The women’s soccer team will be taking on city rival Drexel on Friday, Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. at the Ambler Sports Complex.

“Drexel is going to be a high pressure team,” redshirt junior Jackie Krostek said. “They are going to come at us offensively and hopefully, we can absorb that.”

Entering the match, the Owls have had five home shutouts in a row dating back to last season. With two shutouts this year against New Jersey Institute of Technology and Iona, the Owls can only hope to keep this streak alive against a tough Drexel team, coach Matt Gwilliam said.

Temple (2-4-1) is undefeated (2-0-0) at home.

Drexel (5-1-1) is entering the city rival match against the Owl’s on a two game win streak. Drexel has not lost a match since they opened up the 2012 season against Longwood on Aug. 17.

For Temple, the squad is coming off of a tough 1-0 loss to Princeton on Sunday, Sept. 9. Freshman goalkeeper Shauni Kerkhoff allowed one goal against Ivy League Princeton.

“It is going to be a tough match for us,” Gwilliam said. “I expect a boxing match between the two city rival teams.”

-John Murrow