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Field hockey wraps up home schedule

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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.

Field Hockey moves to 17th, ranked for seventh week in a row

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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.

Owls travel to Drexel

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The weekend will wrap up with match-up between two of the nation’s Top 20 teams.

The No. 16 Temple Owls travel to nearby No. 20 Drexel in the fourth game left on the regular season schedule. Both teams are coming off a shutout win in their last matchup.

Temple blanked Appalachian State 4-0, while Drexel defeated Lafayette 1-0.

Both teams are also in the midst of winning seasons, with Temple standing at 11-4 and Drexel at 10-4.

Drexel is 5-1 at home this season and Temple is 2-2 on the road.

Field Hockey takes on Appalachian State

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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.

Field Hockey moves up to No. 16

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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

Field hockey wraps up weekend against ODU

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The No. 17 Owls got their weekend of conference play off to a great start with a 3-1 win over Providence.

Now they will wrap up the weekend against No. 20 Old Dominion, who has won five straight in convincing fashion.

Old Dominion struggled to start the season, losing five of six.

However, the Monarchs have managed to turn things around, especially in the last three games with 7-0 shutouts of Georgetown and Quinnipac and then a 6-0 shutout of Villanova on Friday night.

Temple has won seven straight at home and junior forward Amber Youtz returned to the lineup in Friday’s win against Providence, recording her fourth career hat-trick.

Field hockey hosts Providence

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Now into the latter half of the season, the No. 17 Owls have a weekend of Big East play ahead of them.

They’ll start with a matchup against Providence on Friday afternoon at Geasey Field.

Providence is 5-6 overall and 1-2 in conference play heading into Friday’s game. The team is 1-1 in its last two games, which included a 5-1 win over Brown on Oct. 2 and a 4-1 loss to No. 4 UConn on Oct. 5.

The Friars’ offense is led by junior forward Daniella Bernasconi, who leads the Big East with 14 goals and 30 points. Bernasconi recorded a hat-trick in the win against Brown and also scored Providence’s only goal in the defeat to UConn. She is first in the nation in goals per game with a 1.27 average.

Providence’s defense has allowed an average of 1.73 goals per game, with junior goalkeeper Deidra Clymer posting a .753 save percentage that is good for 20th best in the nation.

Temple is also coming off a 1-1 weekend. The team took a heartbreaking loss to Louisville (now No. 14) 2-1 in overtime, but bounced back with a 3-1 win over Bucknell that saw senior midfielder/defender Molly Doyle record her first career hat-trick.

Doyle also scored Temple’s lone goal against Louisville and is tied for fourth in goals in the Big East, and she made the conference’s weekly honor roll.

There have been a few bumps in the road, but Temple has enjoyed a lot of success already, going into Friday’s game with a 9-3 record.

The Owls are 2-1 in conference play and have enjoyed much of their success at home, going 7-1 at Geasey Field.

Temple has won six-straight at home, after losing to the currently No. 1 ranked Maryland 5-1 on Sept. 1.

Defense has been one of the team’s greatest strengths, holding opponents to 1.42 goals per game. Meanwhile, redshirt junior goalkeeper Lizzy Millen has played extremely well in net, posting a .795 save percentage that is sixth in the nation.

Friday’s game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. with rain expected in the forecast.

Field Hockey moves back to No. 17

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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.

Temple set to take on Bucknell

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Friday night’s loss was a tough pill to swallow.

The No. 18 Temple Owls saw their win streak end at five games, as conference opponent and No. 17 ranked Louisville celebrated a 2-1 overtime win. It was Temple’s third loss this season and its first in Big East play.

There is something to be learned from every game, though. The Owls had their issues and the only thing they can do is correct those issues for Sunday afternoon’s matchup against Bucknell.

The Bison are 6-4 in 2013, having won four of their last five games. They beat Lafayette 2-1 on Saturday, with junior defender Liz Wills and senior forward Rachel Misko doing the scoring for Bucknell.

Senior forward Leigh Hillman leads the team in scoring with seven goals and one assist for 15 points.

On the Owls’ side, junior forward Amber Youtz is still out with an arm injury, but the other forwards in freshman Katie Foran, sophomores Tricia Light and Alyssa Delp and senior Lauren Hunt have stepped up in Youtz’s absence.

Temple has also continued to play well defensively and redshirt junior goalkeeper Lizzy Millen’s save percentage— now. 802 — has stayed among the best in the nation. Temple is 3-1 all-time against Bucknell and won the last matchup 5-4 back on Sept. 23, 2012.

The Owls will be looking to bounce back in their return home to Geasey Field. The game starts at 1:00 PM ET.

Field hockey faces Cardinals

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The football team will face Louisville tomorrow, but not before field hockey has their shot at the Cardinals tonight.

The No. 18 Owls left for Kentucky on Thursday morning to face a Cardinals squad on Friday night that is one spot ahead of them in the national rankings at No. 17.

It will be Temple’s third conference game this season, but its first against a Top 20 ranked opponent since the Owls shutout the then No. 6 ranked Penn State 3-0 on Sept. 6.

Both teams are 8-2 on the season and are 2-0 in Big East Conference play so far.

The Owls and the Cardinals aren’t too different on the stat sheet either, with Temple averaging 2.90 goals per game and Louisville averaging 3.00 goals per game.

On the defensive side, the Owls have held opponents to 1.40 goals per game, aided by the play of redshirt junior goalkeeper Lizzy Millen, who has the fifth best save percentage in the country at .813.

Louisville has kept opponents to 1.38 goals per game, with redshirt sophomore Sydney King in goal and current Big East Defensive Player of the Week, junior back Alyssa Voelmle.

Voelmle will clash with the Offensive Player of the Week in freshman forward Katie Foran, who scored three goals last weekend in wins over Rutgers and Sacred Heart.

Since making their way into the nation’s top 20 with the No. 11 ranking on Sept. 10, the Owls have only fallen back in the rankings.

However, a good two games this weekend could change that.

Tonight’s game is set to start at 6:00 PM EST.