks.

Temple ended the Bona shutout streak at 351 minutes and seven seconds when Allicia Yurkovic knotted the score at 1-1 off an assist from Niki Conn at the 75:10 mark.

With less than two minutes remaining in regulation, sophomore Janelle Taylor started the game-winning score by finding classmate Dakota Carroll. A native of nearby Drexel Hill, Pa., Carroll then found Bosse in the center of the field for the eventual game-winner.

The goal gives Bosse a total of four game-winners this season, putting her in a tie for first place in the A-10. Taylor's assist on the game-winning was her team-high fifth of the year.

St. Bonaventure will closeout its weekend in Philadelphia on Sunday when it takes on Saint Joseph's. Kick-off is slated for 1 p.m.

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