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Field hockey commutes to La Salle

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After picking up two wins this past weekend, the field hockey team will be looking for its third win in a row when the Owls play La Salle (6-7) on Friday.

Coach Amanda Janney said that much like most Atlantic 10 Conference games, their game tomorrow will be scrappy.

“It should be an aggressive, physical game,” Janney said. “La Salle is a good, athletic team and I think they’re going to put a lot of pressure on us.”

The Explorers are coming into the game fresh off of a conference win over Lock Haven, and are currently riding a three-game winning streak.

“[La Salle] has a lot of momentum coming off of their win from last week,” Janney said. “I think we have a lot of momentum so it should be an aggressive game.

La Salle will be relying heavily on junior forward Olivia Shoemaker to produce on offense. She has scored five goals this season, and has a .729 shot on goal percentage.

To stop the Explorers, Temple is going to have to continue to score early and often. So far this season, La Salle has been out scored by opponents 40 goals to 25.

Sophomore forward Amber Youtz will be looking to add to her 15 goals and 7 assists, while sophomore goalkeeper Lizzy Millen will try for her first shut out of the year.

The game starts at 3:30 p.m. at Devincent Field on La Salle’s campus.

-Colin Tansits

Men’s tennis ready for city scrimmage

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The men’s tennis team will be playing downtown this weekend at the Drexel Invitational.

The Owls and the Dragons will be the only teams there. There were originally going to be more teams competing, but they all dropped out, so Temple and Drexel will scrimmage each other to prepare for next weekend’s ITA Regional Championship in Charlottesville, Va.

Coach Steve Mauro says that Drexel has improved from last year and will be a good warm up for the ITAs.

The two Philadelphia squads will begin on Friday morning with doubles play, with singles play directly following and extending into Saturday. Mauro said that he has not decided on the doubles pairings yet, but they will likely be different than the pairings at the Penn Invitational.

Those pairings were senior Kacper Rams and sophomore Kristian Marquart, sophomore Hernan Vasconez and freshman Nicolas Paulus, and freshman Hicham Belkssir and freshman Maros Januvka.

-Evan Cross

Women’s soccer concludes weekend road trip

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After a 1-0 loss against St. Bonaventure on Friday, the women’s soccer team will look to grab the second game of the weekend road trip as they visit Duquesne on Sunday at 1 p.m.

“We are going to put what happened on Friday behind us for Sunday’s game,” redshirt-junior forward Jackie Krostek said.

After 86 minutes of scoreless play in Friday’s match, St. Bonaventure junior midfielder Alyssa Lapp headed a ball past freshman goalkeeper Shauni Kerkhoff, ultimately giving the Bonnies the 1-0 win and their first Atlantic 10 conference win.

Entering the third A-10 match of the season, Temple will look for its first win in conference play. After dropping their first two conference matches to St. Joseph’s and St. Bonaventure, both of which were 1-0 losses, the Owls will look to grab their first A-10 win against a Duquesne team that is also in search of their first conference win.

Last season, the Owls beat A-10 rival Duquesne in a 1-0 shutout. Redshirt-senior goalkeeper Tara Murphy recorded five saves in the shutout win and junior defender Karly O’Toole netted the match’s only goal. Murphy will be forced to sit out against Duquesne after receiving a red card on Friday.

Temple will enter Sunday with a 3-8-2 overall record (0-2-0 in A-10), while Duquesne begins with a 4-7-2 record (0-2-1 in A-10).

“They are going to be a very good team, but ultimately, it’s going to come down to who wants it more,” O’Toole said.

-John Murrow

Men’s soccer squares off with Duqesne

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After beating St. Bonaventure in an overtime thriller Friday afternoon, the men’s soccer team has shifted it’s focus to Sunday’s Atlantic 10 Conference matchup against Duquesne.

The Dukes (4-7) travel to Ambler Campus after beating A-10 rival St. Joseph’s Friday in Philadelphia. Temple (5-4-1) is also coming off it’s first conference victory of 2012.

The hero in that game, junior defender Jake Lister, knows exactly what to expect from Duquesne.

“Duquesne is always a tough team to play. I have a few buddies on the team,” Lister said. “They’re a really, really physical team, and we’re just going to give them all we got.”

The Dukes got the best of the Owls when these two teams met last season. Then-junior forward Joshua Patterson scored both goals for Duquesne, defeating Temple 2-0.

Coach David MacWilliams says that the schedule has not done his team any favors. He gave the team off on Saturday in anticipation of another grueling A-10 match Sunday.

“We’re just trying to get some rest so we can turn it around for Sunday,” MacWilliams said. “They’re a very athletic team, particularly up front. They’ve got some pace. It’s going to be a battle for us.”

Sunday’s match against Duquesne will begin at 11:00 a.m. at the Ambler Sports Complex.

-Tyler Sablich

Ice hockey continues play in ACHA Showcase

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After a two-game stretch on Friday that ended shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, the Owls left the Cabin John arena last night with a split as part of the Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association Division II showcase.

A 12:45 p.m. matchup with Wagner College turned into an 8-5 shootout that saw senior forward Sean Nealis net his first two goals of the year in the Temple win.

Freshman forwards Greg Malinowski and Jayson Marbach added goals. Junior forward Joe Pisko, Sophomore defenseman Chris Carnivale, and senior defenseman Andrew Trainor also had tallies for the Owls.

Freshman goalie Jon Plester got the start in his Temple debut in a game in which many of Temple’s younger players got the opportunity to play.

The Owls then faced off with Siena at a late 10:30 start time and fell 4-1.

Marbach scored the only goal for Temple in a game where Siena maintained control throughout.

The Owls will take on Marist College today for their third ACHA showcase contest. Sophomore goalie Eric Semborski will start.

Game time is set for 3 p.m.

-Andrew Parent

Volleyball heads to La Salle for Big 5 match-up

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The Owls return to action this weekend in another Atlantic 10 Conference battle, this time traveling to La Salle to take on a struggling Explorers team.

Temple already faced La Salle this season, sweeping them 3-0 in the Big 5 Tournament. Junior outside hitter Elyse Burkert led the match with 12 kills and tacked on 12 digs as well as the Owls cruised 25-22, 25-20 and 25-12 in the Palestra.

Since their last meeting the teams have headed in completely different directions. The Explorers have gone just 2-10 since facing Temple, including 0-4 in the A-10.

Meanwhile the Owls have gone 10-2, with their losses coming at the hands of Miami (OH) and Dayton, as the team sits near the top of the conference at 3-1.

Sophomore middle back Jennifer Iacobini said after the Dayton loss that the Owls have the mentality of a team that doesn’t expect to lose another conference meet, beginning with La Salle.

Game time is set for 7 p.m.

-Jake Adams

Field hockey hosts VCU in A-10 play

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The field hockey team begins Atlantic 10 Conference play today when they take on Virginia Commonwealth University (8-2) at Geasey Field.

The Owls are coming into the game fresh off a 6-0 loss against No. 5 Maryland.

VCU is led by senior forward Kelsey Scherrer, who has nine goals and six assists so far this year.

Coach Amanda Janney said that an early start is cruicial for Temple for its match-up with the Rams.

“[VCU] brings a feisty, aggressive game and they have a lot of confidence, they have a winning record,” Janney said. “We need to really step up and set the tone early.”

Janney said that VCU’s two foreign players bring a different dimension to the game.

“[VCU] has a couple foreign-born players on their team, so brings a different dynamic that we don’t know much about them and we didn’t see them play in high school,” Janney said.

Janney said she wants her team playing to the level they are capable of, meaning sophomore Amber Youtz and freshman Alyssa Delp will have to step up on the frontline.

The two forwards have been the Owls’ main offense all year, and after being shut out against Maryland they are looking to for more goals.

Janney said that if the defense can slow down Scherrer and the Temple frontline can produce offense, her team has a good chance at coming out on top.

-Colin Tansits

Men’s soccer begins A-10 play

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The men’s soccer team is set to begin Atlantic 10 Conference play this weekend, taking on conference rivals St. Bonaventure and Duquesne at the Ambler Sports Complex.

The Owls have had great success against teams that are below .500. The four teams they have beaten (Manhattan, St. Peter’s, Howard and Rider) are a combined 3-33-1. They’ve lost to tough teams in Virginia Tech, Cal Poly-Tech, Cal State-Northridge and Villanova. The Owls carry a 4-4-1 record into A-10 play.

Temple may be in luck tomorrow against the Bonnies, who are entering conference play 2-8 on the season. The Bonnies, who are 0-5 on the road, head to Ambler to take on a Temple team that is 3-0 on their home turf.

The Owls are 3-0 against the Bonnies in their last three meetings. Junior defender Nolan Hemmer scored the game-winner last season, beating them by a score of 2-1. Temple will look to win back-to-back games for the second time this season.

A-10 play gets underway Friday at 2:30 p.m. against the Bonnies at Ambler.

-Tyler Sablich

 

Ice hockey begins play in ACHA Showcase

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Temple ice hockey will see a lot of ice this weekend when they travel to Rockville, Md. for the Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association Division II showcase.

The Owls will play four games in three days, starting with Wagner College and Siena University Friday.

Freshman forward Jayson Marbach and junior forward Joe Pikso head into the weekend as the leading scorers for Temple with nine points each. Marbach will look to continue his performance from last weekend, in which he racked up six points in games against Montclair State and Penn State Universities.

Wagner will come in having faced Georgetown Univerisity just hours prior at 10:30 p.m. last night. Siena will figure to pose a challenge for Temple despite their 0-2-1 record.

Temple is 4-1 and will look to build on their record this weekend.

Temple will face Wagner at 12:45 p.m. and Siena at 9 p.m. Friday, respectively.

-Andrew Parent

Women’s soccer travel to St. Bonaventure

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Looking for the first win in conference play, the women’s soccer team will travel to St. Bonaventure in its second Atlantic 10 Conference match-up on Friday at 3 p.m.

“I expect this match to be a battle and a close match,” redshirt-senior goalkeeper Tara Murphy said.

St. Bonaventure is also searching for its first A-10 conference win, as the Bonnies are 0-2-0 while the Owls are 0-1-0 in conference play on the season.

“They are a typical A-10 team,” junior defender Karly O’Toole said. “They are going to be fast and a good, physical team.”

Last season, Temple tied St. Bonaventure in a 0-0 draw. The match last season was dominated by defensive play and the same is expected in this year’s match, O’Toole said.

Entering the match, the Owls are coming off a 1-0 loss in their first match of A-10 play against St. Joseph’s University. Temple will begin play with a 3-7-2 record overall, while St. Bonaventure will open with an overall 3-8-1 record.

“We are going to have to defend hard like we have and hopefully put some balls in the back of [St. Bonaventure’s] net,” Murphy said.

-John Murrow