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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nancy Halleron led all scorers with five points as Vanderbilt survived a late Temple push to come out with a 12-11 victory at the David Williams II Recreation & Wellness Center on Saturday morning.

Temple struck first in the opening seconds of the game but the Commodores scored four unanswered to jump out to an early 4-1 lead.  The Owls went on to score three more times in the opening frame but Vandy held steady taking a 6-4 advantage into the second quarter. Temple outscored the Dores 4-1 in the second leading 8-7 at the break. The Commodores opened the second half firing with three straight goals, only allowing Temple to find the back of the cage once in the third period. Temple kept the momentum with a game-tying goal with 12:24 remaining but Kemper Robinson lifted Vandy to take back the lead, 11-10. The Owls would go on to tie it once more but Robinson came up clutch with three minutes left to give Vanderbilt its’ final edge.

Vanderbilt (6-7, 2-2 AAC) had six scores, with Baker and Halleron posting hat tricks. Jaime Biskup tallied her sixth multi-goal performance in seven games.

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Robinson paced Vandy with five ground balls, the most by an individual in a game this season, four caused turnovers and three draw controls. Halleron added two assists in her performance while Cate Bradley, Sammy Nuchow and Molly Finlay also dished assists. In cage, Molly Joyce made five stops.

Temple (2-10, 0-3 AAC) was led by Sarah Gowman’s hat trick while Amelia Wright posted four points off two goals and two assists. Sabrina Martin registered a goal, an assist and five draw controls for the Owls.  In cage, Colleen Berardino made 11 saves to help anchor the Owls’ defense in 46 minutes of action.

Vandy continues conference play, visiting East Carolina next Saturday. Opening draw is at 10 a.m. CT and can be seen on ESPN+.