Temple maintained the No. 17 ranking with one game left in the regular season schedule.

This week’s Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll has the Owls holding on to the same position they held last week.

Temple won both of its games last weekend, defeating Georgetown on Friday 5-1 in the last home game of the year and then Lafayette on the road 3-2 on Sunday.

The Owls will travel to No. 8 Connecticut on Saturday to wrap up the regular season.

Connecticut was ranked No. 4 last week, but a 5-0 loss to now No. 5 Old Dominion brought the Huskies back in the rankings.

After the regular season ends, Temple will prepare for the Big East Tournament, which begins on Nov. 8 and is also in Connecticut.

Along with Temple, Connecticut, Old Dominion and No. 14 Louisville have also clinched their spots in a postseason tournament where the top-four teams make it in.

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Junior forward Amber Youtz has been named Big East Player of the Week for the second time this season.

Youtz scored two goals and an assist in Friday’s 5-1 win over Georgetown.

The assist, which came late in the second half on a goal by freshman forward Katie Foran, was good for the 100th point of her career.

Youtz wasn’t done for the weekend either, as she added a goal and another assist in Sunday’s 3-2 win over Lafayette.

She scored just under 14 minutes into the first half when Temple was down 2-0, which ended up sparking a rally of three unanswered goals en route to a win.

Youtz is averaging 1.14 goals per game and 2.79 points per game. Both averages are the best in the nation.

Her 103 points is tied with teammate Bridget Settles (2008-11) for fifth all-time in points for the program.

Youtz is also seventh all-time in goals with 42, three goals behind Settles in sixth, who has 45.

Although she missed four games due to injury, Youtz leads the team in scoring this season with 16 goals and seven assists for 39 points. Her 16 goals also lead the Big East.

After beating conference rival Georgetown 5-1 on Friday, No. 17 Temple will hit the road for the last two games of the regular season.

The Owls will face Lafayette on Sunday afternoon to wrap up the weekend, and then they will take on No. 4 Connecticut next Saturday.

Lafayette won its last two match-ups via a 4-0 shutout of Holy Cross last Saturday and a 4-3 win against Colgate this Saturday.

With the win against Colgate, Lafayette clinched a spot in its own conference tournament, the Patriot League. Overall, Lafayette is 6-9 with a 3-2 conference record.

Meanwhile, the Owls are looking to secure their spot in the Big East Tournament. They’re 13-4 with a 4-2 record in the conference. Temple is currently fourth in the Big East and the Top 4 teams in the conference make the postseason tournament.

Redshirt junior goalkeeper Lizzy Millen will also be facing her sister, Hannah, in Sunday’s game.

Hannah Millen is a sophomore defender for Lafayette, who has a goal and two assists for four points this season. She has started in all 15 of Lafayette’s games this season.

Lizzy Millen, meanwhile, has been having a great year, starting in all 17 of Temple’s games and posting a .823 save percentage that is among the best in the nation.

Both Lizzy and Hannah Millen played in last year’s match-up between the Owls and the Leopards, which was a 3-0 win for Lafayette on Sept. 9.

Lizzy Millen made seven saves while Hannah Millen entered the game as a substitution.

The No. 17 Owls will play the first of the three regular season games remaining on the schedule on Friday afternoon, as they take on Big East rival Georgetown in their last home game of the year.

Friday’s matchup will be a special one for seniors Molly Doyle, Mandi Shearer and Lauren Hunt, who will be playing in their last game at Geasey Field.

The game will also be an important one for the team as a whole, as they look to secure a spot in the Big East Tournament with the regular season quickly coming to a close.

Temple (12-4, 3-2 conference) is currently fourth in the Big East standings, behind No. 10 Old Dominion, No. 14 Louisville and No. 4 Connecticut.

The Owls are coming off back-to-back shutouts, with a 4-0 win over Appalachian State on Friday and a 1-0 over then No. 20 Drexel on Sunday.

For Georgetown, last weekend, and the season in general, hasn’t been too kind.

The Hoyas have lost five straight and have been shutout in their last four games. They were beaten 5-0 by Connecticut last Friday, then 7-0 by Liberty on Sunday.

Georgetown is 0-5 in the conference this season and 2-13 overall.

Temple has played well on the defensive side of the ball all season allowing an average of 1.19 goals per game, while redshirt junior goalkeeper Lizzy Millen has put herself at the top of the NCAA statistics with a .827 save percentage that is tied for third in the nation.

Offensively, junior forward Amber Youtz is fourth in the nation in points per game with a 2.58 average and seventh in the nation in goals per game with 1.08. However, she hasn’t scored since recording a hat-trick against Providence on Oct. 11.

Overall the offense has averaged 2.56 goals per game, with goals coming from Hunt, sophomore forward Alyssa Delp, sophomore forward/midfielder Erin VanHorn and junior midfielder Nicole Kroener in the last two games.

This week’s Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll has the Owls in the No. 17 spot, keeping them in the national rankings for a seventh straight week.

Temple went 2-0 this weekend shutting out both Appalachian State 4-0 at home Friday and then No. 20 Drexel 1-0 on the road Sunday.

The Owls have three games remaining on the schedule. The last home game of the season will be against conference opponent Georgetown on Oct. 25 followed by two road matchups against Lafayette on Oct. 27 and No. 2 Connecticut on Nov. 2.

Temple is looking to secure a spot in the Big East Tournament, which is filled by the top-four teams in the conference.

Temple is currently fourth in the Big East at 12-4, with a conference record of 3-2. No. 14 Louisville, No. 10 Old Dominion and No. 4 UConn are the tree teams that sit ahead of the Owls in the standings.

The No. 16 Owls are down to their final five games of the regular season. They will play in their second to last home game on Friday afternoon.

Temple will take on Appalachian State, looking to bounce back from a frustrating 1-0  loss to Old Dominion on Sunday.

Appalachian State has struggled this season, going 2-11 and having lost eight straight.

The Mountaineers last game was a 9-1 defeat to Liberty last Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Owls split their weekend series, beating Providence 3-1 last Friday before the loss to ODU.

Junior forward Amber Youtz returned from injury in the Providence game and put up a hat-trick in her first game back.

She leads the team in scoring with 13 goals and five assists for 31 points.

Friday is also alumni day and Play 4 The Cure. The team will honor its alum at halftime and will also play in support of the fight against breast cancer.

The Owls have moved up another spot in the Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll, earning the No. 16 ranking for this week.

This is the sixth-straight week Temple has held a spot in the national rankings and the second straight that has seen them move up.

Since making their way into the rankings with the No. 11 spot on Sept. 10, the Owls dropped from No. 14, to No. 17 and then to No. 18.

But the team started making its way back up with a move up to No. 17 last week and a now another move up one spot this week.

Temple went 1-1 in a weekend of Big East Conference play, earning a 3-1 win against Providence on Friday, but falling to  No. 20 (now No. 15) Old Dominion 1-0 on Sunday.

The Owls (10-4, 3-2 conference) have five games left on the schedule.

They have Appalachian State at home and No. 20 Drexel on the road this weekend. Then the team will have its last home game of the season against Georgetown on Oct. 25.

After that, the Owls will travel for their last two games, first to Lafayette on Oct. 27 and then to No. 2 UConn on Nov. 2.

The Owls are third in the Big East and will look to secure a top-four spot by season’s end to qualify for the Big East Tournament in Connecticut

At 9-3, the Owls have the nation’s 17th ranking once again.

A 1-1 weekend that included a close 2-1 overtime loss to conference opponent Louisville (now No. 14) and a bounce back 3-1 win against Sacred Heart bumped Temple up a spot in this week’s Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll.

The Owls held the No. 18 spot last week after making their way into the national rankings on Sept. 10. They previously held the No. 17 spot during the week of Sept. 24

This is the team’s fifth straight week in the national rankings.

Temple is also No. 11 in the NCAA Division I RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) rankings.