The women’s soccer team will open its final road weekend of the regular season when the Owls take on new Atlantic 10 Conference opponent Butler Friday at 7 p.m in Indianapolis, Ind.

For the Owls, it will be their second game under the lights this season, as Temple dropped its first match 2-0 under the lights at Penn on Sept. 2. Along with playing under the lights, the Bulldogs will be honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month with “Real Dawgs Wear Pink Night” at Butler.

“It is going to be a difficult game and Butler is a very good team,” coach Matt Gwilliam said. “But we are ready for the challenge.”

The Owls will enter Friday’s match with a 5-9-2 record, 2-3-0 in A-10 play, while Butler will open with a 8-4-3 record, 2-1-2 against A-10 opponents. In nine matches at home, Butler has compiled a 6-1-2 record, while Temple is 2-5-1 on the road this season.

“Butler is a very organized team, a very physical team, a mentally strong team, and they create a good atmosphere at home,” Gwilliam said.

“I am expecting for us to go out there and get the win,” freshman defender Paula Jurewicz said.

-John Murrow